It remains a dynamic time for international travel and we’re continually reviewing our flying schedules in response to the ongoing impact of Covid-19 and any restrictions in the destinations we fly to. We hope to be back to a full flying programme as soon as we can.
We’re excited to confirm that President Biden’s administration has announced that the United States will reopen its borders for fully vaccinated international visitors from November 2021. This means that from early November (date to be confirmed) if you’re fully vaccinated with a vaccine recognised by the United States, you’ll be able to enter the US as a visitor, be it for a holiday, business or reuniting with loved ones. Further information can be found here
Because of ongoing travel restrictions and Red list designations, we are making further adjustments to our Havana, Trinidad & Tobago and Cape Town schedules, resulting in cancellations. We’re sorry for the inconvenience caused to our customers and look forward to returning to these destinations as soon as possible. The Red list should focus purely on Variants of Concern, in order to protect public health, therefore it’s imperative to rapidly and continuously remove countries that don’t pose a threat, in order to open travel back up to countries like South Africa.
We’ve taken the difficult decision to delay the start of our Manchester-Montego Bay services until mid-December, with travel to Jamaica restricted for holidaymakers due to current FCDO advice currently advising against non-essential travel. Following the confirmed opening of US borders for fully vaccinated international visitors from early November, we’ve also adjusted some of our US schedules.
As a result of the fast-moving travel environment, we continue to make schedule changes which will affect our Flying Programme for the coming weeks.
We are reducing frequencies on several routes, however to ensure impacted passengers can continue with their travel plans, they will be reprotected to the most suitable alternative departure.
Where a flight is cancelled, and due to limited operations to these destinations, there will be no reprotection option available, these sectors will appear as UN.
Bookings affected by these changes will be updated in your GDS on Saturday 25 September 2021. Our most up to date flexibility policy can be found here
Cancellations Effective until & including
USA
LHR-MCO
30 Oct
MAN-MCO
31 Oct
LHR-LAS
31 Oct
LHR-IAD
16 Oct
LHR-SEA
16 Oct
MAN-ATL
30 Dec
MAN-JFK
31 Oct
Caribbean
MAN-MBJ
14 Dec
LHR-TAB
31 Dec
LHR-HAV
31 Dec
Pakistan
MAN-ISB
14 Oct
South Africa
LHR-CPT
1 Dec
China
LHR-PVG
15 Oct
We are also making some frequency updates on selected routes. We will continue to keep our website up to date with all the latest updates to schedule and travel restrictions.
During October we plan to maintain operations on the following routes, subject to late changes:
Our flying programme
USA
LHR-ATL-LHR
7 per week
LHR-BOS-LHR
4 per week
LHR-JFK-LHR
17 per week
LHR-LAX-LHR
11 per week
LHR-MIA-LHR
4 per week
LHR-SFO-LHR
3 per week
Caribbean
LHR-BGI-LHR
7 per week
LHR-MBJ-LHR
3 per week
LHR-ANU-LHR
3 per week
LHR-GND-LHR (via BGI)
2 per week
LHR-SVD-LHR (via BGI)
2 per week from 13 Oct
MAN-BGI-MAN
3 per week
South Africa
LHR-JNB-LHR
3 per week
India
LHR-BOM-LHR
7 per week
LHR-DEL-LHR
7 per week
Pakistan
LHR-LHE-LHR
4 per week
LHR-ISB-LHR
3 per week
MAN-ISB-MAN
4 per week from 15 Oct
Hong Kong
LHR-HKG
1-16 Oct, 2 per week 17-31 Oct, 7 per week
HKG-LHR
1-10 Oct, 11 per week 11-31 Oct, 7 per week
China
LHR-PVG-LHR
1 per week from 22 Oct
Nigeria
LHR-LOS-LHR
7 per week
Israel
LHR-TLV-LHR
7 per week
Our partners are also back in the skies, and here's a reminder of where they are flying long-haul from the UK in October.