Around this time each year, most of us are beginning to pack away our swimming costumes and flip flops as we prepare to lose those hard-earned tan lines and go into hibernation for the autumn. But when peak holiday season comes to a close, airlines are already busy prepping for the next one.
Last week, British Airways unveiled its plans for summer 2026. It has revealed that it’ll be introducing even more routes from London Gatwick and Heathrow to cities in the USA, Caribbean, Middle East and more, meaning there’ll be tens of thousands more seats available. These newly announced routes come shortly after BA announced that it was adding flights to Rabat in Morocco and Graz in Austria to its winter schedule.
Neil Chernoff, British Airways’ chief planning and strategy officer, said: ‘We’re delighted to expand our long-haul network from London Heathrow and Gatwick next summer, adding more services to some of our most-loved destinations.
‘Whether customers are travelling for business, leisure, or visiting loved ones, we hope they take advantage of these additional flights, which offer greater choice and convenience, making it easier than ever to connect with their favourite destinations around the world.’
All the new British Airways routes launching from the UK in summer 2026
- Bangkok: BA will start operating flights to Bangkok during the summer as well as winter. They’ll run three times a week in summer and six times a week during the winter. That’s equivalent to 60,000 extra seats per year for customers going to Bangkok.
- Jamaica: There will be an extra weekly service from London Gatwick to Kingston.
- Miami and Dallas: BA is reintroducing its double-daily flight from London Heathrow to Miami International Airport and its daily service to Dallas Fort-Worth
- Las Vegas: In summer 2026, there will be 13 flights from Heathrow to Las Vegas each week instead of 10.
- San Diego and Austin: There’ll be 14 weekly flights to San Diego and Austin.
- New York: BA flights to NYC will now operate exclusively from London Heathrow. Read more about that here.
- Saudi Arabia: There will be five flights a week from London Heathrow to Jeddah and fourteen a week to Riyadh
- Qatar: BA will fly to Doha 14 times a week (twice a day)
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