{"id":1267,"date":"2012-12-21T14:18:45","date_gmt":"2012-12-21T14:18:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.travelcenteruk.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1267"},"modified":"2019-09-30T11:46:14","modified_gmt":"2019-09-30T10:46:14","slug":"british-airways-announces-new-flights-to-chengdu-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travelcenter.uk\/blog\/british-airways-announces-new-flights-to-chengdu-china\/","title":{"rendered":"British Airways Announces New Flights to Chengdu, China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">British Airways plans to provide services to operate in Chengdu, <span style=\"color: #00ccff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #00ccff;\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.travelcenter.uk\/china-a-country-of-contrasts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">China<\/a><\/strong><\/span>. BA is the only UK carrier to offer direct flights to Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport and London Heathrow.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The airline will be flying thrice weekly starting from 22 September 2013. Tickets to the new flights are on sale since 19 December 2012.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The London \u2013 Chengdu route will be operated by Boeing 777 with four class configurations. This includes \u2013 First, Club World (Business Class), World Traveller Plus (Premium Economy) and World Traveller (Economy).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The new service will allow travellers to experience the ultra modern hub in London Heathrow Terminal 5. Thus connects to an extensive network of flights to Europe, Africa and Americas.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\"><a style=\"color: #00ccff;\" title=\"Business Class Flights\" href=\"http:\/\/www.travelcenteruk.co.uk\/business-class-flights.php\">Business Class Flights<\/a><\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\"><a style=\"color: #00ccff;\" title=\"Get Fearured Cheap Flights\" href=\"http:\/\/www.travelcenteruk.co.uk\">Get Featured Cheap Flights<\/a><\/span><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>British Airways plans to provide services to operate in Chengdu, China. BA is the only UK carrier to offer direct flights to Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport and London Heathrow. The airline will be flying thrice weekly starting from 22 September 2013. Tickets to the new flights are on sale since 19 December 2012. The London [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cheap-flights"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>British Airways Announces New Flights to Chengdu, China<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.travelcenter.uk\/blog\/british-airways-announces-new-flights-to-chengdu-china\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"British Airways Announces New Flights to Chengdu, China\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"British Airways plans to provide services to operate in Chengdu, China. 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