All airlines cut routes, and British Airways is no exception. No airline likes to end them, especially if they’ve been served for a long time and aren’t simply switching to another airport that serves the same city. Some 19 airport pairs have been removed since January 2025, or will end later this year. This is based on using Cirium Diio data to examine its full schedule.

Route churn is inevitable. It is hoped that more markets will be added than removed. In the same period, BA ended more links than it began. Looking ahead, flights on 12 new/returning airport pairs will begin from this month, while some markets will have notable aircraft changes.

Seven Long-Haul Routes Have Ended (Or Will Do So Soon)

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Six of the seven markets were from London Gatwick, which is the UK’s second-busiest airport. In January 2025, the oneworld member ceased flying to Cape Town, while services to Aruba (which operated via Antigua) ended in March 2025. Last October, it ended routes to Las Vegas and New York JFK (Delta pulled its JFK-Gatwick operation the month before). In March 2026, flights to San José (Costa Rica) ended, while those to Tampa will follow in October. Both routes will switch to Heathrow.

Except for the Dutch Caribbean destination of Aruba, which has been removed from BA’s network, the carrier simply consolidated at London Heathrow. This freed up Gatwick-based aircraft for use elsewhere. BA has grown frequencies to two of the destinations from Heathrow: JFK will now be served nine times daily this summer, while Las Vegas will be up to 10 weekly. This will increase its competitiveness and market share from its core hub.

Only one long-haul route from Heathrow has ended. That is Kuwait, which was part of BA’s network for 60+ years until March 2025. The 787-9 and 787-10 were deployed in the last couple of years. The airline’s seat factor was not notable, while many passengers transited to another flight at Heathrow. Such traffic is lower-yielding than point-to-point passengers. Until the war in Iran, Kuwait Airways had been increasing its frequencies, with two to three daily flights planned for 2026.

Nine Short-Haul Routes Have Ended From Gatwick & Heathrow

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In April 2025, BA ended service from Heathrow to Grenoble, with that market now exclusively served by its EuroFlyer unit from Gatwick. The following month, the carrier’s very short-term Heathrow-Bilbao link ended. That was an oddity, as it had only scheduled ten round-trip flights.

Heathrow-Izmir was eliminated last September, despite only being part of BA’s map since May 2024. The large Turkish city and major tourist destination was removed from the airline’s network. In October 2025, BA ceased flying between Heathrow and Kalamata, which switched to Gatwick. In the same month, BA ended Heathrow-Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen and EuroFlyer pulled Gatwick-Salerno. Neither Sabiha Gökçen, which is on the Asian side of the vast city, nor Salerno, near the famous Amalfi Coast, are now on the airline’s map.

Much more recently, in March 2026, flights from Heathrow to Cologne, Riga, and Stuttgart ended. The Latvian capital had been served since 2023. In 2025, the UK Civil Aviation Authority shows that BA carried 67,142 round-trip Riga passengers, which meant its seat factor was a rather flat 75%. Given the degree of low-cost competition from other London-area airports, yields were probably fairly low too. Like BA, Eurowings has also ended Cologne-Heathrow flights, but still serves the UK’s busiest airport from Stuttgart (and elsewhere). The German carrier has started flying from Cologne and Stuttgart to Gatwick.

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Four Routes Have Ended From Other UK Airports

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In March 2025, BA CityFlyer pulled London City-Prague flights. The airport pair had been served since 2017. Originally, it had six weekly services, but that had reduced over the years. The following month, the unit ended its Sunday-only Stansted-Amsterdam operation.

Due to London City being closed for a good portion of the weekend, CityFlyer has multiple flights on Saturdays and Sundays from other UK airports. In this case, flights were only bookable to the Netherlands, with the operating E190 then flying Amsterdam-London City. While ‘effectively’ a positioning service, passengers could still book it, which helped to offset the cost of getting back to its primary airport in time for its weekday activity.

Last September, the final Edinburgh-Olbia flight took off, although CityFlyer had only operated it for less than a year and a half. Finally, and much more notably, the unit’s last flight between London City and Frankfurt operated. While served for many years, its head-to-head competitor often had higher frequencies, especially recently. BA still serves Frankfurt from Heathrow.