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British Airways Heathrow Long Haul Winter Schedule Changes

British Airways will operate the Boeing 777-300 aircraft on London – Singapore – Sydney from Sunday 30 October 2022.

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A British Airways Airbus A380 aircraft takes off at London Heathrow airport. — British Airways Airbus A380 at take off, London Heathrow (Image Credit: Heathrow)

British Airways is updating its long haul schedules at London Heathrow for the winter travel season.

This runs from Sunday 30 October 2022 to Saturday 26 March 2023. These changes are preliminary. Some have only been applied to the start of the season and may extend further.

Unsurprisingly, the general trend is capacity reduction.

There will be more changes to come. This particularly for Hong Kong due to travel restrictions and Tokyo due to the closure of Russian airspace.

British Airways Suspends London Heathrow – Bangkok

BA has suspended passenger flights between London Heathrow and Bangkok.

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British Airways has suspended its route from London Heathrow to Bangkok.

Passenger flights to Bangkok have been suspended since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. A large number of cargo flights have operated.

The route was due to return on a winter seasonal basis from Sunday 30 October 2022. It is now suspended. This was expected as flights had been taken off sale in advance of the route being cancelled.

This brings to an end almost 85 years of passenger flights to Bangkok, dating back to BA’s predecessor airline Imperial Airways.

Whilst there is strong cargo demand from Bangkok, it is seen as a low yield passenger route. There is a lot of competition from airlines flying non-stop and via rival hubs in the Middle East.

British Airways Summer 2022 Long Haul Schedule At Heathrow

BA’s network of long haul routes at London Heathrow airport for summer 2022.

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The summer will mark a significant expansion of BA’s transatlantic route network at London Heathrow to a near pre-COVID-19 state.

The Airbus A380 will return to many routes for the first time. As is to be expected, many routes to Asia are still suspended.

Here are the main schedule changes for the summer season, which officially runs from Sunday 27 March to Saturday 29 October 2022.

Readers can keep up to date with route changes throughout the season with our dedicated page for BA’s long haul route network.

British Airways Extends Tokyo Suspension

BA flights between London Heathrow and Tokyo Haneda are suspended until late October 2022 at the earliest.

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British Airways has extended the temporary suspension of flights from London Heathrow to Tokyo Haneda until late May 2022.

BA had suspended the route for the winter season. It was due to resume on Wednesday 30 March 2022. The route will now resume from Sunday 29 May 2022 at the earliest.

Flights beyond this date have been taken off sale until Monday 31 October, which suggests the suspension will be extended further.

Update Monday 4 April: The route is now suspended until Sunday 30 October 2022.

British Airways Returns To Sydney

BA flights between London Heathrow & Sydney will operate under Singapore’s Vaccinated Travel Lane programme.

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British Airways will return to Sydney from Sunday 27 March 2022.

This will be the first time in two years the airline has operated a scheduled flight to Australia.

Whilst BA’s presence in Australia is a shadow of what it used to be, its return is symbolic given there is almost 90 years’ history of UK flights from London to Australia via Singapore.

Flights will operate daily using a four class Boeing 787-9 aircraft. This replaces a Boeing 777-300 aircraft BA used before COVID-19.

This also means flights to Singapore will increase from the current frequency of four times weekly to daily, under flights BA15 & B16 instead of BA11 & BA12.

BA Adds Transatlantic Day Flight From Newark

British Airways has launched a new transatlantic day flight from Newark to London Heathrow.

British Airways Lounge, Terminal B, Newark Liberty International Airport (Image Credit: British Airways)

One of the more reliable pleasures of transatlantic travel are day flights from North America to London Heathrow.

The majority of eastbound flights across the Atlantic are “Red Eye” flights which involve limited sleep on a short flight before an early morning arrival at Heathrow.

There are a handful of day flights which leave the US for London in the morning.

Compared to Red Eye flights these are like, well, night and day. Passengers are in a more relaxed mood. There’s no need to get to sleep over the short flight across the pond.

BA Launches Day Flight From Newark

From Monday 6 June 2022, BA will launch a new transatlantic day flight from Newark to Heathrow.

The flight, BA180, will leave Newark at 07:55 and arrive at London Heathrow at 19:55.

British Airways Relaunches London – Portland

British Airways has relaunched a new route from London Heathrow to Portland, Oregon from Friday 3 June 2022.

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British Airways has relaunched plans for a new route from London Heathrow to Portland, Oregon.

In late 2019, BA announced plans for a new route from London Heathrow to Portland from June 2020. After an initial delay, the route launch was cancelled due to COVID-19.

The route has now been put back on sale from Friday 3 June 2022.

BA has today also relaunched its route to Pittsburgh. The airline has also relaunched summer seasonal flights from Gatwick to New York JFK and suspended Gatwick – Las Vegas.

British Airways Relaunches London – Pittsburgh

British Airways is to reinstate its route from London Heathrow to Pittsburgh from Friday 3 June 2022.

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British Airways is to return to the city of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania on Friday 3 June 2022.

BA launched a new route from London Heathrow to Pittsburgh in 2019 after an absence of nearly 20 years. The city, along with a number of long haul routes, was suspended in 2020 due to COVID-19.

The route has now been put back on sale. The return of Pittsburgh was expected. BA had advised it aims to reinstate much of its pre-COVID-19 routes to North America by 2022.

BA has today also relaunched London Heathrow – Portland. The airline has also relaunched summer seasonal flights from Gatwick to New York JFK and suspended Gatwick – Las Vegas.

Flights from London to Pittsburgh will operate four times weekly from London Heathrow Terminal 5. These will be operated by Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner aircraft in a three class, Club World, World Traveller Plus and World Traveller, configuration.

BA Adds “Vaccinated Travel Lane” Flights To Singapore

All British Airways services from London Heathrow to Singapore will operate as “Vaccinated Travel Lane” flights up to 31 March 2022.

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From Tuesday 19 October 2021, all British Airways flights from London Heathrow to Singapore Changi Airport will operate as dedicated “Vaccinated Travel Lane” flights.

Passengers who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 will not need to quarantine on arrival in Singapore from these fights.

Any passenger who does not meet all eligibility requirements will not be able to travel.

This does not affect any passengers flying in the other direction from Singapore to London Heathrow.

British Airways Ends Non-Stop Buenos Aires Flights

British Airways flights from London Heathrow to Buenos Aires will operate via Sao Paulo from Sunday 31 March 2021.

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British Airways’ service from London Heathrow to Buenos Aires will operate via Sao Paulo from Sunday 28 March 2021.

The last non-stop service from London Heathrow to Buenos Aires is currently scheduled to operate on Friday 26 March 2021.

As a consequence of the stop for one hour at Sao Paulo Guarulhos International Airport, the journey time from London Heathrow will increase from 14 hours to 15 hours and 40 minutes.

The flight numbers to / from Buenos Aires will also change from BA245 / BA244 to BA247 / BA246.

This is expected to continue until Sunday 31 October 2021 at the earliest. Long time BA flyers may remember that BA used to fly to Buenos Aires via Sao Paulo many years ago. A non-stop service to Buenos Aires is likely to return when economic conditions allow.