An additional direct flight between London and Chennai is to be introduced by British Airways on 27th October. The sixth daily flight is being introduced from the city because there was a tremendous growth in number of business and leisure travelers. He said the airline experienced double-digit growth as there was a lot of traffic from corporate, small and medium enterprises out of Chennai to London.
The airline has also been investing more money to provide new aircraft and better in-flight services to passengers to compete with carriers from the Middle East, which also offer connection to the US from Chennai.
British Airways flies a B777-200 aircraft that offers three-class configuration and flat beds in club world, premium economy, world traveler plus and world traveler seats.