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British Airways grows Latin America capacity by 25% as part of enhanced summer schedule

Routes
Jennifer Morris
18 September 2026

British Airways has announced it is increasing capacity to Latin America by a quarter with the introduction of non-stop flights to Buenos Aires and onward serviced to Chile's capital Santiago.

La Boca in Buenos Aires
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BA's Buenos Aires route will move to a non-stop daily service

The additions form part of an extensive update to BA's summer 2027 programme, which will take effect late next March.

Other changes include increasing seats to Rio de Janeiro with its daily service becoming a dedicated route without onward legs, and upgrading its route to San Jose in Costa Rice to a year-round operation.

Elsewhere, BA will operate new flights to Kilimanjaro and Zanzibar in Tanzania from May 2027. There will also be extra flights on popular routes to destinations including Cape Town and Las Vegas.