British Airways will keep flying Iberia and Finnair aircraft until late August

If you have a British Airways short haul flight coming up this Summer, the chance that you will end up on an Iberia or Finnair aircraft – with Iberia or Finnair crew – is increasing.

According to Aeroroutes, the following routes will be operated partially or wholly by Iberia aircraft until the end of August:

• Barcelona
• Copenhagen
• Milan Malpensa
• Palma de Mallorca
• Rome Fiumcino
• Stockholm Arlanda

Meanwhile, the following routes will be partially or wholly flown by Finnair:

• Billund
• Bologna
• Brindisi
• Budapest
• Faro
• Gothenburg
• Krakow
• Ljubljana
• Lyon
• Marseille
• Nuremberg
• Olbia
• Oslo
• Pisa
• Prague
• Pula
• Split
• Toulouse
• Valencia
• Vienna
• Zagreb

Whoever ends up operating your flight, you will receive the standard British Airways onboard service.

Feedback about these Iberia and Finnair services has generally been positive. However, BA will allow you to change your flight to a BA-operated one if yours is impacted, which may be handy if the original time and date was not totally convenient.

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How to earn Avios from UK credit cards (April 2024)

As a reminder, there are various ways of earning Avios points from UK credit cards.  Many cards also have generous sign-up bonuses!

In February 2022, Barclaycard launched two exciting new Barclaycard Avios Mastercard cards with a bonus of up to 25,000 Avios. You can apply here.

You qualify for the bonus on these cards even if you have a British Airways American Express card:

There are two official British Airways American Express cards with attractive sign-up bonuses:

You can also get generous sign-up bonuses by applying for American Express cards which earn Membership Rewards points. These points convert at 1:1 into Avios.

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You should also consider the British Airways Accelerating Business credit card. This is open to sole traders as well as limited companies and has a 30,000 Avios sign-up bonus.

There are also generous bonuses on the two American Express Business cards, with the points converting at 1:1 into Avios. These cards are open to sole traders as well as limited companies.

Click here to read our detailed summary of all UK credit cards which earn Avios. This includes both personal and small business cards.