BRITISH AIRWAYS ANNOUNCES NEW FLIGHTS FROM LONDON-HEATHROW TO OSAKA

British Airways will launch flights between London-Heathrow (LHR) and Osaka-Kansai Worldwide Airport terminal (KIX) beginning March 31, 2019.The brand new flight to Japan will begin operating on the four occasions each week basis using the carrier’s Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner.This can take the amount of daily flights between London and Japan to 32 each week because of joint business contracts with Japan Airlines (JL).Flight BA19/JL7078 will leave LHR at 14:20 and get to KIX by 09:50 the following day every Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday.The return, BA20/JL7079, will depart Osaka at 11:30 and arrive back to London at 15:50, all local occasions on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays.Based on British Airways, this latest route reacts to rising tourism demand in Japan, because it is set to develop from 24 million annual tourists in 2016 to 40 million by 2020. 上海到珠海

Expanding about this was Sean Doyle, BA’s Director of Network and Alliances. “Our partners Japan Airlines and Finnair have shown that Osaka is really a hugely popular route with leisure and business travelers alike, therefore we are excited to produce direct flights from London, giving customers another gateway,” he stated.

Based on Doyle, BA’s experience of Japan “soaks well, especially as November this season will celebrate 70 many years of operations to Tokyo, japan.”“This new route may also open more possibilities for businesses to understand more about and make the company in the area so we’re expecting this latest plan to be received by our customers,” he added.It doesn't only provide more choices and greater convenience for the passengers traveling between Japan and Europe, but it's also very good news for that Kansai region,” he stated.This latest path to Osaka belongs to a ￡4.5 billion strategy the air travel continues to be applying in the last few years.Underneath the plan, 17 new routes (including Osaka) is going to be launched during the period of the following 2 yrs.