British Airways will operate more weekly flights between the UK and North America next summer than ever before.
During peak weeks, the airline will operate more than 400 direct flights per week from London to 26 cities in the US, as well as destinations in Canada and Mexico.
The bumper schedule is due to a number of additional frequencies, including a shift from daily to double-daily services to Miami, an extra six flights per week to Austin (giving it a total of 13 per week), an extra three flights per week to Las Vegas (taking it to ten per week), an additional weekly flight to Pittsburgh (which becomes a daily service), an extra seven flights per week to Washington DC (taking it to 21 flights per week).
"The US remains a priority market for us, and we know these network changes will be welcomed by both our business and leisure customers, providing more options than ever before to travel between the UK and the USA," said Neil Chernoff, British Airways’ chief planning and strategy officer.
British Airways had launched new services to six destinations in the last decade: Austin, New Orleans, Nashville, Pittsburgh, Portland and Cincinnati.
Elsewhere, the carrier is adding a third daily flight to Delhi and new services to Kuala Lumpur and Jeddah - which commences this November – will continue into the summer season.