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What British Airways long-haul flights are scheduled for September?

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Where is British Airways flying in September?

In the last few weeks British Airways has been ramping up to welcome Joe Public back on board.  It is now displaying a ‘welcome back’ message on its homepage, together with the measures it is taking to make flying as safe as possible.

BA now appears to be looking slightly further ahead into September and making adjustments, including the cancellation of its Portland flight and the launch of the new Gatwick route to Montego Bay in OctoberThere are now 62 destinations, up from 29 in July.

British Airways flights for September

You can see where British Airways is flying to in Europe (short haul) in this article.

The list below was published by Routes Online on Thursday afternoon. This list is clearly subject to change as countries implement or roll back travel restrictions.

British Airways long-haul services from Gatwick for September:

All British Airways flights currently depart from the North Terminal at Gatwick as the South Terminal remains closed.  You can find out about the current British Airways catering service in this article.

Bermuda – 1 daily Boeing 777-200ER
Bridgetown – 6 weekly Boeing 777-200ER
Cancun – 4 weekly Boeing 777-200ER
Grenada (via St Lucia) – 2 weekly Boeing 777-200ER
Kingston – 3 weekly Boeing 777-200ER
Las Vegas – 1 daily Boeing 777-200ER
Mauritius – 3 weekly Boeing 777-200ER
Orlando – 11 weekly Boeing 777-200ER
Port of Spain (via St Lucia) – 5 weekly Boeing 777-200ER
Providenciales (via Antigua) – 1 weekly Boeing 777-200ER
Punta Cana – 3 weekly Boeing 777-200ER
St. Kitts (via Antigua)- 2 weekly Boeing 777-200ER
Tobago (via Antigua) – 2 weekly Boeing 777-200ER

British Airways long-haul services from Heathrow for September:

All British Airways flights currently depart from Terminal 5.

Abuja – 1 daily Boeing 777-200ER
Accra – 1 daily Boeing 777-200ER
Atlanta – 1 daily Boeing 787-9
Bahrain – 3 weekly Boeing 777-200ER
Baltimore – 4 weekly Boeing 787-8
Bangalore – 3 weekly A350
Bangkok – 1 daily Boeing 787-8
Boston – 2 daily Boeing 777-200ER/A350
Buenos Aires – 4 weekly Boeing 777-200ER
Cape Town – 3 weekly Boeing 777-300ER
Chennai – 3 weekly Boeing 787-8/9
Chicago O’Hare – 2 daily Boeing 787-9/A350
Dallas Fort Worth – 1 daily Boeing 787-10
Delhi – 10 weekly Boeing 777-200ER/Boeing 787-8
Denver – 1 daily Boeing 777-200ER
Dubai – 1 daily A350
Hong Kong – 1 daily Boeing 777-300ER
Houston – 5 weekly Boeing 777-200ER
Hyderabad – 3 weekly Boeing 787-8/9
Islamabad – 3 weekly Boeing 787-8
Johannesburg – 1 daily Boeing 777-300ER
Kuala Lumpur – 5 weekly Boeing 787-9
Kuwait City – 3 weekly Boeing 777-200ER
Lagos – 1 daily Boeing 777-200ER
Las Vegas – 1 daily Boeing 777-200ER
Los Angeles – 2 daily Boeing 787-9
Mahe (Seychelles) – 2 weekly  Boeing 787-9
Mexico City – 4 weekly Boeing 787-9
Miami – 1 daily Boeing 787-9
Montreal – 3 weekly Boeing 787-8
Mumbai – 10 weekly Boeing 777-200ER/Boeing 787-8
Nairobi – 4 weekly Boeing 777-200ER
Grand Cayman (via Nassau) – 4 weekly Boeing 777-200ER
Newark – 1 daily Boeing 787-9
New York JFK – 4 daily Boeing 777-200ER
Philadelphia – 1 daily Boeing 787-9
Riyadh – 4 weekly Boeing 777-200ER
San Francisco – 1 daily Boeing 777-300ER
Sao Paulo – 1 daily Boeing 787-9
Seattle – 1 daily Boeing 787-10
Seoul – 5 weekly Boeing 787-8
Shanghai –
2 weekly Boeing 777-300ER
Singapore –
1 daily Boeing 777-300ER
Tampa –
1 daily Boeing 777-200ER
Tel Aviv –
2 daily Boeing 787/A350
Tokyo Haneda –
1 daily Boeing 787-9
Toronto
1 daily Boeing 787-8
Vancouver –
1 daily Boeing 777-200ER
Washington Dulles –
1 daily A350

You can book on the British Airways website here.


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Comments (72)

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  • Reeferman says:

    Is there an obligation to accept a revised flight if it is within a certain time of the original flight?
    For example, I have a flight from IAD in Oct – it will be cancelled as it’s on the 747. BA’s Sept schedule shows its 1 flight a day departing about 3.5 hours later than my original flight. Would I be “forced” to accept that flight or would I have the right to full reimbursement?
    I will not be flying to IAD of course – and may well be prohibited by FCO rules at that time – but, that aside, would be good to know at what point an alternative option is deemed unacceptable.

    • Neil says:

      From what I’ve read on here in the past that’s a big enough change to allow you to push for a refund but you may also want to wait and see if they extend the book with confidence into October as that might give you some more options

  • KP says:

    So many to BOM and DEL? I’m surprised

  • Gordon Chalker says:

    Dominion republic is on the list and the government there have opened the island for tourism, All be it with certain measures,So fingers crossed I won’t be disappointed a second time. Just a pain flying from gatwick.

  • Nate1309 says:

    If my flight to Tampa has moved from LGW to LHR is that enough grounds to request a refund? Its in October…

    • Steve says:

      Change of airport is grounds for a refund. Your flight will now have a new flight number so no argument at all.

      • Nate1309 says:

        great thanks. I will just wait it out for now then until I receive official change email.

      • Doug M says:

        Pretty certain 261 specifies that change of flight number is not enough on it’s own. That could change for administrative reasons with no changes to time.
        I don’t think the change of airport is clear with 261, and I bet BA will resist, although they are not consistent in most things.

        • Carol says:

          I cancelled a September flight to the Seychelles for September back in May – I was allowed to do this as they changed the flight number even though nothing else had changed

    • jamie says:

      Aren’t all London airports treated as one?

    • Wally1976 says:

      Our DLM flights were moved from LGW to LHR. Phoned up yesterday and got a full cash and points refund no problem.

  • Matthew says:

    Had an Amex 241 trip booked for September – out to LAX and back from SJC. We decided not to go months ago, but didn’t want the vouchers and cancelling voluntarily would mean losing seat reservation fees (I had 747 upper deck seats booked there and back -approx £600) so I was waiting and hoping for a cancellation.

    SJC flight cancelled yesterday, so now whole booking + seat reservations refunded 🙂 and only took 23 mins to get through on the phone!

  • signol says:

    I’d be very surprised if the JNB flights go ahead, given that ZA is currently on the increase of infections.

  • Venturelog says:

    Wasn’t the 787-10 for Atlanta instead of Dallas FW?

    • Rhys says:

      Originally yes, but it’s been flying to Dallas since it was delivered. Probably for cargo reasons, as DFW is American Airlines’ largest hub.

  • Simon Hill says:

    BA booking options include San Jose CA from October in a 747 but then 787 from Nov onward

    • Fred says:

      October won’t be happening and I imagine that route will get canned – at least for a period of time

      • Chris in CA says:

        I hope it makes a reappearance soon: SJC is a cracking little airport, and not having to deal with SFO in either direction is a massive plus! As things stand at the moment I think all inbound flights are restricted to a fairly short list of airports by the US government, and unsurprisingly SJC isn’t on there.

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