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British Airways add more seats & routes to holiday destinations
Following the announcement that Britons are likely to be able to get a summer holiday this year after all, British Airways has added new services to holiday destinations for June and July onwards, saying the new services are in response to overwhelming interest from its customers on its website.
The 26 additional weekly frequencies will include destinations across Greece, the Canary Islands and Turkey to popular holiday hot spots including Corfu, Kos, Paphos, Rhodes, Lanzarote, Tenerife and Bodrum. Apart from Bodrum, these are all currently amber and expected to turn green over the next month or so.
The newly established flights to Greece and the Canary Islands will be available to book from Tuesday 11th May for travel between 21st June and 5th September over the peak summer period. Bodrum in Turkey will also be available to fly to from 18th July. (note this is currently a red list destination). Extra flights to Faro have been added from Edinburgh, Newcastle, and Machester as well.
BA Cityflyer has also announced that they will start flights to Guernsey from London City and Edinburgh. BA CityFlyer will commence summer seasonal flights LCY-GCI and EDI-GCI on 25 June, currently scheduled to run until 27 September. Currently, Guernsey requires a 7 day quarantine on arrival. From 14 May it is expected that from the UK you will only need to quarantine until you get your test on arrival results, although this could take up to 48 hours. All travellers will need to pay a fee of £25 for each test.
Flights will operate on Mondays and Fridays on the E190.
- LCY-GCI BA3281 Fri 08:30-09:35, Mon 11:30-12:35
GCI-LCY BA3282 Fri 14:55-16:00, Mon 17:55-19:00
- EDI-GCI BA2343 Fri 12:40-14:15, Mon 15:40-17:15
GCI-EDI BA2342 Fri 10:15-11:50, Mon 13:15-14:50
Finally, British Airways City Flyer has added a new destination from Southampton with Chambery in France for skiing. The winter seasonal flights will start on 18 December 2021.
- BA2935 SOU 0715-0955 CMF (Sat & Sun)
- BA2936 CMF 1045-1125 SOU (Sat & Sun)
HT: To fly to travel
Neil Chernoff, British Airways’ Director of Networks and Alliances said:
“It’s clear Britons are hoping that their favourite destinations will be open by the time summer comes. We want to provide them with access to book seats to the places they love to help them get away, and trust that if they can’t travel, we will be there for them with incredible flexibility to make changes to their bookings.”
British Airways Holidays is also offering customers the chance to reserve a holiday from just £60 per person, with the ability to make flexible payments until the final balance is due just three weeks before departure. Customers booking directly with British Airways will also benefit from the airline’s flexible booking policy which enables customers to change the dates and destination of their trip or claim a voucher if they wish to cancel.
British Airways is currently flying to 27 short-haul destinations, including 112 holiday hotspots for the peak of the summer period.
Additional Summer 2021 Frequencies added:
• Heathrow – Lanzarote (ACE) +1pw, frequency growth from 5pw to 6pw
• Heathrow – Bodrum (BJV) +2pw, frequency growth from 1pw to 3pw
• Heathrow – Corfu (CFU) +3pw, frequency growth from 14pw to 17pw
• Heathrow – Chania (CHQ) +3pw, frequency growth from 6pw to 9pw
• Heathrow – Kefalonia (EFL) +2pw, frequency growth from 3pw to 5pw
• Heathrow – Heraklion (HER) +1pw, frequency growth from 9pw to 10pw
• Heathrow – Kos (KGS) + 2pw, frequency growth from 4pw to 6pw
• Heathrow – Kalamata (KLX) +2pw, frequency growth from 3pw to 5pw
• Heathrow – Paphos (PFO) +1pw, frequency growth from 7pw to 8pw
• Heathrow – Preveza (PVK) +2pw, frequency growth from 4pw to 6pw
• Heathrow – Rhodes (RHO) +2pw, frequency growth from 5pw to 7pw
• Heathrow – Thessaloniki (SKG) +3pw, frequency growth from 9pw to 12pw
• Heathrow – Tenerife (TFS) + 2pw, frequency growth from 13pw to 15pw
Scotland confirms green list
Today Nicola Sturgeon confirmed that Scotland will follow a similar traffic light system to England with the first 12 green countries matching the list revealed for England.
The countries are:
1. Portugal
2. Israel
3. Singapore
4. Australia
5. New Zealand
6. Brunei
7. Iceland
8. Gibraltar
9. Falkland Islands
10. Faroe Islands
11. South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
12. St Helena, Tristan de Cunha, Ascension Island
2 comments
Hi Michelle, were thinking of visiting Oman in November. Is there any view on whether BA will be operating that route by then? Thanks, Stuart
I think it will all depend on whether the country is on the green list and accepting visitors. I’d hope by then the majority of countries except Asia and Australia would be back to accepting visitors so there’s a good chance it would be back by winter schedule unless they decide to abandon it all together.
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