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bristish airways starts new heathrow- jo'burg services
British Airways on 28 October started four new weekly services between London and Johannesburg, increasing the number of direct flights between the cities to 18 a week.
It is operating the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, its newest aircraft, alongside the existing 14 weekly A380 services. During the South African winter, a Boeing 747-400 replaces one of the daily A380s while the 787 schedule remains at four a week.
British Airways also opened a new route from London to Durban on 29 October and will offer three weekly services, also using Boeing 787-8s.
It is also again increasing its daily winter Cape Town schedule to provide double-daily summer flights from London Heathrow as well as introducing three weekly flights between Gatwick and the Mother City next month.