NEW AVIOS ROUTES: British Airways returns to Sharm El Sheikh and extends Malta

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• R01 says:

  1 Apr1 April 11:11

  I’ve just paid £1300 to EasyJet for 2 return tickets to Hurghada in June for a dive trip so pricing for BA is about right. I’ve never been so pained entering my card details to pay

  • James says:

    1 Apr1 April 11:30

    Yep, Sharm & Hurghada are horrendous prices at the moment.

  • Norsksaint says:

    2 Apr2 April 13:56

    if you like diving would highly recommend Oman as well, some of the best diving I have experienced. Can dive either just outside Muscat, or head up to Khasab.

• James says:

  1 Apr1 April 11:28

  Glad to see BA return to Sharm.
  Such a shame they insist on CE & ET on the Egypt routes though.
  Used to love the ex-BMI throne seats to Cairo.

• NewsKnight says:

  1 Apr1 April 11:41

  If you can afford to fly via the ME3 or Jordan. I would do it. I have done BA in Y and J to CAI, and the seats are so thin and hard for 5hrs. The flight team knows this is a terrible setup for such a long flight. So many Americans in J couldn’t understand how BA offered a flight 2hrs shorter than flying in from JFK, such a rubbish setup, and had to keep apologising.

  Y is terrible, especially as they don’t take on enough food for the return. So even if you preorder and want more food 4hrs into your flight, there is F all left. At least it’s consistent with all BA flights 😉

  Very big first world problem, I know 😀

  • Rizz says:

    1 Apr1 April 12:43

    Those American tourists in J may be complaining but their compatriots in Y would know that the vast majority of transcon flights in the US are longer than this and use 737s or A320s. Same with flights to Central and South America – for example Miami to Lima on AA is 6 hours and uses A320.

    As a fun fact, LHR has what allegedly is the second longest A320-operated flight in the world, Tashkent-Heathrow on Uzbekistan Airways, with flight time of just under 8 hours (!)

    • PeteM says:

      1 Apr1 April 13:44

      What does J look like on those planes, though? Because I can assure you it’s rarely what BA sells as J on short haul…

      • Rizz says:

        1 Apr1 April 15:31

        Just a regular US “First” product: 2×2 seating with more spacious seats; absolutely horrible food; no lounge access on domestic even with highest status.

        No difference in Y, except for a bag of free pretzels.

        • bafan says:

          2 Apr2 April 20:13

          Sorry that just isn’t true – the seats on US First is far superior to BA. ALL I care about is the seat on a 5 hour flight.

• atcoloz says:

  1 Apr1 April 12:16

  I remember when that SSH route from LGW used to be on a 772, with Club World….

  • His Holyness says:

    1 Apr1 April 13:41

    The marvellous interventions in the ME that lead to further Islamic terrorism put all that to bed.

• Joseph King says:

  1 Apr1 April 12:36

  Being honest, when I saw the headline, I thought this article may have been an April Fools. There are several competitors offering equivalent service (and cramped short haul seats) at a lower price than BA.

• Chris says:

  1 Apr1 April 13:53

  Will the BA flights land and depart from Terminal 1, the more modern Terminal, or Terminal 2, the more basic Terminal?

• Duncan says:

  1 Apr1 April 14:52

  Is the avios reward flight saver pricing a mistake. £35+ 18500 Avios PP seems a bargain for the distance

  • Aston100 says:

    1 Apr1 April 17:04

    Something isn’t right.
    The flights to Cairo cost considerably more.

• DTR says:

  1 Apr1 April 16:04

  Bring back Calgary already BA!

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