British Airways ups Moscow service

It may be a foretaste of the future but British Airways has gone wide-bodied from 26 March on its Heathrow – Moscow Domodedovo route.  It currently competes with bmi whose capacity is likely to disappear if the planned takeover goes ahead.

One BA service daily will be by a Boeing 747-400 in a four-class layout, whilst the other two will be by long haul Boeing 767 aircraft, without First Class. 

To promote the upgrade BA CEO Keith Williams flew to Moscow last week attending a series of events.  At around 4hrs 20mins it is British Airways shortest long haul route.  From Domodedovo, Russian airline Transaero competes whilst Aeroflot also flies to London but from Sheremetyevo, the alternative Moscow airport.

The Moscow upgrade is the only major BA route change for the coming summer.  There are no significant changes at Heathrow (no new routes or suspensions) but Algiers flights will move from there to Gatwick.  At Gatwick the airline is launching flights to Nice, bringing the aforementioned Algiers flight from Heathrow, and withdrawing the Cagliari service.

At London City, BA is launching flights to Mahon, Angers and Quimper.  However, all three begin in May, and not March. www.ba.com

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