British Airways News & Operational Updates

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Photograph of Christmas catering and decorations in the Concorde Room at London Heathrow Terminal 5, December 2025.
British Airways Concorde Room Christmas 2025, London Heathrow Terminal 5 (Image Credit: British Airways)

Here are the latest updates on BA flights at London City, Gatwick & Heathrow airports.

Flight Disruption & Schedule Changes

BA long haul flights are still subject to ad hoc frequency reductions and cancellations due to aircraft availability.

Over Christmas & New Year, long-haul flights largely operate as normal. On Christmas Day short-haul flights are significantly reduced, with no flights at all from London City.

BA has made schedule changes for the Summer 2026 season which starts on Sunday 29 March.

At Heathrow routes to Cologne, Riga and Stuttgart are suspended. BA will launch a new year round service to Guernsey from 19 April and seasonal services to St Louis from 19 April and Tivat from 14 May.

At Gatwick, summer seasonal flights to Salerno will not return.

Turning to London City, Frankfurt will be suspended. A new seasonal route to Toulon will launch on 23 May.

BA Long Haul Flights

Please see here for a full guide to BA’s long haul route network. Routes operating at Heathrow are:

USA: Austin, Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago O’Hare, Cincinnati, Dallas Fort Worth, Denver, Houston, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, Nashville, New Orleans, Newark, New York JFK, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Portland, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, St Louis (from 19 April 2026), Washington Dulles

Canada: Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver

North Atlantic: Bermuda

Caribbean: Barbados, Grand Cayman, Nassau, Providenciales

Central & South America: Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Rio de Janeiro, Santiago, Sao Paulo

Africa: Abuja, Accra, Cairo, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Lagos, Nairobi

Indian Ocean: The Maldives

Middle East: Abu Dhabi, Doha, Dubai, Jeddah, Riyadh, Tel Aviv

South & Central Asia: Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Mumbai, New Delhi

Far East: Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, Shanghai, Singapore, Tokyo Haneda

Australia: Sydney

Long haul routes operating at Gatwick are:

USA: Orlando, Tampa

Caribbean: Antigua, Grenada, Kingston, Port of Spain, Punta Cana, Saint Lucia, St Kitts, Trinidad & Tobago

Africa: Accra

Central & South America: Cancun, Georgetown, San Jose (Costa Rica)

Indian Ocean: Mauritius

South & Central Asia: Islamabad

Far East: Bangkok

BA Short Haul Flights

You can also see our dedicated BA short haul network pages for London City, Gatwick and Heathrow.

BA Ground Services & Lounges

BA has opened new lounges at Dubai and Miami and “refreshed” lounges at Gatwick, Seattle, Singapore and Washington Dulles.

Further refurbishments are expected at Boston and Glasgow.

Full details of the latest openings and refurbishments by BA are on our lounge news page.

BA Aircraft Guides

Please see our guides to BA’s short haul and long haul fleets with details of new aircraft deliveries and refurbishment plans.

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