British Airways plans to bring all of its London Heathrow flights together into two terminals, streamlining passenger transfers for connections to the rest of the UK and Europe.
A spokesperson told Australia Network that the air carrier will also shift the UK end of its Sydney-Singapore-London flights from London Heathrow’s Terminal 3 to the newer and streamlined Terminal 5.
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British Airways is also looking to transfer some oUK and European traffic rights at Heathrow across to long-haul British Airways routes, with the investor presentation listing “Convert slots from short-haul to long-haul use” on a slide marked “bmi turnaround – optimise”.
A spokesperson for British Airways said: “We are looking at converting the shorthaul slots to longhaul services where we see an opportunity.”
Earlier this month Virgin Atlantic swooped in and scooped up a dozen competition-boosting slots at Heathrow which were made available as a direct result of the BA-bmi merger, which ironically Virgin will use to launch short-haul flights within the UK as well as to Europe and the Middle East.
