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BA said Tuesday it would start flying flights to Nashville from London in May 2018, the first direct route to the city from Europe. The service will fly five times a week from Heathrow's Terminal 5, and will be operated with Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner aircraft. The new route means that British Airways will fly to 26 US destinations from summer 2018. The airline said it would also increase its service to Philadelphia and Phoenix to 10 flights a week from a daily service.<br/>

For the first time, Chicago’s O’Hare airport will have regularly scheduled service on the world’s largest passenger jet. That will come May 8, when BA begins using the Airbus A380 for one of its two existing flights between Chicago O’Hare and London Heathrow. Currently, BA uses Boeing 747-400 jets for both of its Chicago-London frequencies. “The addition of the Airbus A380 for direct service from O’Hare to London is great news for travelers in Chicago and around the world,” said Ginger Evans, the Chicago Department of Aviation commissioner. The addition of the A380 to British Airways’ Chicago schedule will give O’Hare its first regular service on the superjumbo jet. The A380 has stopped at O’Hare before, but only on special or one-off flights. <br/>