British Airways route moves from Gatwick

BA has relocated two important business routes from Gatwick to Heathrow.  It is part of a general trend to reduce capacity at the South London airport.  Toulouse is an important destination, besides being the largest city in the south of France, it is also the home of both Airbus and ATR, plus an increasingly developing conglomeration of aerospace support companies.  BA was competing with easyJet at LGW, but at LHR it is solo.  The second route is to Atlanta which in recent years has overtaken Chicago O’Hare as the world’s busiest airport.  It is the main hub for rival transatlantic airline Delta who last year transferred their operation from Gatwick.  BA operates the Boeing 777 on the route whilst Delta has the smaller 767.  On Sunday 31 May month BA re-introduces flights to Jeddah and Riyadh, in direct competition to bmi who took up the route when British Airways pulled off in 2005.  www.britishairways.com

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