British Airways is expanding flights to long-haul destinations including Jamaica, Bangkok and Miami from London Gatwick and Heathrow for summer 2026.
Flights to Bangkok, which were added to BA’s winter network last year, will be expanded to year-round from Gatwick from summer 2026, operating three times a week in the summer and six in the winter.
Overall, BA will add 60,000 seats to Bangkok next year and, with the recent expansion of its codeshare partnership with Bangkok Airways, customers can now connect to other destinations in the region, such as Phuket and Phnom Penh.
BA will add an extra weekly service to Kingston, Jamaica, from Gatwick, taking the number of flights to four each week for summer 2026. The airline is adding over 300 seats weekly for between Jamaica and London.
US flights have also been expanded for summer 2026. BA will reintroduce its double-daily service from Heathrow to Miami International Airport and its daily service to Dallas-Fort Worth.
Services from Heathrow to Las Vegas will increase from 10 to 13 flights per week and BA is also upgrading its services to San Diego and Austin, flying to both destinations 14 times per week.
Flights to New York JFK will operate exclusively from London Heathrow, with nine flights, with the latest addition at Heathrow operating on its 777-200 fleet, featuring First and Club Suite cabins.
Middle Eastern routes have been expanded to include a daily service from Heathrow to Bahrain – more than doubling the current schedule – , and improved connectivity between Saudi Arabia and London, with five fights a week to Jeddah and 14 to Riyadh. In addition, BA will fly to Doha 14 times per week.
BA Chief Planning and Strategy Officer Neil Chernoff said the airline is ‘adding more services to some of our most-loved destinations’.
