British Airways to start new summer 2008 shorthaul routes

British Airways is launching new shorthaul routes from London Heathrow (LHR), London Gatwick (LGW) and London City (LCY) airports from March 30, 2008.

The airline will start flights on routes:

• London Heathrow (LHR) > Malaga (AGP),
• London Gatwick (LGW) > Alicante (ALC),
• London Gatwick (LGW) > Faro (FAO),
• London Gatwick (LGW) > Gibraltar (GIB),
• London Gatwick (LGW) > Ibiza (IBZ),
• London Gatwick (LGW) > Malaga (AGP),
• London Gatwick (LGW) > Palma de Mallorca (PMI),
• London Gatwick (LGW) > Tunis (TUN).

BA Cityflyer, the airline's wholly owned subsidiary which operates from London City airport, is to launch four new routes next summer to Amsterdam (AMS), Barcelona El Prat de Llobregat (BCN), Nice (NCE) and Warsaw Okecie (WAW).

Robert Boyle, British Airways' commercial director, said: "We are opening up these Mediterranean hotspots with our new flights and are confident that, with our full onboard service and low prices, they will be very popular with customers.
BA Cityflyer's operation at London City airport continues to go from strength to strength and from next summer will operate to nine destinations in the UK and Europe."

Flights from Gatwick to Aberdeen, Nice, Prague, Reykjavik and Split and from London City to Milan Malpensa will be suspended.