British Airways Cuts Dallas Flights and Reduces Miami Services
In a surprising move, British Airways has announced plans to discontinue its direct flights from London-Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) in Texas during the summer of 2025. The airline will also scale back its Miami services, reducing the frequency from twice-daily flights to a single daily service.
British Airways has a long-standing history of serving the Dallas-Fort Worth route, having inherited it from British Caledonian Airways when the carriers merged in 1988. Historically, the route has seen various aircraft, currently operated daily with a Boeing 777-300ER. Initially, the airline had planned to deploy the A380 on the route in summer 2025, later shifting to the smaller A350-1000.
The decision to cut flights to DFW coincides with British Airways’ collaboration with its oneworld partner, American Airlines, as they coordinate schedules and capacities for the 2025 summer season. DFW serves as American Airlines’ main hub, which currently operates four daily flights from Heathrow using Boeing 777-300ERs. The airlines have a history of joint scheduling, fares, and loyalty programs through their transatlantic joint venture.
British Airways plans to cease its London to Dallas route entirely as of March 30, 2025, coinciding with the IATA summer scheduling season. In response to this cut, American Airlines will introduce a fifth daily flight between Dallas and London, aligning its schedule with the existing British Airways (BA192/193) service.
While American Airlines stands to benefit from the takeover of this route, it faces its own challenges with capacity due to delays in receiving Boeing 787 Dreamliners. The airline’s recent postponement of a planned refurbishment program for its Boeing 777-300ER fleet may provide the additional capacity needed to operate the extra daily service.
In addition to the changes to the Dallas route, British Airways has confirmed it will reduce its flights from Heathrow to Miami International Airport (MIA), moving from a twice-daily frequency to a single daily flight. American Airlines will also fill the gap left by British Airways by operating the dropped flight with its own equipment.
A spokesperson for British Airways addressed the adjustments in its summer 2025 schedule, attributing the changes to ongoing issues with Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines, which power many of the airline’s Boeing 787 Dreamliner fleet. “We’re disappointed that we’ve had to make further changes to our schedule as we continue to experience delays in the delivery of engines and parts from Rolls-Royce,” the spokesperson stated.
The airline has expressed its commitment to providing certainty for travelers, offering alternative flight options on the same day with British Airways or partner airlines. This decision follows other recent adjustments, including the cancellation of London-Gatwick to New York-JFK flights and the postponement of new service to Kuala Lumpur (KUL), both attributed to the same capacity issues stemming from engine delays.
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