British Airways to Increase Rio Link

British Airways (BA) is set to double capacity on its flights from London Heathrow to Rio de Janeiro this winter. The airline currently offers three flights per week on the route, but from November 3 plans to add another three weekly rotations meaning that the flights will operate every day except Mondays. BA competes directly with TAM Airlines between the two cities, while a large amount of traffic from the UK also flies via other European capitals. Approximately 96,000 O&D passengers travelled between the two airports in the past year with BA accounting for 35 per cent and TAM Airlines 20 per cent of this traffic.

Schedule:

BA249 LHR1215 – 2155GIG 777 x1
BA248 GIG2325 – 1235+1LHR 777 x1

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NOTE: Schedule data extracted from Flightbase for week commencing April 14, 2011; Traffic data extracted from IATA BSP system for the year ending January 2011.