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British Airways to resume host of services in October

British Airways is boosting its flight schedule this month by resuming some services and adding new routes.

Long-haul services to Johannesburg and Cape Town, in South Africa, and Bahrain, resumed today, and flights to Grenada and the Seychelles are scheduled to return on October 14 and October 16 respectively.

Lahore, Pakistan, a new addition to British Airways’ route network, begins on October 12 while new Heathrow services to the Maldives and Barbados launch on October 16 and 17 respectively.

Short-haul routes to Brussels, Dublin, Dusseldorf, Gothenburg, Milan Linate, Stuttgart, Seville and Valencia resumed today (October 1) while flights to Bilbao, Kefalonia and Luxembourg return tomorrow and Lanzarote returns on Saturday.

Later in the month, services will resume to destinations including, Gran Canaria, Billund, Bordeaux, Basel, Brindisi, Cologne, Malta, Salzburg, Vienna and Zagreb.

Flights start from £24 each way to Europe.

Neil Chernoff, British Airways’ director of network and alliances, said: “We’re glad to be returning to more destinations this month, connecting the UK with more and more countries around the world. With increases in both long and short haul services, there is a destination for anyone, and with our enhanced safety measures we hope this encourages people to start planning their next getaway.”

The airline stressed the operation of any flights is subject to international restrictions and government approval.

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