BA adds back Bahrain and South Africa as part of October expansion

BA today resumed flights to Johannesburg, Cape Town and Bahrain, part of a number restored routes as it steps up its network this month after suspending a swathe of services during the global pandemic. The resumption of the South African services today comes after the country re-opened this month for international flights. Lufthansa was among other international carriers to resume South African services. Ironically the reopening of the country to international flights comes a day after national carrier South African Airways suspended all airline operations while its business rescuers assess options to obtain urgent funding BA is also adding back flights to long-haul winter sun destinations Grenada, Barbados, the Seychelles and the Maldives later in October. These join the airline’s new Heathrow service to Lahore in Pakistan. The airline has also bolstered its short-haul network. Flights to Brussels, Dublin, Dusseldorf, Gothenburg, Milan Linate, Stuttgart, Seville and Valencia returned today, while it will resume Bilbao, Kefalonia, Luxembourg and Lanzarote over the next two days. Later in the month, BA will resume flights to Basel, Billund, Bordeaux, Brindisi, Grand Canaria, Cologne, Malta, Salzburg, Vienna and Zagreb.<br/>