British Airways has announced a significant expansion of its long-haul network for winter 2026, focusing on increased frequencies to key US cities and destinations in the Middle East, Caribbean and Asia from London Heathrow and Gatwick.
Transatlantic services see Miami gaining a second daily flight from Heathrow, Dallas/Fort Worth resuming daily operations after a 2025 suspension, Las Vegas rising from 10 to 13 weekly flights, and both San Diego and Austin expanding to 14 weekly each. Heathrow-JFK increases to nine daily flights, replacing the Gatwick-JFK service. A new route to St. Louis launches April 19, 2026, with four weekly 787-8 flights through October.
In the Middle East and Gulf, Bahrain achieves daily Heathrow flights, more than doubling capacity; Jeddah gains five weekly and Riyadh 14 weekly services; Doha expands to 14 weekly. Caribbean schedules include an extra weekly Gatwick-Kingston, Jamaica flight, totaling four weekly.
Asia developments feature Bangkok becoming year-round from Gatwick, with three weekly summer flights increasing to six in winter on 777-200ER, adding nearly 60,000 seats and codeshare connections to Phuket and Phnom Penh via Bangkok Airways.
Neil Chernoff, British Airways’ Chief Planning and Strategy Officer, stated: “We’re delighted to expand our long-haul network from London Heathrow and Gatwick next summer, adding more services to some of our most-loved destinations.” Aircraft upgrades include A350-1000 on Austin, Nashville and other US routes from March 29, 2026.
These changes, filed for northern summer 2026 and extending into winter, respond to demand on business and leisure routes.