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British Airways is rebuilding its route network across London City, Gatwick and Heathrow airports.

Schedules remain subject to change at short notice in light of ongoing and changing travel restrictions imposed by governments around the world.

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British Airways Long Haul Flights

Please see here for a full list of BA’s long haul route network. Routes planned to operate at London Heathrow until mid December include:

USA: Austin, Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago O’Hare, Denver, Houston, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, Nashville (from 9 December), Newark, New Orleans (from 9 December), New York JFK, Orlando, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Washington Dulles

Canada: Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver

North Atlantic: Bermuda

Caribbean: Barbados, Grand Cayman, Nassau, Providenciales, Saint Lucia

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

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

Indian Ocean: Mauritius, The Maldives

Middle East: Bahrain, Dubai, Kuwait, Riyadh, Tel Aviv

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

Far East: Hong Kong, Singapore (VTL flights only)

Long haul flights operating at London Gatwick include:

USA: Orlando, Tampa

Caribbean: Antigua, Barbados, Grenada, Kingston, Montego Bay, Port of Spain, Punta Cana (from 9 December), Saint Lucia, St Kitts

Central & South America: Cancun, San Jose Costa Rica (from 9 December)

Indian Ocean: Mauritius

Middle East: Doha (from 9 December)

British Airways Short Haul Flights

BA is expected to operate a limited short haul schedule throughout the winter season. Please see here for a full list of BA’s short haul route network.

At Heathrow, BA has restarted short haul flights at Terminal 3.

BA CityFlyer is operating flights from London City Airport to Amsterdam, Belfast City, Berlin, Dublin, Düsseldorf, Edinburgh, Florence, Frankfurt, Geneva, Glasgow, Ibiza, Malaga, Nice, Palma de Mallorca, Prague, Rotterdam and Zurich.

Short haul flights at Gatwick are suspended. This is except for a daily flight to Glasgow.

BA will launch weekly flights from July 2022 from London Heathrow to Ponta Delgada on São Miguel Island and Terceira Island in The Azores.

British Airways Ground Services & Lounges

At Heathrow Terminals 3 and 5, most BA departure lounges are open for all passengers who are entitled to access the lounges. The Terminal 5 arrivals lounge is closed.

BA operated lounges at Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow airports are open.

In mainland Europe, BA’s lounges at Geneva, Milan Linate and Rome Fiumicino airports are open.

In the US, BA lounges at Boston, Chicago O’Hare, Houston, Newark, New York JFK (Club lounge, First lounge and Concorde Room), San Francisco, Seattle, Washington Dulles airports are open. The BA lounge at Philadelphia is still closed. The shared Oneworld alliance lounge at the Tom Bradley International Terminal Los Angeles is expected to reopen in December.

Elsewhere, BA lounges at Cape Town, Dubai and Johannesburg are open

BA lounges at Amsterdam and Singapore airports are closed.

Full details of lounge facilities for BA passengers at all airports, including alternatives where BA lounges are closed, are available on the Oneworld alliance website.

British Airways Fleet Guides

Please see here for our guides to BA’s short haul and long haul fleets and how these have been impacted by COVID-19.

Oneworld Alliance & Codeshare Partner Airlines

BA’s Oneworld alliance and codeshare partners American Airlines (New York JFK only), China Southern Airlines, Iberia and Qatar Airways are currently operating from Heathrow Terminal 5.

BA’s alliance partners American Airlines, Cathay Pacific, Finnair, Japan Airlines, Royal Jordanian, Sri Lankan and Qantas Airways are operating from Terminal 3.

All other airlines at Heathrow are operating departing flights from either Terminals 2 & 3.

BA’s franchise partner, Comair, has resumed flights within Southern Africa. SUN-AIR, which operates flights to Billund from London City, has suspended all scheduled fights until January 2022 at the earliest.

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