British Airways has added more than 90,000 extra seats to Greece, Canary Islands and Turkey for the summer after a massive surge in online demand.
The flights from Heathrow will include Greek destinations such as Crete, Corfu, and Rhodes; Lanzarote and Tenerife in the Canaries and the Turkish resort of Bodrum.
The new flights to Greece and the Canary Islands will be available for travel between June 21 and September 5. Bodrum in Turkey will also be available to fly to from July 18.
All the expanded BA routes are to countries currently in the amber category requiring quarantine on return to England. The announcement comes ahead of the UK Government’s next decision on its traffic light list of destinations for overseas travel.
BA networks and alliances director Neil Chernoff said: “It’s clear Britons are hoping that their favourite destinations will be open by the time summer comes.
“We want to provide them with access to book seats to the places they love to help them get away, and trust that if they can’t travel, we will be there for them with incredible flexibility to make changes to their bookings.”
Fares from Heathrow to Lanzarote start from £49 each way; Corfu from £99 each way; Chania (Crete) from £99 each way and Rhodes from £79 each way
British Airways is currently flying to 27 short-haul destinations, including 112 holiday hotspots for the peak of the summer period.
It is also offering customers the chance to reserve a holiday from just £60 per person, with the ability to make flexible payments until the final balance is due just three weeks before departure
