BA ups India flying

British Airways is expanding its India schedule for summer 2026, adding flights and larger planes as nonstop demand to London rises. (thehindu.com) At peak, the airline plans up to 70 weekly flights between India and London Heathrow and says the changes add more than 7,000 seats a week from India. British Airways said travel searches on its network had jumped 196%. (thehindu.com) The biggest single change is Bengaluru. From June 1 to October 24, 2026, British Airways will run an additional daily Heathrow service, taking the route to 14 weekly flights. (thehindu.com) Delhi is also getting more capacity. A third daily Heathrow flight now runs between April 7 and May 31, returns for the summer peak, and is set to become a regular feature from late September; from June 1, one Delhi service also shifts to the larger Airbus A350, which adds 59 seats per flight. (thehindu.com) On Hyderabad, British Airways is replacing the Boeing 787 with a Boeing 777 for the summer schedule, adding 68 seats per flight. On Mumbai, the airline has extended its third daily Heathrow service through June 19 after first planning it only for mid-May to the end of May. (thehindu.com) The push comes after British Airways had already flagged India as a bigger priority market. In October 2025, the airline said it was operating 56 direct flights a week from five Indian cities and called India its biggest market outside the United States. (britishairways.com) British Airways has served India for more than 100 years and says its current network links Delhi, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad and Mumbai with London Heathrow. Its public India page still lists 56 weekly flights from those five gateways. (britishairways.com 1) (britishairways.com 2) The timing also reflects a wider shift in long-haul travel patterns. The Hindu reported that direct India-Europe and India-North America services are drawing more traffic as connections through West Asia face disruption, and British Airways is trimming parts of its Middle East schedule at the same time. (thehindu.com) (travelmole.com) British Airways says its timetables are published up to one year ahead and can still change for operational reasons. For now, the airline is using that summer 2026 window to put more seats into one of its fastest-growing long-haul markets. (britishairways.com)