BRITISH Airways will cut flight
BA51 and BA50 from its JNBLHR route effective June. The
flights have been cancelled for both
the upcoming summer and winter
seasons, says the airline.
This is the daylight flight operating
four times a week using a B787-900
Dreamliner, and its axing means a
reduction of 32 First, 168 Club, 156
World Traveller Plus and 508 World
Traveller seats every week
A spokesperson for British Airways
says affected passengers are
permitted to change their flights up
to two weeks either side of their
original dates of travel in the same
cabin. If affected passengers no
longer wish to travel they can cancel
their booking and get a refund
including taxes.
Chairman for Travkor Sure
Travel, Ana Fasulakis, says the
cuts are a pity as the flights
have not been given sufficient
time to gain momentum after
only being introduced during
2018. She mentions that daylight
flights are popular, especially with
businessmen travelling to London,
who can arrive at night, get a good
night’s rest and set off refreshed the
next day.
However Ana feels that the BA50
schedule has been less appealing
to passengers travelling beyond
the UK, as South Africans require
a costly UK transit visa to travel
onwards to Europe. She adds that
while clients travelling to the US do
not require a UK transit visa, the
BA50 flight schedule requires them
to book overnight accommodation in
London before embarking on their
transatlantic flight the next day,
which had also been a drawback
