British Airways flights from London to Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur are set to return.
The services will re-start in October and November respectively, further demonstrating British Airways’ commitment to expanding its network to Asia post-pandemic.
The airline will operate daily flights between the Malaysian capital city and London Heathrow on a 787-9 aircraft, as well as three flights a week between the Thai capital and London Gatwick on a 777-200ER.
British Airways is also returning to Abu Dhabi on April 20, as well as welcoming Agadir in Morrocco on March 31 and adding Izmir in Turkey to its network on May 18.
New routes
Flights from London Heathrow to Kuala Lumpur (LHR-KUL) are scheduled to operate daily from November 10 on a 4-cabin aircraft with the following configuration: 8 First, 42 Club, 39 World Traveller Plus, and 127 World Traveller.
| Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KUL) from London Heathrow (LHR)All times are local | ||||||
| Route | Flight number | Departing | Arriving | Date | Days in Operation | Aircraft |
| LHR – KUL | BA33 | 20:45 | 17:30+1 | 10/11/24 | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 | 787-9 |
| KUL – LHR | BA34 | 23:20 | 05:35+1 | 11/11/24 | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 | 787-9 |
Return flights from London Heathrow (LHR) to Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KUL) per person start at:
Flights from London Gatwick to Bangkok (LGW-BKK) are scheduled to operate three times per week from October 28 on a 3-cabin aircraft with the following configuration: 32 Club, 48 World Traveller Plus, and 252 World Traveller.
| Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK) from London Gatwick (LGW) All times are localThis is a winter only route | ||||||
| Route | Flight number | Departing | Arriving | Date | Days in Operation | Aircraft |
| LGW – BKK | BA2231 | 21:00 | 15:55+1 | 28/10/2024 | 1,4 and 6 | 777-200ER |
| BKK – LGW | BA2230 | 22:55 | 05:30+1 | 29/10/2024 | 2,5 and 7 | 777-200ER |
Return fares from London Gatwick (LGW) to Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK) per person start at:
Further recent route announcements can be found here.
Bangkok City Break – British Airways Holidays offers four nights, at the 4* JC KEVIN Sathorn Bangkok Hotel, from £779pp, travelling on selected dates between 1 November – 30 November 2024 inclusive. Includes economy (World Traveller) return flights from London Gatwick Airport, 1 checked bag at 23kg per person and accommodation. Book by 13 March 2024. For reservations visit https://www.britishairways.com/bangkok or call 0344 493 0787.
Kuala Lumpur City Break – British Airways Holidays offers four nights, at the 3.5* Hilton Garden Inn Kuala Lumpur Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman No, from £679pp, travelling on selected dates between 1 November – 30 November 2024 inclusive. Includes economy (World Traveller) return flights from London Heathrow Airport, 1 checked bag at 23kg per person and accommodation . Book by 13 March 2024. For reservations visit https://www.britishairways.com/kuala-lumpur or call 0344 493 0787.
Operational excellence
Meanwhile, the airline is investing £100m in machine learning, automation and AI across its operation, driving improvements from bookings to baggage handling and helping to revolutionise its operation, speed up departures and respond to disruption.
Innovative new tools are helping to predict delays (prompting pre-emptive action to reduce disruption) and analyse real-time weather, aircraft capacity and customer connections data to help teams make better decisions.
Since the introduction of the systems, alongside a number of new processes and ways of working, the airline has seen improvement in its on-time departures.
British Airways is also creating around 350 new roles at Heathrow to improve customer experience at its home and hub airport, and is investing in new equipment, such as baggage tugs and towing vehicles.
The airline is also investing £750m in its IT infrastructure to move 700 systems and thousands of servers to the cloud by early next year.
