In the latest schedule update, British Airways revealed another route from London Heathrow to the US. For a very short period only, it’ll operate from the UK’s busiest airport to Orlando. This is not a brand-new link but rather a resumption. It was last served in 2022.

The latest addition means that the oneworld member plans to 26 US routes from Heathrow this year. In the peak summer, it’ll have an average of 47 daily departures, even before considering transatlantic joint venture partner and fellow alliance member American Airlines. BA’s offering has risen from the prior record of 43 daily departures to smash the previous high.

BA From Heathrow To Orlando

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Everyone knows that BA primarily serves the ever-popular leisure destination in Florida from Gatwick aboard higher-capacity and lower-premium so-called Gatwick Boeing 777-200ERs. But in an interesting twist, it will once again also serve Orlando from Heathrow, just not for long. It’ll be the first time BA has served the city from Heathrow outside the pandemic years.

The airline’s latest schedule submission to Cirium Diio indicates that it plans just 18 round-trip flights this year. The route will run between July 21 and August 29 only, which covers the absolute peak summer and, critically, the UK school holidays. It’ll operate three times weekly on the 272-seat 777-200ER, with new Club Suites. Notice the 8:20 am departure time from the UK. This is BA’s joint-earliest transatlantic flight time, tagged with Heathrow to New York JFK.

In this five-week period, BA will now serve Orlando 17 times weekly from London. Surely not coincidentally, that’s exactly the same peak summer frequency provided by Virgin Atlantic from Heathrow. Virgin’s transatlantic JV partner and fellow alliance member Delta Air Lines served Orlando-Heathrow recently.

Now Plans 26 US Routes From Heathrow

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Let’s focus on the all-important Q3 2026 (July-September) period, which has the highest demand and fares. BA now plans to serve 26 US airports. A full breakdown of its routes, with frequencies and equipment, will be provided separately at another time.

It has never served 26 US airports from Heathrow in Q3 before. Until now, the prior record was 25, which was available in 2022 and 2023. Some 24 airports were served in 2024 and 23 in 2025. Before the pandemic, in Q3 2019, it flew to 24 US airports. Thus, it is quite a development.

Compared to Q3 2025, it will fly to Dallas/Fort Worth again, having returned to its network in October. Then there’s Orlando and St. Louis. On April 19, BA will take off to St. Louis, with a four-weekly seasonal 787-8 service. The 204-seater will be used, which is the carrier’s new lowest-capacity widebody. It has new Club Suites. London was, of course, St. Louis’ largest unserved European market. Read more about the appeal of this route here.

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BA Will Now Have Record 47 Daily Departures To The US

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Keeping with Q3 and Heathrow shows that the carrier will have an average of 47 daily departures to the US, higher than the same three months in any other year. As this is an average, some days will have more flights and others will have fewer services. Of course, Gatwick’s departures would have to be added for a complete view of BA’s London-US operations.

The record offering is not just driven by the return of the Dallas and Orlando routes, along with the introduction of flights to St. Louis. Various other US airports will have more flights compared to Q3 2025, even if only marginally. They include Austin, Cincinnati, Houston Intercontinental, Las Vegas, Miami (now up to twice daily), New York JFK (now up to nine daily due to ending JFK-Gatwick), and San Diego. However, flights to Nashville have reduced year-over-year.