BA looks near and far with summer choices

BRITISH Airways will launch flights from London Heathrow to Portland, Oregon, in June.

The five-times-weekly operation is the first year-round service between the destinations, with Delta Air Lines operating a summer-only schedule. Portland will become BA’S 27th US destination and will take the number of transatlantic flights with joint venture partner American Airlines to 86 per day.

Also new for BA this summer are weekly services to Pristina in Kosovo and Podgorica in Montenegro, operating from London Heathrow from July 4 to August 29. In addition, the airline is launching services to Perugia in Italy, and Rhodes, and is reintroducing Dalaman and Bodrum services.

London City Airport had its busiest-ever year in 2019, catering for just over 5.1million passengers. The figure represents a 6.3% annual rise, which it attributed to increased frequencies and new routes. Amsterdam was the airport's busiest route, with more than 660,000 passengers