British Airways to increase flights to India

More flights to Bangalore, Chennai also on cards

BY A CORRESPONDENT
March 30, 2006

British Airways is hiking flight frequencies to India. From the current 35, there will be 42 flights a week to Indian cities from London Heathrow airport. British Airways is also shortly bringing out online boarding passes for its passengers from India. BA will introduce thrice-weekly flights to Kolkata from London.

At a press meet in Kolkata, British Airways officials said that the airline has plans to operate five flights a week from Chennai and six flights a week from Bangalore from May 4.

British Airways has invested two million pounds for their 'India, the world is waiting' campaign. This was specifically targeted at the Indian market. The airline also has plans to invest £200 million in the coming year to upgrade their web and in-flight facilities.

British Airways has extensive worldwide network of 157 routes in 77 countries.