BA adds India routes

British Airways is adding more India flying for summer 2026 and cutting back several Middle East routes instead. (travelmole.com) From June 1, 2026, the airline will run a second daily London Heathrow-Bengaluru flight and swap some larger Boeing 777-200ER service there for Boeing 787-8s and 787-9s. Delhi rises from two to three daily flights from April 6 to May 31, and Mumbai’s third daily service now returns sooner, with the suspension shortened to May 9-14. (aeroroutes.com) British Airways said the extra Delhi and Mumbai flying lifts it to as many as 63 weekly India-United Kingdom flights, adding more than 1,000 seats a week. Chief Planning and Strategy Officer Neil Chernoff said India remains “one of our most important global markets.” (economictimes.indiatimes.com) The cuts are concentrated in the Gulf. Dubai drops to one daily flight from July 1 instead of three, Doha resumes at one daily instead of two, Riyadh returns on May 20 at four weekly flights before moving to one daily from July 1, and Jeddah is canceled from April 25. (travelmole.com) Bloomberg reported that Bahrain and Amman remain suspended through the end of summer, and Tel Aviv is due to return on July 1 at one daily flight. British Airways said it is reworking the network as the Iran war and regional airspace disruption reshape demand and operations. (bloomberg.com) India has become the obvious place to redeploy long-haul aircraft. British Airways sells nonstop service from London to Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai and Hyderabad, giving it a broad base in a market with business, family and leisure traffic year-round. (britishairways.com) The timing also reflects how tightly aircraft are being managed. The airline had already inserted short-term extra Delhi and Mumbai flights in late March after saying it could reallocate capacity from disrupted West Asia flying. (business-standard.com) For travelers, the practical change is simple: more Heathrow options to India this summer, fewer to the Gulf, and a network built around where British Airways says demand is holding up. (travelmole.com)