BA Flies Gatwick–Colombo From 23 October
British Airways' new Gatwick–Colombo flights start 23 October, three times a week, with a Hoppers menu in Club World until 30 December.
British Airways starts flying Gatwick–Colombo on Friday 23 October, its winter-only return to Sri Lanka.
The schedule
- BA2045: departs Gatwick Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 16:40, arriving 08:35 the next day
- Return flights start 24 October
- Fares from £524 return, according to BA
To mark the launch, BA has teamed up with London’s Hoppers restaurants on a Club World menu from 23 October to 30 December, with a “Ceylon Pearl” cocktail in the Gatwick lounge.
Sources
Lauren Smith writes Hotel Watch for Not An Atlas. She grew up in Glasgow and now works from Toronto, usually within reach of a pug, a laptop and a stack of McDonald's Monopoly vouchers. Her first flight was to Orlando, and she still remembers how kind everyone was. She's a window-seat loyalist (somewhere to rest your head), eats whatever the locals recommend (schnitzel and an Austrian beer, the moment she landed in Vienna), and always packs spare underwear. Just in case. Hallstatt on a sunny day is her “this is why I travel” moment, the Highlands are where she'd go back tomorrow, and South Korea or Japan is next. Friends say bubbly, caring and fun. Her mum says chaotic but organized.
