FROM October 28, British Airways’ Riyadh service will see a larger Boeing 747 on the route, replacing its smaller Boeing 777 and thus providing over 1,000 extra seats a week. In addition the flight will be retimed and services will arrive at Heathrow in the early morning, enabling customers to land in time for a full working day in London, and increasing opportunities for connections.
Bmi’s Riyadh and Jeddah flights will stop from September 16 as British Airways already serves these routes and due to poor revenue performance, bmi’s services to Dammam will be suspended from September 16.
In addition to the new timetable for Jeddah and Riyadh, from October 28, British Airways will operate a new timetable to former bmi routes Almaty, Amman, Baku, Beirut and Freetown. Tbilisi, which will now become a direct flight, will move over to become British Airways route from October 13. All of these routes will be operated by British Airways aircraft and crew, offering the airline’s service style.
The carrier also revealed further changes to its flying programme with the announcement that new routes will be launched during its 2012 winter schedule from Heathrow to Alicante, Leeds Bradford, Rotterdam and Zagreb and Gatwick to Las Vegas and Barcelona.