BA flight from Bahrain heads to London

Dubai: A British Airways flight from Bahrain is on its way to London with the assumption that London’s Heathrow airport will reopen on Tuesday night. However, as of now, the UK's air space remains closed.

Paolo De Renzis, Area Commercial Manager Middle East at British Airways, told Gulf News that they are waiting on news about the UK's air space. "Our flight from Bahrain to London left today in assumption that the [Heathrow] airport was going to reopen tonight at 7pm UK time,” he told Gulf News. "If it doesn’t reopen, then the flight will be diverted to one of the North European stations," he said.

De Renzis said that there are currently no British Airways planes in Dubai. "If the UK space opens tonight we will have a flight leaving London to Dubai at 9:45 UK time," he said.

"It's not our decision to open air space," he said. "But we can't wait until we bring people back to their homes."