BA increases capacity to LHR

BRITISH Airways will up
capacity to London over
the summer period with
more flights from Cape Town
and will operate another A380
on the Johannesburg route.
From October, the airline will
up its daily schedule between
Cape Town and Heathrow to
a double-daily service using a
B747. From November, it will
again also offer three weekly
Boeing 777 services between
Cape Town and Gatwick.
BA will also offer extra flights
from Cape Town to Heathrow.
The additional flight, BA44,
will depart from Cape Town on
January 6 and 8; February 10,
17 and 24; March 26, 26 and
31 and April 2, 4 and 7. The
return flight, BA45, will depart
Heathrow for Cape Town on
January 5 and 8; February 9,
16 and 23; March 25, 27 and
30; and April 1, 3 and 6.
From October, the airline
will offer a double-daily A380
service on its JNB-LHR route.
The route will revert to the
daily A380 and B747 services
in March 2018, after the peak
summer season. The A380s
will be configured with First,
Club World, World Traveller
Plus, and World Traveller.