When British Airways (BA) resumed flights final 12 months, after pausing through the Covid-19 pandemic, it mentioned Heathrow to Beijing was “considered one of our most essential routes”.
Nevertheless, in a name with buyers final month, Nicholas Cadbury, the chief monetary officer of BA’s mum or dad firm IAG, mentioned it confronted “weak demand” in China.
The airline now says Beijing flights shall be suspended till November 2025, however schedules will stay beneath overview.
BA can also be dropping considered one of its two every day flights to Hong Kong. It can proceed flying to Shanghai.
Air visitors between Europe and China has been gradual to recuperate because the pandemic, with Chinese language carriers taking a majority of the market.
Final month Virgin Atlantic additionally introduced plans to cancel its flights from Shanghai, its solely vacation spot in China, from October.
It mentioned “vital challenges and complexities on this route have contributed to the industrial choice to droop flying to Shanghai.”
It mentioned flight instances had been roughly one hour longer to Shanghai, and two hours longer on the way in which again to London.
