British Airways to "pause" Beijing route

BRITISH AIRWAYS is suspending its flights between Heathrow and Beijing at the end of the summer schedule, and the carrier has confirmed to Business Traveller that it is “pausing” the route from October 26. BA said the suspension currently affects flights until November 2025, although it also said it would keep its schedules under review. The airline’s flight times to Asia have been extended due to its current inability to use Russian airspace, which is not the case for Chinese carriers. BA said the restrictions meant flight times were “considerably longer”, which in turn had “a commercial implication”. The carrier only resumed flights to Beijing in June last year, after a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic. The decision – along with the move to cut flights to Hong Kong to daily from…

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