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Mar 24, 2006
British Airways is set to
launch its first ever flights to Albania
and Bulgaria's Black Sea coast this summer and increase long-haul
capacity following the conversion of four short-haul Boeing 767s into long-haul
aircraft.
The airline says six new
destinations will be served from London Gatwick airport with flights starting
from March 26, 2006.
They are:
- Tirana, Albania's capital, with three flights each week
- Reykjavik, the capital of Iceland, with five flights
each week
- Varna, on Bulgaria's
Black Sea coast, with two flights each week
rising to four flights each
Week from June 2006
- Izmir, Turkey's third largest city, with three flights each week
rising to four flights each
Week from June 2006
- Kiev, capital of the Ukraine, with three flights
each week
- Athens with four flights each week
In addition, BA says services
to the Latvian capital Riga
will move from London Heathrow to London Gatwick.
The airline currently is
reconfiguring four short-haul Boeing 767s into long-haul aircraft. Together with
improvements in aircraft utilization, this will enable the number of long-haul
flights to be increased by seven per cent to more than 1200 each week compared
to last summer.
According to BA, flights from
London Heathrow to Delhi
will double to two flights each day and, from June 2006, there will be
increased flights to a number of north American destinations. Services to both Montreal and Seattle will
increase from seven to 10 each week, Toronto
flights will increase from 17 to 21 each week, and services to Vancouver will rise from
10 to 13 each week. Finally, flights from London Gatwick to Bermuda
will increase from five each week to a daily service from March 26, 2006.
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