{"id":388242,"date":"2026-03-17T11:22:51","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T01:22:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/british-airways-returns-melbourne-20-years-boeing-787\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T11:22:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T01:22:51","slug":"british-airways-returns-to-melbourne-after-20-years-with-new-boeing-787-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=388242","title":{"rendered":"British Airways Returns To Melbourne After 20 Years With New Boeing 787 Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\" data-id=\"77388\"style=\";  ;\" class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\"><a href=\"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/tag\/british-airways\/\"  >British Airways<\/a><\/span> is set to take off for <span class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\" data-id=\"108952\"style=\";  ;\" class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\"><a href=\"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/tag\/melbourne\/\"  >Melbourne<\/a><\/span>, <span class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\" data-id=\"4481\"style=\";  ;\" class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\"><a href=\"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/tag\/australia\/\"  >Australia<\/a><\/span> from January next year. This marks the first time the carrier has served the city after 20 years. The route will operate daily via Kuala Lumpur and will touch down at <span class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\" data-id=\"273968\"style=\";  ;\" class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\"><a href=\"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/tag\/melbourne-airport\/\"  >Melbourne Airport<\/a><\/span>(MEL) just in time for the Australian Open (Tennis) and Melbourne Grand Prix. This service will complement the carrier&#8217;s existing Australian service to <span class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\" data-id=\"257232\"style=\";  ;\" class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\"><a href=\"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/tag\/sydney-airport\/\"  >Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport<\/a><\/span> (SYD).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>British Airways&#8217; new daily service to Melbourne via Kuala Lumpur takes off in January, just in time for the Australian Open and Melbourne Grand Prix.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[396,476,273,2638,1513,1623,1022,513],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-388242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aircraft","category-airlines","category-australia","category-boeing-787-9","category-british-airways","category-kuala-lumpur","category-london-heathrow-airport","category-melbourne-airport"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO Pro 4.9.8 - 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