British Airways Brings Daily Non-Stop Service to Las Vegas Oct. 25

Earlier this year, officials from British Airways, McCarran Airport and the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority announced the airline will begin daily, non-stop service from London Heathrow Airport Oct. 25. The new flights will be operated exclusively to and from Heathrow's Terminal 5 by a three-class Boeing 777. The announcement marks the culmination of more than a decade of efforts to bring the airline to Las Vegas. Virgin Atlantic, which introduced non-stop service into Las Vegas in June 2000, currently offers a daily non-stop flight between London's Gatwick International Airport and Las Vegas' McCarran International Airport. With the addition of British Airways flights, Las Vegas will now have 275,000 available airline seats (non-stop) from the UK to Vegas every year. The UK is the number one international market overseas for visitors to Las Vegas.