British Airways cuts Beijing route and Virgin axes two prominent long-haul routes

British Airways will suspend its Beijing route from London’s Heathrow Airport (LHR) later this year. Virgin Atlantic will also drop two Caribbean routes from Heathrow in early 2025. British Airways’ Heathrow-to-Beijing route returned in June 2023 following the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the decision to suspend it once again comes just 14 months …