British Airways has resumed its path to Riga, Latvia, after a hiatus spanning greater than 15 years.
This winter, British Airways will fly from London’s Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Riga Worldwide Airport (RIX) 3 times weekly, with departures scheduled on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays.
The airline beforehand operated flights to the Latvian capital between 1997 and 2007. The revived route will see passengers journey to their vacation spot on board a mixture of Airbus A320 and A321 plane, with return fares beginning at a sexy 73 British kilos ($88), or 23,500 Avios (plus 1 pound or $1 in charges and taxes).
“We’re excited to additional strengthen our connections between London and the Baltics and be again in Latvia after such a very long time,” Neil Chernoff, British Airways’ director of community and alliances, mentioned in a statement. “Riga is a vacation spot we all know our clients will love, and we sit up for welcoming leisure and enterprise travellers and people visiting household and associates on board the brand new service.”
The inaugural flight of the revived route touched down in Riga on Oct. 30, the place passengers had been greeted by conventional drummers from the native space.
“British Airways has at all times been a massively widespread service within the Baltics, so this return is warmly welcomed,” Liene Freivalde, Riga Airport’s director of aviation providers and enterprise growth, mentioned. “A direct connection to Heathrow Airport is a incredible addition to Riga Airport’s community and we all know it is already been very positively acquired by company clients specifically.”
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In different information, the British flag service has additionally revived its route between London Gatwick Airport (LGW) and Kotoka Worldwide Airport (ACC) in Ghana’s capital of Accra. The brand new route will run alongside its present day by day LHR-to-ACC flights.
The brand new Accra route will probably be serviced by a Boeing 777-200ER. It’s going to depart from Gatwick 3 times per week (Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays), with a fourth weekly service set to be added in April 2024. Spherical-trip fares begin at 348 kilos ($420) or 50,000 Avios (plus 100 kilos or $120 in charges and taxes).
“With 11 direct flights, throughout two London gateways, we’re happy to supply our Ghanaian clients a better alternative of merchandise and costs,” Chernoff mentioned in a statement. “General, we’re doubling the variety of seats between Accra and London, with 55 per cent extra capability subsequent summer time versus 2019.”
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