BRITISH Airways will suspend flights from London to Beijing starting Oct 26, the latest airline to pull services to China amid continued Russian airspace closure and weaker demand.
The airline, owned by IAG, said it will halt services until November 2025 and offer affected passengers options to rebook or take a full refund, according to an emailed statement. BA will continue to operate daily flights to Shanghai and Hong Kong, according to the statement.
A number of carriers have reduced or curtailed services to China amid slower demand and longer flight times caused by having to fly around Russian airspace. This month, IAG chief executive officer Luis Gallego said that the group was seeing weakness in China and Asia.
BA’s Beijing suspension comes days after the airline axed one of its two daily flights to Hong Kong. Virgin Atlantic Airways is also suspending services to China from October on the airspace closures, while Qantas Airways cited weak demand when it curbed its Sydney to Shanghai services. BLOOMBERG
