BA scraps service to Chinese city cited by airport expansionists
Chengdu was where British business would fly to if only Heathrow was big enough, according to prominent backers of airport expansion. But less than 3 years after British Airways found a Heathrow slot to fly to the Chinese megacity, the airline has dropped the route because it is not commercially viable. BA launched direct flights to Chengdu, its fourth Chinese destination, in late 2013, and ran return flights 5 times a week. Even after having trimmed down the frequency and switched to a smaller, Boeing 787 plane, BA has confirmed that the service will end this January. The lack of links to Chengdu had been highlighted by Heathrow and politicians as a major example of how capacity constraints at the airport were stopping Britain connecting to “emerging markets”. However, it now appears few people want to fly there. <br/>
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BA scraps service to Chinese city cited by airport expansionists
Chengdu was where British business would fly to if only Heathrow was big enough, according to prominent backers of airport expansion. But less than 3 years after British Airways found a Heathrow slot to fly to the Chinese megacity, the airline has dropped the route because it is not commercially viable. BA launched direct flights to Chengdu, its fourth Chinese destination, in late 2013, and ran return flights 5 times a week. Even after having trimmed down the frequency and switched to a smaller, Boeing 787 plane, BA has confirmed that the service will end this January. The lack of links to Chengdu had been highlighted by Heathrow and politicians as a major example of how capacity constraints at the airport were stopping Britain connecting to “emerging markets”. However, it now appears few people want to fly there. <br/>
