British Airways chiude Colombo ed apre 3 sunny routes da LGW

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British Airways to cease flights to Colombo from March

British Airways has confirmed that flights to Colombo in Sri Lanka will cease to be operated after March next year.
The airline will operate a service from London to Colombo and Male until March 28 2015, and while services to Male will recommence for winter, "services to Colombo will unfortunately be cancelled", it said in a statement.
Customers who have booked the route with British Airways will be offered a full refund.
"We are also seeking solutions to assist as many customers as possible in making alternative travel arrangements," the airline's statement continued.
It also advised customers who have booked through a travel agent or a third party to contact them direct.
"We would like to apologise to the customers affected by these changes and we would like to thank the airport authorities, local government, tourist organisations and people of Sri Lanka for their support," the statement concluded.
The announcement came not long after the airline announced a return of its Heathrow to Kuala Lumpur flight from May 27 2015, a destination that it hasn’t operated to since 2001.

http://www.travelweekly.co.uk/Artic...s+to+cease+flights+to+colombo+from+march.html



New Routes Bring More Sunshine For British Airways Leisure Travellers
Posted on September 24, 2014

British Airways has added another three new routes to its 2015 Gatwick schedule. Seville in Spain, Funchal in Madeira and Las Palmas in Gran Canaria will all be available to book from today, and the first flights will take to the skies from March 2015.
The news follows announcements on eight other new Gatwick routes, taking the total number of destinations British Airways flies to from Gatwick to over 50 for Summer 2015.
From December this year, new winter sun and ski destinations will include Fuerteventura, Friedrichshafen and Grenoble.
Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands will fly from December 13 this year and other sunshine routes launching for summer 2015, will include Cagliari in Sardinia, Heraklion in Crete, Rhodes in Greece and Bodrum and Dalaman in Turkey.
Colm Lacy, British Airways' Head of Commercial for Gatwick, said: “We’re delighted to be offering our customers more choices to popular holiday hot-spots.
“With so many new routes from Gatwick, our customers will have greater choice with even more value-for-money holidays to choose from, whether it’s a family break or a short weekend trip away.
“In addition to the new routes, we are also responding to customer demand and now offer our customers day-trip and handbaggage only fares starting from £39 each-way, based on a return fare”.

http://www.britishairways.com/en-gb...924103805&articleType=LatestNews#.VCLnkvldUcI

 

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British Airways to cease flights to Colombo from March

British Airways has confirmed that flights to Colombo in Sri Lanka will cease to be operated after March next year.

Competere con Emirates e le altre medio orientali su destinazioni come Colombo era ormai una battaglia persa. Vediamo con cosa sarà sostituita questa rotta

 

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British Airways Adds London Gatwick – Sharm el Sheikh Service from Sep 2015

British Airways from 14SEP15 begins London Gatwick – Sharm el Sheikh operation, initially twice a week with Airbus A320 aircraft, on Mondays and Thursdays. The airline will add 3rd weekly flight, on Saturdays, from 26OCT15. Schedule effective 26OCT15 as follow.

BA2560 LGW0800 – 1520SSH 320 146
BA2561 SSH1610 – 1955LGW 320 146

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British Airways apre SJO (Costa Rica) da Gatwick - 2xw da maggio 2016



British Airways is running a new direct flight to Costa Rica from London next May

The rainforests and colourful wildlife of Costa Rica will be easier to reach next May thanks to new flights launched today by British Airways.

From May 4, the national carrier will begin a direct, twice-weekly service from London Gatwick to the country’s capital San Jose.

These flights will increase to three times a week in time for the winter of 2016 using a Boeing 777 and landing in San Jose’s Santamaría International Airport.

“With everything from its incredible wildlife, rugged rainforests and volcanic peaks, as well as stunning beaches and – of course – world-famous coffee – Costa Rica offers an incredible array of places to visit and experience,” said Colm Lacy, British Airways’ head of commercial Gatwick, adding that he was sure that the route would prove popular.

Mauricio Ventura, Costa Rica’s minister of tourism, said the country wanted to appeal more to British visitors. “In the last 12 months alone we have seen an increase of 12.9 per cent of tourists from the United Kingdom visiting Costa Rica, staying an average of two weeks, helping to make a valuable contribution to the Costa Rican economy.
“Europe is a priority market for Costa Rica.”

Douglas Rogers, a Telegraph Travel writer, described a visit to Costa Rica last year as something "like a scene from Avatar."
"I was on a mountainside in southern Costa Rica," he wrote, "gazing out on dense jungle rolling down to azure ocean. A humpback whale and her calf were frolicking in the waves, and flying low over the forest canopy below me – a dazzling burst of red, yellow and blue against the green – was a pair of scarlet macaws, rare long-tailed parrots of such exquisite beauty that for a second I wondered if they were real. Behind me, squirrel monkeys leapt among the palms and electric-blue butterflies alighted on emerald ferns."
The flights will initially leave Gatwick on Wednesday and Saturday at 11.55am and 11am respectively, arriving in San Jose at 3.45pm and 2.50pm respectively, and take an average flying time of 10 hours and 50 minutes.
When the third flight starts in winter, the departures will move to Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, departing at 10.15am on a Tuesday and Saturday, arriving in Costa Rica at 3:35pm, and departing at 11.25am on Thursday, arriving in to Costa Rica at 4.45pm. Flight times during the winter months will be 11 hours and 20 minutes.
Fares for a return flight start at £2,532 in Club World, £1,100 in World Traveller Plus, and £687 in World Traveller, including all taxes and charges.
Earlier this year British Airways began a new service to Kuala Lumpur from London Heathrow and another from London Gatwick to Funchal in Madeira. New routes from Gatwick to Sharm El Sheikh and Vienna are also scheduled for later in the year.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/t...irways-launches-new-flight-to-Costa-Rica.html



British Airways to Start Costa Rica Service from May 2016

British Airways in summer 2016 season is launching new Central America service from London Gatwick, offering nonstop service on London Gatwick – San Jose operation. First flight to Costa Rica is scheduled on 04MAY16, using Boeing 777-200ER aircraft, twice a week.

BA2137 LGW1100 – 1450SJO 777 6
BA2137 LGW1155 – 1545SJO 777 3
BA2136 SJO1620 – 0935+1LGW 777 6
BA2136 SJO1715 – 1030+1LGW 777 3