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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Julia Kollewe

British Airways and Virgin to fly daily from UK to China again

A British Airways aeroplane tailfin and a Virgin Atlantic aeroplane by the control tower at Heathrow airport
British Airways and Virgin Atlantic are to resume daily services to China now Covid quarantine restrictions have been lifted. Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters

British Airways and Virgin Atlantic will resume daily flights to China, two years after scheduled services were halted during the Covid-19 pandemic.

BA’s first flight to Shanghai will take off from Heathrow on 23 April, with Virgin Atlantic’s first departure to the city leaving on 1 May.

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