British Airways expands Gatwick schedule

British Airways has announced the launch of four new services from Gatwick Airport for the summer.

The new routes include the airline's first new long-haul service in six years. It will begin flights to Newquay from today, to Sarajevo and Dresden from March 25th, and to Port of Spain from March 28th.

In addition, Gatwick flights to Messaoud in Algeria, Newcastle and Riga in Latvia will be pulled from the schedule from March 25th.

The changes coincide with the recent overhaul of the airline's London City Airport flights.

British Airways said earlier this month that it is relaunching operations at the hub in the form of the BA CityFlyer subsidiary. As a result, it will launch new routes to Glasgow and Zurich on March 25th.

Other destinations that will be included in the new London City Airport timetable will consist of Frankfurt, Madrid and Milan.

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