Avianca to return to London this weekend
Avianca will reactivate its London-Bogotá route this weekend, with flight AV0121 set to take off from Heathrow on Sunday. This will be the longest flight operated by the company in a new generation Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft. This route, suspended due to the pandemic in 2020, had one of the highest occupation levels in the […]
British Airways announces new daytime flight from Newark to London Heathrow
British Airways is launching a new, daytime flight from Newark Liberty International Airport to London Heathrow – its third daily flight from Newark to London, to support the return of business travel in 2022. The additional flight, which launches on 6 June, will depart at 7.55am from Newark – a convenient option for travellers wishing […]
US Reopening: BA & Virgin Celebrate With Dual Heathrow Departure
Today is a huge day for the transatlantic aviation industry. For over a year and a half, airlines have been unable to fly many passengers from Europe to the United States. This all changes today as the US re-welcomes fully vaccinated travelers from Europe and the UK. A double Heathrow departure This morning, British Airways […]
British Airways increases US-Heathrow frequencies
British Airways has outlined plans to ramp up its services between the US and London Heathrow this month, following the decision by the UK government to remove quarantine requirements for fully vaccinated travellers arriving from the EU and US. Frequencies will increase as follows: -Flights from New York JFK to Heathrow increasing to 21 per […]
JetBlue Set to Bring Transatlantic Travelers Low Fares, New Choices and Incredible Service as It Lands at Both London Heathrow and London Gatwick
JetBlue (NASDAQ: JBLU) today announced it will make its highly anticipated entrance into the transatlantic market with nonstop service between New York’s John F. Kennedy international Airport (JFK) and London Heathrow Airport (LHR) starting August 11, 2021. New York’s Hometown Airline® will further enhance its U.S. and U.K. schedules with nonstop service between New York-JFK […]
United Announces Plans to Begin New Daily Nonstop Service Between Boston Logan and London Heathrow
United Airlines announced plans to expand its global route network with new, nonstop service between Boston Logan International Airport and London Heathrow. This new service builds upon United’s growing presence in London and provides customers on the East Coast with another convenient option to get to London. United plans to operate its premium Boeing 767-300ER […]
JetBlue Delays London Debut to Late 2021
For years, JetBlue Airways had hoped to create its first trans-Atlantic route and, finally, last year, the New York-based airline announced it would fly to London. That was supposed to happen early in 2021 but, well, we all know what the coronavirus pandemic has done to the airline industry. Instead, JetBlue CEO Robin Hayes told […]
Heathrow’s COVID-19 response: “Technology and innovation will be key to us resuming normal operations”
Having handled a record 80.9 million passengers in 2019, Heathrow, like all airports, is now having to adapt in the face of the COVID-19 crisis. FTE caught up with Amanda Owen, Health and Safety Director at Heathrow, to find out what impact the coronavirus pandemic has had so far and what steps the airport is […]
Delta schedules daytime New York-London flight
Delta’s daily daytime New York JFK-London Heathrow service will launch March 28, augmenting the two daily overnight flights Delta operates on the route as well as the five daily flights operated by the Delta/Virgin Atlantic joint venture in Virgin aircraft. The new flight is part of what Delta says will be a 15% boost in […]
TAP Air Portugal to end London City routes to Porto and Lisbon
TAP Air Portugal will withdraw its two routes from London City Airport this winter, the carrier has confirmed to Business Traveller. TAP launched flights to the city centre airport from Lisbon in October 2017, and from Porto in March 2018. It blamed the cancellations on “uncertainties in customer demand associated with Brexit” and disappointing results […]
