After a hiatus of more than 15 years, Barbados will once again be serviced by British Airways from London Heathrow with a year-round direct daily service commencing October 17th, 2020, offering even more accessibility for Irish holidaymakers to the beautiful island of Barbados.
Minister of Tourism and International Transport, Senator the Hon. Lisa Cummins, made the announcement on Tuesday. “For more than 15 years, Barbados has been engaging British Airways on the re-establishment of London Heathrow as the gateway to Barbados, following the retirement of its Concorde service. We are thrilled therefore to see this finally come to fruition as it opens the door for us, quite literally, for growth opportunities in cities and continents that were once out of our reach,” she said.
Barbados will now have enhanced domestic connectivity from all regions of the U.K.. The flight’s afternoon departure from the U.K. will also offer seamless connections to British Airways’ extensive European network, tapping into the major cities of Dublin, Belfast, Amsterdam, Paris, Frankfurt, Berlin, Madrid, Stockholm and Vienna.
Going further afield, it also offers Barbados the opportunity to explore new markets such as Africa, the Middle East, South East Asia and the Far East.
“Post-COVID-19, with British Airways seeing the contraction of various routes, the opportunity presented itself for this service and we were determined to secure it. Understanding the challenges currently faced by our industry, it is critical for us to be both smart and aggressive with our growth strategy, and this represents that,” Cummins asserted.
Coinciding with the busy midterm period in Autumn, the new service commencing in October will be operated using British Airways’ four-class Boeing 777-200 aircraft. The year-round daily service will boost the already daily flights from London Gatwick, which run from October 2020 through April 2021.
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