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| Sunday, 2 May 2004 |
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BA increase seats British Airways (BA) would increase the number of flight seats from London to worldwide long haul destinations this summer by more than a quarter of a million. The airline is adding 257,000 seats during the summer months with more flights to popular holiday destinations such as Los Angeles, Hong Kong, Cape Town, Mexico City, Buenos Aires and Dubai. South Africa is being boosted with18,000 extra air seats this summer to Cape Town with larger aircraft serving the route. There will be three additional flights a week to Nairobi and one additional weekly flight to Buenos Aires. Sun seekers travelling to California have three more flights this summer with the number of flights between Heathrow and Los Angeles being increased from 14 to 17 flights a week. Mexico City will benefit from two extra flights from Heathrow, bringing the total number of weekly services to five. There will be an extra transatlantic service between Heathrow and New York's John F Kennedy airport every Saturday bringing the total number of flights a week from London to 49. Flights to Toronto would be increased from 17 to 18 flights a week. Dubai will have three additional flights bringing the number of services to 17 each week. Travel to the Far East this summer is expected to grow with the introduction of more British Airways' services to the Chinese capital of Beijing which have been increased from three a week to five, and flights to Hong Kong have been increased from 14 to 17 a week. Joe Rajadurai, British Airways' Country Commercial Manager said: "We have carefully selected some popular holiday destinations and have added a quarter million more seats to facilitate travellers to plan their holidays better.'' |
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