MNA British Airways has announced it will stop London-Tehran direct flights on September 22. In a statement issued by the company on Sunday, direct flights from UK capital London to Iran's capital Tehran, will end on September 22, for economic reasons. The last flight from Tehran to London will take place on September 23. Earlier,...

Bourse and Bazaar | Esfandyar Batmanghelidj: Iranians reacted with anger and frustration to the news that British Airways will suspend its service to Iran from September 23. Soon after, news came that Air France would axe its service on September 18. As reported by theWashington Post, some Iraniansexpressed a feelingof being imprisoned in the country ...

BBC - British Airways and Air France have announced that they will stop flying to Iran next month. Both airlines said that the route was "not commercially viable." The reintroduction of US sanctions has caused a slump in the value of the Iranian currency, the rial, making it harder for Iranians to travel overseas. BA restarted the service to ...

IRNA British Airways has opened a new ticketing office in Tehran a year after it resumed flights to the capital city Tehran, the UK's flag carrier announced on Saturday. British Airways' Head of Sales, Asia Pacific and the Middle East Robert Williams said the new office aimed at increasing customers' convenience, providing them with more options ...

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British Airways will resume direct flights from London to Tehran later, after suspending them four years ago. It will be the first direct flight by a UK carrier to Iran since 2012, when the route became commercially unviable because relations had broken down. It follows the lifting of some sanctions against Iran in January and the re-opening of ...

The long-awaited resumption of British Airways flights to Iran has been delayed until September. The six-weekly direct service to Tehran from London Heathrow was due to start from July 14 but has now been pushed back due to some technical issues. News of the route reopening in February was greeted with enthusiasm by British travellers, with tour ...

TEHRAN, Mar. 05 (MNA) ICAO Director has announced that Iran will sing an MoU with British Airways in the current week. Deputy Aviation and International Affairs Chief of Iranian Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Mohammad Khodakarami has announced the increased willingness of foreign airliners to participate in Iran saying the officials at British ...

British Airways (BA) has confirmed that it will resume its services to Iran. The carrier will relaunch direct flights from Heathrow's Terminal 5 to Iran's capital Tehran starting 14 July, making it the first British airline to fly to the Islamic Republic in four years. The carrier had stopped its services to Iran in 2012 after British Midland International ...

British Airways has voiced interest in reinstating its direct flights to Iran after a hiatus of almost four years. "We are very interested in flying to Tehran and we are hopeful that it will form part of BA's network in the very near future," The Telegraph has quoted Willie Welsh, the CEO of British Airways, as saying. We are actively looking ...