This Major Airline Is Suspending Flights Between London’s Gatwick and New York

Travelers planning a visit to London have misplaced one route possibility. 

British Airways lately revealed it could be suspending service on flights between New York’s JFK Airport and London’s Gatwick Airport within the coming months. The airline cites delays in receiving engines and components from producer Rolls-Royce as the rationale for the flight suspension. 

“We’re disappointed that we’ve had to make further changes to our schedule as we continue to experience delays to the delivery of engines and parts from Rolls-Royce – particularly in relation to the Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines fitted to our 787 aircraft,” a consultant from British Airways shared with Travel + Leisure in a press release. 

British Airways didn’t verify the variety of flights being canceled, or the period.

As a decision for affected passengers, British Airways has been reaching out to passengers and rebooking them on airline companions or to a different London-based airport reminiscent of Heathrow, the place the airline will proceed to function service.

Looking forward to 2025, British Airways remains to be predicting a “record-breaking” summer time for journey between the United Kingdom and North America. The airline lately revealed they’d be working greater than 400 direct weekly flights at peak occasions, between the areas than ever earlier than. The airline operates extra direct flights from Austin, Las Vegas, Miami, Pittsburgh, and Washington, DC.

The airline can also be increasing for 2025 with a new lounge at Miami International Airport. The 13,000 sq. foot traveler oasis will characteristic a “new lounge design”, and be situated close to British Airways’ departure gates, T+L reported in September. 

British Airways lately launched a brand new codeshare settlement with Alaska Airlines, permitting for simpler reserving on one another’s flights in addition to reciprocal loyalty advantages. This will probably be an additional benefit for members of British Airways’ Executive Club loyalty program which was lately ranked as one of many high 5 airline loyalty applications. 

Over 38 million individuals visited the United Kingdom in 2023, which was greater than the 31.2 million who visited in 2022, in keeping with authorities knowledge.