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British Airways adds Stansted flights and reprieves Bahrain

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British Airways has added a new summer route to its nascent Stansted operation.

Flights from London Stansted to Bergerac will launch on 28th June and end on 30th August.

The flight will be operated by BA Cityflyer, the subsidiary which operates Embraer 190 services from London City Airport.

As usual with these services, it is being operated to keep the Cityflyer fleet earning money whilst London City Airport is closed for 24 hours over the weekend.

There will be one flight per week on a Saturday. The timings are:

  • The outbound leaves Stansted at 13.30 and lands in Bergerac at 16.05
  • The return leaves Bergerac at 16.45 and lands in Stansted at 17.20

Premium and elite status passengers at London Stansted will have the pleasure of using the Escape lounge which we reviewed here.

Flights are bookable now for cash or Avios at ba.com.

British Airways give Bahrain a reprieve

In a surprise u-turn, British Airways will not be cancelling flights to Bahrain after all.

The route, along with Kuwait, was due to be discontinued from the end of March due to engine issues with BA’s Boeing 787 fleet which have reduced the number of aircraft available.

After substantial pushback, possibly driven by the fact that BA and its predecessor airlines have been flying to Bahrain for almost 100 years, the airline has reinstated three flights per week for the summer season.

It is hoping to return to a daily service for the winter season, from the end of October.

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Comments (36)

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  • James P says:
    23 Nov23 November 05:14

    Do you know if you can buy multiple ticket packages, e.g. buy 2 x of the pairs so that a group of 4 can attend an event? Thanks, James

    • david says:
      23 Nov23 November 06:55

      I purchased 2x as thats all it lets you, but as of now I could in theory book another 2x for same event obviously as stock is still available.

    • Rob says:
      23 Nov23 November 09:12

      You can but only one at a time and you don’t know how many are left (I think).

  • James W says:
    23 Nov23 November 06:39

    The Marco Pierre White voucher is great value – I’ve nabbed one! Thanks for the tip!

    • Neil says:
      27 Nov27 November 17:23

      1p per point here at least (you get the option of £55 of your bill when redeeming)

  • david says:
    23 Nov23 November 06:54

    Thanks for the heads up got the 31st Dec Disney one. Should be a good one.

    • James P says:
      23 Nov23 November 07:53

      Yeh, thanks for heads up as well. I got 2 x 2 tickets for Strictly which will be an ideal christmas present sorted.

  • BSI1978 says:
    23 Nov23 November 07:22

    It’ll always be Twitter to me!

  • 787driver says:
    23 Nov23 November 08:10

    Went for the Marco experience!

    • HampshireHog says:
      23 Nov23 November 11:04

      Looks like you might struggle to book at popular times. Weekends can only be booked within 48 hours

    • Bryan says:
      23 Nov23 November 17:34

      Marco Pierre White is awful. Got gifted a voucher for it once. Ended up spending an extra £100+ just to have a half-reasonable experience. Not worth it for me at any price.

    • ianM says:
      24 Nov24 November 17:44

      Marco Pierre White same deal available with Railcard for £44

  • CJD says:
    23 Nov23 November 08:58

    Strictly is a great family day out if you enjoy watching the TV show.

  • Richie says:
    23 Nov23 November 10:44

    BACF are competing with Ryanair from Stansted to Bergerac and Brive, do they have their fingers crossed for a CE demand?

    • ADS says:
      25 Nov25 November 00:29

      i just looked at a return in July … and BA is actually cheaper than FR !

      maybe BA saw the prices that FR were asking and decided that they wanted a piece of the action !

  • Hamish says:
    23 Nov23 November 11:00

    Can you buy this as a gift if you’re not attending your self? Looking at the Strictly Come Dancing show.

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