British Airways to Launch Aruba and Guyana Flights from March 2023

British Airways has recently made an announcement that they will be launching brand-new flights connecting to Oranjestad, Aruba (AUA) and Georgetown, Guyana (GEO) by the last week of March 2023. This will be the newest addition to their transatlantic network.

These new flights will be operated from the London Gatwick (LGW) to Queen Beatrix International Airport (AUA) in Oranjestad, Aruba and Cheddi Jagan International Airport (GEO) in Georgetown, the capital of Guyana.

The flights between Aruba and London will commence on 26 March 2023 every Sunday and Thursday.

• London/Gatwick (LGW) – Antigua and Barbuda (ANU) / Flight BA 2157 / LGW 10:00 – ANU 13:35.
• Antigua and Barbuda (ANU) – Aruba (AUA) / Flight BA 2157 / ANU 14:35 – AUA 16:00.
• Aruba (AUA) – Antigua and Barbuda (ANU) / Flight BA 2156 / AUA 08:30 – ANU 20:15.
• Antigua and Barbuda (ANU) – London/Gatwick (LGW) / Flight BA 2156 / ANU 21:15 – LGW 10:15 (+1).

Currently, the only airline operating a weekly flight from March and October between London and Aruba is TUI Airways. And British Airways will be the fourth airline to connect the island with Europe, as KLM and TUIfly Netherlands also operate from Amsterdam.

On the other hand, this will be the first flight to connect Guyana directly to Europe. The route to reach the South American country previously involved flying through Barbados or Trinidad and Tobago.

During the landing of interCaribbean in 2021, Juan Edghill, the Minister of Public Works in Guyana, expressed that a negotiation to connect Cheddi Jagan International Airport with London was underway with British Airlines.

The flights from London Gatwick Airport to Cheddi Jagan International Airport in Georgetown,Guyana, connecting via Hewanorra International Airport in St. Lucia, will commence on March 27, 2023.

• London/Gatwick (LGW) – St. Lucia (UVF) / Flight BA 2159 / LGW 11:35 – UVF 15:35 Monday and Thursday.
• St. Lucia (UVF) – Georgetown (GEO) / Flight BA 2159 / UVF 16:25 – GEO 18:05 Monday and Thursday.
• Georgetown (GEO) – St. Lucia (UVF) / Flight BA 2158 / GEO 19:50 – UVF 20:15 Monday and Thursday.
• St. Lucia (UVF) – London/Gatwick (LGW) / Flight BA 2158 / UVF 22:15 – LGW 11:45 (+1) Thursdays and Sundays.

Flights will begin on the new routes on the Boeing 777-200 aircraft with a capacity of 336 and 332 passengers depending on the variant in late March for the 2023 Northern Hemisphere summer season. This will bring the total number of destinations served by the London carrier in the Caribbean to 17.