Two A380s a day – that will be British Airways’ capacity on the Johannesburg route come June next year.
BA has confirmed to Tourism Update that, from June 2025, it will begin operating both of its double-daily Johannesburg services using an A380, increasing seat capacity on the route by around 30%.
The carrier currently operates one daily return B777-300ER flight (BA56 and BA57) and one daily A380 return flight (BA54 and BA55) on its Johannesburg-Heathrow route. From June 2, BA56 and BA57 will be operated by an A380.
The additional A380 flights will provide 215 more seats in each direction; 173 more economy seats, 15 more in premium economy, 21 more in business class and six more in first class than the B777.
The schedule for the daily flights will remain the same:
- BA55 departs LHR at 19h05 and arrives at JNB at 07h15, the following day.
- BA54 departs JNB at 21h05 and arrives at LHR at 07h25, the following day.
- BA57 departs LHR at 21h25 and arrives at JNB at 09h25, the following day.
- BA56 departs JNB at 19h20 and arrives at LHR at 05h30, the following day.
