British Airways to operate daily flights from B'lore

Bangalore, July 24 (UNI) The British Airways (BA) will launch a daily flight from Bangalore from October 30.

B A Area Commercial Manager for South Asia Amanda Amos, in a statement here, said the tremendous response from discerning passengers of Bangalore had encouraged BA to further augment its capacity from the IT hub of India.

On May 4, BA had implemented the frequency enhancement plan in Bangalore and increased the number of flights from five to six per week. It had further been enhanced to seven flights a week.

BA, which had been flying to India for 77 years now, had commenced operations from Bangalore, in October last. ''We are committed to serve our Indian customers better and have come up with various innovative solutions to give them total controls of their travel plans like manage my booking, online baording passes and online check in,'' Amos said.

The new flight, BA 18, would depart from Bangalore at 0645 hrs (local time) and arrive at London Heathrow airport at 1230 hrs (local time). The return flight from London would depart at 1330 hrs and reach Bangalore at 0445 hrs the following day, the release said.

Currently operating 42 schedules a week out of India, BA had also been enhancing its service offerings, it added.

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