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British Airways increases flights on Mumbai-London route

     Mumbai: In the line with its plan of expansion in the Indian market, British Airways announced on Thursday that it had increased the flight frequency on Mumbai-London route to two from one per day and would soon increase the frequency on Delhi-London route. In addition to BA 138, which departs from Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport of Mumbai at 0240 hours, the airways would introduce a new flight (BA 126) which would take off from the same airport of Mumbai at 1340 hours everyday and arrive at Heathrow Airport London at 1805 hours, the British Airways said in a statement today. The new flight took off from Mumbai airport on Thursday. The airline has also announced that it would double the number of flights on Delhi-London from one to two per day, from early next year. To maximise the customer connectivity and leverage domestic market, the British Airways has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Air Sahara, the statement said. British Airways has also extended connectivity to Bangalore from today, making it the first-ever international airline to offer direct flights to London Heathrow from five cities in India, Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore and Kolkata.
-Nov 3,  2005

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