London Gatwick: British Airways Flight Status, Hub News & Discussion

[juliet-fox-9]

British Airways has re-opened reservation for short-haul flights from London Gatwick, effective 29MAR22. Up to 35 routes are available for reservation, currently under BA Mainline.


Source - theaeronetwork

 

[CM.]

British Airways to resume its Gatwick to Jersey route from June 19th.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1514505848596451329

 

[KARFA]

Yes that's a surprise. For years pre covid JER was exclusively a LGW route. During the last 2 years it has been exclusively at LHR, and apparently worked very well for them. They recently confirmed the route would remain at LHR.

This one seems to be a daily rotation from LGW operated by BA mainline from LHR and not by the new LGW Euroflyer lot. The plane and crew will basically do LHR-JER-LGW-JER-LHR. This is very similar to the GLA and MAN routes from LGW which are done by BA mainline in the same way by a LHR based crew and plane.

 

[A400]

Cape Town resuming from 13 December.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1552620820605947905

 

[juliet-fox-9]

According to the UK's Sunday Telegraph, BA will increase the number of aircraft based at Gatwick from 14 to between 24 and 28 in the coming years.

https://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/...ways-eyes-doubling-of-london-gatwick-presence

 

[juliet-fox-9]

Four new routes have been announced this year - Corfu, Montpellier, Mykonos and Salzburg.

British Airways NS23 London Gatwick Short-Haul Additions — AeroRoutes

Mykonos entry corrected as of 2015GMT 05JAN23 Published at 1200GMT 05JAN23 British Airways yesterday (04JAN23) announced short-haul network additions from London Gatwick , for Northern summer 2023 season. Planned service additions as follow. London Gatwick – Corfu eff 30MAY23 3 weekly A320

www.aeroroutes.com

 

[Brum X]

NEW ROUTE British Airways - London Gatwick to Sharm El Sheikh. Winter seasonal flights start 3 November 2023, info credit to Sean M

https://twitter.com/SeanM1997/status/1641511442246426642

 

[juliet-fox-9]

Vancouver is to go daily and the operating season will be lengthened.

https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/231123-bans24lgwyvr

 

[juliet-fox-9]

New route to Bangkok, which was previously dropped from LHR

London Gatwick – Bangkok Suvarnabhumi eff 28OCT24 3 weekly 777-200ER

https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240305-banw24thmy

 

[Severn]

British Airways/Oneworld at LGW - Summer 2024
The following is based at LGW during this summer season.

BA Euroflyer
- 12x A320
- 11x A321

*1x A320 and 1xA321 used as spare aircraft​

British Airways
- 12x B777 (all are BA Mainline but in LGW specific config with more economy seating)

Vueling
- 2x A320 (operating to Spanish destinations under VY flight numbers)

 

[dan9999]

Hello can anyone shed any light why BA2203 to Cancun is running late today as it landed early from its previous flight

 

[Matt995]

Hello can anyone shed any light why BA2203 to Cancun is running late today as it landed early from its previous flight

it was only just 2 hours late? could be thousands of reasons why it was delayed - minor tech issue? slot issues? luggage off loaded due to missing passenger? flight crew taken ill, so waiting for a stand by member? handling issues? change of aircraft? guess only BA and the passengers might know the reason?

 

[Jerry]

British Airways will look to replace their Gatwick 777s with 787-10s and will look to expand the base from 12 aircraft to 18.

British Airways’ Long-Haul Fleet Transformation: What It Means for Premium Travellers

This analysis was kindly provided by regular reader Mark Hopwood. For many readers of Turning Left for Less, British Airways remains a key airline of interest, whether for paid travel

www.turningleftforless.com

 

[Jerry]

Barbados from Gatwick with tags to Grenada, Georgetown and Tobago and St Lucia becomes a standalone service.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2033706618127299060

NEW ROUTE

British Airways - London Gatwick to Colombo. Winter seasonal flights start 23 October 2026

BA2045 LGW 1730-0900+1 CMB (Mon, Wed & Fri)

BA2046 CMB 1100-1700 LGW (Tue, Thu & Sat)

https://twitter.com/x/status/2033704750986793106

 

[Jerry]

Tampa switches from Gatwick to Heathrow
NEW ROUTE

British Airways - London Heathrow to Tampa. Flights start 25 October 2026

BA211 LHR 1245-1730 TPA (Mon, Wed, Thu, Sat & Sun)

BA210 TPA 1955-0915+1 LHR (Mon, Wed, Thu, Sat & Sun)

Replaces London Gatwick - Tampa which ends 24 October 2026

https://twitter.com/x/status/2033839993462956481

 

[Aviador]

With British Airways confirming the transfer of key long haul routes such as Tampa and San José (Costa Rica) from London Gatwick over to Heathrow, it raises a fundamental question about BA’s long term commercial strategy at LGW. Moving these routes across to LHR shifts them from high capacity Boeing 777s onto premium configured 787s, plugging them straight into BA’s primary global hub for feeder traffic.

This move naturally makes you wonder whether BA is signalling that high end premium leisure routes can no longer generate sufficient yields at LGW without international hub feed. While Gatwick has seen significant focus on BA EuroFlyer for short haul point to point traffic alongside core Caribbean leisure routes, there is a growing sense that LGW is being positioned primarily for leisure defence against easyJet and Wizz Air, while higher yielding long haul points are steadily reclaimed by Heathrow whenever slot availability permits.

If BA continues migrating established mid haul and long haul routes over to LHR, it presents a broader challenge for Gatwick. Can the airport attract alternative long haul carriers to fill these gaps, or is it destined to become ever more reliant on short haul point to point volume?

Is this simply routine seasonal slot optimisation by IAG, or are we watching a slow, deliberate contraction of BA's long haul footprint at Gatwick in favour of a single hub Heathrow model?

 

[Jerry]

With British Airways confirming the transfer of key long haul routes such as Tampa and San José (Costa Rica) from London Gatwick over to Heathrow

There's most likely more premium traffic on those routes now and potentially more onward connecting traffic as well. Gatwick does look more to be leisure orientated for BA.

 

[juliet-fox-9]

BA have announced a new route to Zanzibar via Kilaminjaro beginning May 2027

Routing - LGW - JRO - ZNZ - LGW

British Airways NS27 Intercontinental Network Changes – 17SEP26 — AeroRoutes

Published at 0100PDT / 0800GMT 18SEP26 British Airways yesterday (17SEP26) announced planned intercontinental network adjustment for Northern summer 2027 season. Planned operation changes include the following. London Gatwick – Kilimanjaro – Zanzibar eff 29MAY27 3 weekly 777-200ER, new route

www.aeroroutes.com

 

[Severn]

With British Airways confirming the transfer of key long haul routes such as Tampa and San José (Costa Rica) from London Gatwick over to Heathrow, it raises a fundamental question about BA’s long term commercial strategy at LGW. Moving these routes across to LHR shifts them from high capacity Boeing 777s onto premium configured 787s, plugging them straight into BA’s primary global hub for feeder traffic.

This move naturally makes you wonder whether BA is signalling that high end premium leisure routes can no longer generate sufficient yields at LGW without international hub feed. While Gatwick has seen significant focus on BA EuroFlyer for short haul point to point traffic alongside core Caribbean leisure routes, there is a growing sense that LGW is being positioned primarily for leisure defence against easyJet and Wizz Air, while higher yielding long haul points are steadily reclaimed by Heathrow whenever slot availability permits.

If BA continues migrating established mid haul and long haul routes over to LHR, it presents a broader challenge for Gatwick. Can the airport attract alternative long haul carriers to fill these gaps, or is it destined to become ever more reliant on short haul point to point volume?

Is this simply routine seasonal slot optimisation by IAG, or are we watching a slow, deliberate contraction of BA's long haul footprint at Gatwick in favour of a single hub Heathrow model?

I’m not sure the idea that BA long-haul at Gatwick is failing really stands up when you look at what BA is actually scheduling.

Gatwick has increasingly become BA’s leisure-focused long-haul operation — essentially the sort of routes that don’t require First Class or the huge amount of connecting traffic available at Heathrow. Heathrow is the hub; Gatwick isn’t trying to replicate it. The one significant domestic feed at LGW is Glasgow, conveniently timed into many of the morning Caribbean departures.

And despite Tampa moving to Heathrow, one of 2x daily LHR-BGI will move back to LGW meaning peak summer long-haul weekly departures at LGW actually increases slightly next year: 68x weekly in August 2027 versus 67x in August 2026.

Most of the LGW-BGI flights will continue to the smaller Caribbean destinations (GND, TAB, GEO)— effectively taking over the role St Lucia has been performing as the tagging point this summer.

BA is also adding a new three-weekly Gatwick–Kilimanjaro–Zanzibar service for summer 2027 plus BKK goes 2>3 weekly.
There are reductions to UVF (6>4 weekly) and POS (3>2 weekly)

So this looks much more like BA refining what each London airport is for. Some routes which benefit from Heathrow’s connecting and premium market move there; leisure routes which fit the Gatwick model operate from LGW. If BA were genuinely running down Gatwick long-haul, you’d expect the peak schedule to be shrinking which it isn’t.

 

[KARFA]

I agree. And certainly if it was struggling with long haul at LGW, the announcement to get new aircraft and expand the base would not make much sense.

British Airways will look to replace their Gatwick 777s with 787-10s and will look to expand the base from 12 aircraft to 18.

British Airways’ Long-Haul Fleet Transformation: What It Means for Premium Travellers

This analysis was kindly provided by regular reader Mark Hopwood. For many readers of Turning Left for Less, British Airways remains a key airline of interest, whether for paid travel

www.turningleftforless.com