British Airways Plc, Europe’s third-largest airline, will use planes freed up by the slump in business travel to start flying to longhual leisure destinations such as Las Vegas, Jamaica and the Maldives .Five of the six new routes that the London-based carrier will begin for its winter timetable are to vacation hotspots, including Sharm ElSheikh on the Red sea and Punta Cana in the Dominican republic. Initial bookings are “very encouraging ,”Richard Tams, head of UK sales , said in an interview.
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