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BA to close four Gatwick routes
Thursday, 21 Nov, 2006
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British Airways is to withdraw four routes from Gatwick next spring.
Flights to Athens, Kiev, Riga and Newcastle will be suspended from March. Athens, Kiev and Newcastle will continue to be served from Heathrow.
BA is to start flying from Gatwick to Dresden, Sarajevo and Trinidad from March.
Flights to Port-of-Spain in Trinidad are part of a codeshare with Caribbean Airlines (see separate story).
Dresden will have daily flights while three flights a week will be operated to Sarajevo. Return rates to Dresden start at £78, Sarajevo at £179 and Port-of-Spain at £531.
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