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British Airways Airbus A350-1000 Aircraft G-XWBR photographed taxing on the runway at Denver International Airport.
British Airways Airbus A350-1000 Aircraft G-XWBR, Denver International Airport (Image Credit: Denver International Airport).

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

Middle East Flight Disruption

There remains uncertainty as to when BA will restore full operations to the Middle East.

Flights to Doha have resumed.

Services to Amman, Dubai, Riyadh and Tel Aviv are subject to rolling cancellations.

Services to Bahrain and Abu Dhabi are suspended until at least 28 March and October 2027 respectively.

Flights to Jeddah are suspended permanently.

Long Haul Schedule Changes

BA will add a number of new routes for the Winter 2026 & Summer 2027 seasons.

A new year-round route from Heathrow to Melbourne via Kuala Lumpur launches on 9 January 2027.

A new non-stop winter seasonal service from Gatwick to Columbo launches on 23 October, operating 3 times weekly.

Winter seasonal flights to San Jose, Costa Rica move from Gatwick to Heathrow and will operate year-round. Tampa moves to Heathrow from 25 October.

Gatwick regains a year-round service to Barbados, with onward tags to Grenada, Guyana and Tobago.  St Lucia will become a standalone service.

BA will launch a new summer seasonal service from Gatwick to Kilimanjaro and Zanzibar from 29 May to 31 October 2027.

BA will reinstate non-stop flights from Heathrow to Buenos Aires from 28 March 2027, with an onward tag to Santiago.

In the US, routes Cincinnati and St Louis will also benefit from increased frequencies throughout the summer season.

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, 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: Doha

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

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, Glasgow and Miami and “refreshed” lounges at Edinburgh, Gatwick, Seattle, Singapore and Washington Dulles.

Lounges at Aberdeen, Boston and Newark are closed for refurbishment.

Full details of the latest openings and refurbishments by BA and its Oneworld alliance partners 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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