British Airways returns to Dallas-Fort Worth after 6-month hiatus

British Airways has returned to Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) after a six-month hiatus, operating its first flight to the Texan airport with an Airbus A350-1000.

British Airways, after not flying to DFW for more than six months, is finally back at the airport, with its first flight following the pause landing at the airport at 19:47 local time (UTC -5) on October 26.

DFW was one of the destinations that the British carrier paused during the summer season due to engine supply chain issues, “particularly in relation to the Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines fitted to our 787 aircraft,” as the airline explained in late 2024, when it confirmed the temporary cuts.

During the same summer 2025 season, when British Airways had zero departures between LHR and DFW, American Airlines added another daily departure on the route, going to up to five per day. With the switch to the winter 2025/2026 season, and with British Airways’ return, American Airlines is now back to four daily departures, Cirium’s Diio Mi showed. The two airlines are part of the oneworld alliance as well as partners in a joint venture (JV) on flights across the Atlantic Ocean.

Before the hiatus, British Airways operated the flight with an A380, and per Cirium’s Diio Mi. Between March 29, 2026, and May 20, 2026, it will switch to the 787-10 to fly from LHR to DFW, and from May 21, 2026, the route will once again be served with an A380.

In addition to the six-month suspension of its LHR-DFW route, the British airline had also cut the number of departures with its Boeing 787 aircraft during the summer 2025 season. Between April 1 and October 31, with the date range starting a week after and ending a week later than the actual season’s length, British Airways’ 787 departures were 0.8% lower year-on-year (YoY), with capacity, measured in available seat kilometers (ASKs), having been down 0.4% YoY, according to Cirium’s Diio Mi.

British Airways took delivery of a single 787-10, registered as G-ZBLL, on June 20, during the same time period, planespotters.net records showed. In total, the airline now has 42 787s: 12 787-8 (three parked), 18 787-9 (two parked), and 12 787-10s (three parked).

The LHR-DFW route was not the only one affected by the cuts. The airline also suspended its flights to Abu Dhabi Zayed International Airport (AUH), Bahrain International Airport (BAH), and Kuwait International Airport (KWI).

However, the BAH cancellation was reversed, and British Airways has continued to serve the airport throughout 2025. Cirium’s Diio Mi showed that the airline has no plans to return to KWI, at least for the time being, while its AUH route also resumed on October 26.

In October, British Airways will have five fewer weekly departures with the 787 from LHR, with capacity, measured in ASKs, being scheduled to contract by 0.2%. 

During the MRO Europe event, Andy Best, the Chief Technical Officer (CTO) of British Airways, shared the airline’s frustration with engine deliveries, saying that its suppliers have failed to deliver at least a single engine on time, according to AeroTime.