IAG CARGO UPGRADES MIDDLE EAST CAPACITY

IAG Cargo will be able to offer 83% more capacity to the Middle East this winter when British Airways splits its Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Doha and Muscat services into four separate non-stop flights from October 30, 2016.

 

According to IAG, Abu Dhabi will be served with a Boeing 787-9, while Bahrain, Doha and Muscat will be served with 777-200ERs, with a cargo capacity of up to 20 tonnes per flight.

 

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“With Bahrain making significant efforts to diversify its economy, and Doha benefitting from investments ahead of the 2022 football world cup, this network expansion comes at a time of growing demand into and out of Middle Eastern markets,” said Camilo Garcia, head of sales at IAG Cargo. “The additional capacity to Bahrain, Doha, Abu Dhabi and Muscat will be welcomed by our customers, offering them greater opportunity and flexibility to connect to over 350 destinations across our network.”

 

The airline currently flies from Heathrow to Doha via Bahrain, and Muscat via Abu Dhabi.

 

Details of the new flights are as follows.

 

BA73

Daily

LHR 11:45

23:05 AUH

BA72

AUH 02:10

06:25 LHR [+1]

 

BA125

Daily

LHR 13:00

22:35 BAH

BA124

BAH 01:50

06:15 LHR

 

BA123

Daily

LHR 22:25

08:15 DOH [+1]

BA122

DOH 09:50

14:05 LHR

 

BA79

Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays

LHR 19:50

07:05 MCT [+1]

BA80

Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays

MCT 10:55

14:55 LHR