Where will British Airways fly the A380 in Summer 2025?

Plans for the A380 fleet refurbishment – to install Club Suites and a brand new exclusive A380 First Class seat – are in hand, with the first aircraft to be complete in early 2026.

In the meantime, there’s no doubt that the aircraft still has a great attraction for flyers – even it means getting the old BA Club World seat – given the unique double-deck configuration and incredibly quiet cabins.

With the summer timetable now locked into place (and starting next weekend) I thought it was worth taking a look at where you can expect to fly the A380. As always, last minute changes are possible.

Remember that the summer timetable runs from the last weekend in March to the last weekend in October.

We have (confusingly!) already run an article on where the A380 will fly in Winter 2025 which you can read here.

The A380 will be flying on seven routes during some or all of the summer flying season:

Boston

As with last year, Boston will see a regular A380 service over the peak summer months with a daily service. On some days BA offers three flights a day – the other two are with Boeing 787 or 777 aircraft.

Johannesburg

The A380 will fly double-daily to Johannesburg from June, up from a single daily service in April and May.

Los Angeles

One daily flight will continue to operate with the A380, together with two Boeing 777 services. The latter should have Club Suite.

Miami

British Airways is offering a reduced schedule to Miami, just once a day, but will operate its largest aircraft. Further daily flights are being offered by transatlantic joint venture partner American Airlines, which is picking up some of the slack.

San Francisco

One daily flight will continue to operate with the A380, together with a Boeing 777 service.

Singapore

Whilst not for the whole summer, BA will send an A380 to Singapore daily during April and May 2025.

Washington Dulles

One of BA’s three daily flights to Washington DC will be operated by an A380.

Conclusion

The fleet of 12 A380 aircraft will operate seven daily departures from Heathrow this summer.

At some point this year the A380 refurbishment program will begin, taking at least one aircraft out of service at any one time. A brand new First Class as well as Club Suites will be installed during this time.

Click here to see the current plans for Winter 2025 A380 services.

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How to earn Avios from UK credit cards (April 2025)

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:

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