British Airways starts Sharm El Sheikh service.British Airways entered the Egyptian market from London Gatwick (LGW), with its first route to the North African country from the UK airport – namely to Sharm El Sheikh (SSH).
It does however fly to Cairo on a daily basis from London Heathrow. Life on the airport pair is not going to be easy, with 20 competing weekly frequencies from Monarch Airlines (eight), Thomson Airways (seven), easyJet (three) and Thomas Cook Airlines (two).
The twice-weekly (Mondays and Thursdays) service, which began on 14 September, will be flown by the oneworld carrier’s 162-seat A320s. From 24 October, weekly flights will be increased to three, with the addition of a Saturday rotation.
Colm Lacy, Head of Commercial Gatwick for BA said: “We’re really pleased to add another route to our 2015 portfolio, bringing our total short-haul network to 49 routes and 19 long-haul.”
Still to launch for the airline from Gatwick in 2015 are routes to Vienna (from 17 September) and Valencia (from 6 November).
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