British Airways cancels all flights on 'one of its most important routes'

The Beijing route had only restarted in June 2023 after a three-year break caused by the COVID-19 pandemic (Image: PA) British Airways has announced a temporary halt to its Beijing flights, with services suspended from October 2024 until at least November 2025. The airline will continue to serve Shanghai and Hong Kong, but the ongoing restrictions on European carriers entering Russian airspace have complicated routes to China, now taking several hours longer. This follows Russia 's ban on British carriers in February 2022 as a tit-for-tat response to the UK's sanctions involving Russia 's Aeroflot due to the conflict in Ukraine .

A British Airways spokesperson stated: "We will be pausing our route to Beijing from 26 October 2024, and we're contacting any affected customers with rebooking options or to offer them a full refund. We continue to operate daily flights to Shanghai and Hong Kong." function loadOvpScript(){let el=document.

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