British Airways Increases Flights to Rio de Janeiro

British Airways has doubled its weekly frequency to Rio de Janeiro from three to six flights.

Flights will now depart Heathrow for Rio every day, except Mondays. The departure time remains at 12.15pm, landing in Rio at 9.55pm local time.

The flight will continue to be served by a three class Boeing 777, enabling customers to choose from World Traveller (economy), World Traveller Plus (premier economy) and the airline’s fully flat beds in Club World (business class).

Neil Cottrell, British Airways’ head of network planning, said, “We are experiencing a real increase in demand for Rio and by doubling the number of frequencies, we are able to offer our customers more choice and greater availability. Brazil is also experiencing strong economic growth and this capacity increase is a great opportunity for British Airways to be part of that growth.”

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