British Airways is to start flights from London Heathrow to Calgary, a city located close to Canada’s lucrative oilsands.
Thanks to regular links between Heathrow and GCC countries, BA says this will open up the area to the many Canadian expatriates and petroleum experts resident in the Gulf.
“This new route opens up huge potential for tourism to Alberta and business travel to the province, particularly for its rapidly developing oil and gas sector,” said Leslie Gavin, manager, passenger air service department, Calgary Airport Authority.
“The oil and gas industry is one of the largest employers in the GCC and its executives can now link into the Calgary service with a same-day connection at Heathrow via British Airways’ direct flights from the UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait and Oman,” said Paul Starrs, British Airways’ commercial manager for the Middle East and Pakistan region.
The Heathrow-Calgary route will begin operations on December 1 and will be served by five flights per week on a Friday, Saturday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
BA flights connecting the GCC to London are plentiful.
This winter, the airline plans to operate 24 flights per week from the UAE to Heathrow.
BA will operate a Boeing 777 on the route, with all four of the airline’s flight classes.
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