British Airways scraps plans to ditch long-haul route with flights to resume next year

BRITISH Airways has reversed its determination to scrap a long-haul formation way from the UK.

The emblem bearer announced earlier this month that they would beryllium ending their London Heathrow flights to Bahrain.

Having archetypal launched 92 years ago, the way was acceptable to extremity successful March 2025.

However, they person since u-turned and confirmed that the way would continue.

They said: "Following discussions with our partners and stakeholders, we tin corroborate we volition run a work betwixt London Heathrow and Bahrain International Airport 3 times a week from the commencement of the Summer 2025 season.

"This volition summation to a regular work from the commencement of the Winter 2025 season.”

This was besides backed by Mohamed Yousif Al Binfalah, CEO of the Bahrain Airport Company.

He said: “As the oldest hose operating retired of Bahrain for implicit 92 years, the enduring concern with British Airways is simply a testament to our shared committedness to excellence."

The way archetypal launched successful 1932, erstwhile the hose was named Imperial Airways.

The way scrapping was owed to ongoing delays with deliveries of Rolls-Royces parts, an contented affecting the full hose industry.

They said astatine the time: "We’re disappointed that we’ve had to marque further changes to our docket arsenic we proceed to acquisition delays to the transportation of engines and parts from Rolls-Royce – peculiarly concerning the Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines fitted to our 787 aircraft."

British Airways volition inactive scrap its London to Kuwait way from March 2025.

In October, the London to Beijing was suspended, with nary confirmed day for it being restarted.

The way archetypal started successful 1999, and lone resumed successful 2023 aft the pandemic.

That aforesaid month, the London Heathrow and Belgrade was besides scrapped aft conscionable 1 year, erstwhile it returned aft a 13-year hiatus.

In amended news, the emblem bearer relaunched their flights to Bangkok from Chiang Mai for the archetypal clip since the pandemic.

The Thailand way was suspended successful 2020, but volition run 3 times a week, going up to 5 times a week successful January and February.

Additional routes are besides being launched to the US.

Seven much flights a week volition motorboat to Miami, with six much play flights to Austin and 3 much to Las Vegas.

Seven other flights a week volition alert to Washington with different play formation to Pittsburgh.

The caller routes volition spot British Airways run 400 nonstop flights to the US a week during the highest season.