BA expands summer schedule
British Airways will launch additional flights from Heathrow to New York JFK, Johannesburg, Miami, Hong Kong and Riyadh at the start of the summer schedule.
At the same time, partner Iberia will move its eight daily services to Madrid into Terminal 5 from Terminal 3 to give passengers a smoother transfer between BA and Iberia flights.
Head of UK & Ireland sales and marketing Richard Tams said: "We’re very pleased to be able to offer additional capacity to some of our more popular routes.
BA will offer additional shorthaul flights to its most popular destinations such as Barcelona, Brussels, Bologna, Rome, Hamburg, Paris Orly, Prague, Helsinki, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Manchester.
At Gatwick British Airways will start daily flights to Algiers, as well as services to Nice.
Three new leisure routes, to Mahon in Majorca, Angers in the Loire Valley and Quimper in Brittany, will also start from London City Airport.
By Linsey McNeill
Linsey McNeill
Editor Linsey McNeill has been writing about travel for more than three decades. Bylines include The Times, Telegraph, Observer, Guardian and Which? plus the South China Morning Post. She also shares insider tips on thetraveljournalist.co.uk
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