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British Airways drops Dallas flights, cuts Miami

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British Airways is pulling out of Dallas-Fort Worth, at least for the Summer 2025 flying season between April and October.

At present, American Airlines flies there four times per day from Heathrow whilst there is one British Airways service on an A380.

The original plan was to downgrade this to an A350. Instead, BA has dropped the flight and American Airlines is launching its own service in the exact same time slots.

British Airways drops one daily Miami flight

Anyone ticketed on the BA service from the end of March has been moved to the American Airlines flight.

BA is also dropping one daily Miami flight for Summer 2025. One of the two daily services has also been transferred to American Airlines.

British Airways has indicated that the continuing reliability issues with its Boeing 787 fleet are behind the cuts, although we believe that the airline is also building up a buffer to cope when the A380 fleet goes in for its interior refurbishment.

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Comments (68)

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  • Bernard says:
    8 Nov8 November 07:33

    Kuwait cut
    Bahrain cut
    Gatwick Vancouver cancelled for April and May
    Plus all the short haul adjustments (ie cuts)
    Blaming Rolls Royce for what is obviously a massive operational mess up and under crewing seems a bit off. questions though:

    Is BA compensating those affected with significant Avios?

    Will the starvation rations of the scrounge’s brunch or supper service be available on rebooked alternatives, or will affected customers be forced to experience proper food?

    Where does this leave the 787-9 and A380 club suite (the ‘seat with the hole in the middle’)? 2026 looking unlikely now? 2028?

    • BA Flyer IHG Stayer says:
      8 Nov8 November 09:23

      “Is BA compensating those affected with significant Avios?”

      Why should they? They’ve given more than the 14 days statutory notice and the alternatives much better in terms of service etc.

    • JDB says:
      8 Nov8 November 09:35

      Compensation for what exactly?

      • PH says:
        8 Nov8 November 20:01

        Unsure how AA’s phase out of long-haul F is going, but there might be some invol downgrades to J

    • Zain says:
      8 Nov8 November 09:37

      I hope you realise how compensation works

    • mkcol says:
      8 Nov8 November 13:01

      I’m so sorry to read that you’ve been personally & directly affected by this.
      What are your plans now?

  • Rob says:
    8 Nov8 November 07:41

    Indeed!

  • Rob says:
    8 Nov8 November 07:56

    100% chance it counts, less than 100% chance that the hotel bothers to take your money, especially if you are elite.

    • Lumma says:
      8 Nov8 November 08:15

      Thanks. It’s next weekend so within the offer period anyway if they don’t charge immediately

  • Paul says:
    8 Nov8 November 07:58

    I suspect BA may come to regret its exposure to the US market in the coming years.

    • No longer Entitled says:
      8 Nov8 November 08:36

      Probably not. Americans will still have money to travel but if transatlantic does suffer BA is reasonably diversified whilst they can watch Virgin go pop!

    • apbj says:
      8 Nov8 November 10:24

      Agree. US is becoming increasingly unattractive, mostly due to rampant high prices and tip inflation. The urban descent into dystopia is the cherry on the cake.

    • the_real_a says:
      8 Nov8 November 13:37

      Americans who travel internationally are typically very well off, so less likely to be effected with any economic issues. The problem is the other way around, Europeans are particularity price sensitive and the value proposition of leisure travel in the US is dropping off a cliff, plus the gradual acceptance of reduced business travel as “next generation” managers take their place.

    • Lady London says:
      8 Nov8 November 23:58

      Absolutely not. Even if the SHTF in a world sense this will prove to be a good decision.

  • southlondonphil says:
    8 Nov8 November 08:06

    There’s also a separate Hyatt 2X Points promotion on Mr & Mrs Smith properties for which registration is still open and works from your FIRST stay which Rhys wrote about here-

    https://www.headforpoints.com/2024/10/04/earn-double-world-of-hyatt-points-at-mr-mrs-smith-hotels/

    Plus the 2X Points offer at Hyatt Place/Hyatt House properties that has been running since July has been extended to 15th December and should presumably stack with the EMEA one above, plus there’s a bunch of targetted email offers around as well with a 90-day window from registration.

  • Mikel says:
    8 Nov8 November 08:12

    Just had my Miami flight cancelled for late April. Rebooked for the earlier (same day) departure but now have a tight domestic connection from Glasgow to Heathrow. Going to be fun

  • Paul says:
    8 Nov8 November 08:25

    How long until the 787 refurb is complete? Into 2026?

  • Paul says:
    8 Nov8 November 08:27

    Big shame about Dallas, it’s about the only place you can then take a wide body AA plane to Hawaii and get a lay flat bed.
    Flagship lounge is brilliant too.

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