British Airways (BA) is dropping service from Southampton Airport, located on the south coast of England, during the summer 2025 season.
Operating under its subsidiary BA CityFlyer, the airline currently flies from Southampton to Bergerac, France; Faro, Portugal; and Malaga and Palma de Majorca, both in Spain, in the summer at weekends. It also flies from Southampton to Bergerac and Chambery, France, in the winter.
However, the carrier has confirmed that all flights will be cancelled next summer. “We are suspending our summer 2025 operations from Southampton Airport and contacting any affected customers with options including rebooking on an alternative flight with us or another airline or a full refund,” a BA spokesperson said.
According to OAG Schedules Analyser data, BA is the seventh-largest operator from Southampton Airport during September 2024 with a 3% share of the market. EasyJet accounts for 21.5%, followed by Blue Islands on 20.3% and BA’s sister carrier Aer Lingus on 18.1%.
A spokesperson from Southampton Airport said: “Clearly it’s disappointing when any route is removed. However, we are in constant dialogue with airlines regarding the introduction of new services and that includes backfilling the routes withdrawn by British Airways.”
The latest schedules filed with OAG show that BA is the sole provider of nonstop service to Bergerac and Malaga, while it competes with easyJet on routes to Faro and Palma, Spain.
Additionally, Ryanair serves all four destinations from nearby Bournemouth Airport (BOH), while TUI Airways operates from BOH to Palma. Jet2.com is also opening a base at BOH next summer and plans to serve Faro and Palma.
BA’s decision to pull out of Southampton comes a year after the airport completed a runway extension, adding 164 m (538 ft.) to the northern end of the airport’s sole 1,723-m runway.
The increase means it is now possible to allow fully loaded aircraft of Boeing 737 or Airbus A320 size to operate from the airport. Previously, the largest aircraft able to use the runway at full load had been regional or crossover types, such as ATR or De Havilland Canada turboprops or Embraer E-Jets.
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