What is the best way to fly to Porto from Edinburgh?

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Porto and other BA European leisure routes are increasingly likely to fly out of Gatwick (Simon Calder)

Q I used to fly Edinburgh-Heathrow-Porto with good flight times. But I see that British Airways are going back to flying some European routes from London Gatwick, including Porto, and I cannot get a connecting flight with them from Edinburgh. Are there any plans for British Airways to fly from Edinburgh to Gatwick? Alternatively, if I need to fly via London what is the best way to connect to Gatwick?

Grace S

A During the Covid pandemic British Airways closed down its short-haul network from Gatwick – which, until early 2020, included a range of domestic connections. Some services to continental Europe were axed, but others moved to BA’s home at Heathrow. Once aviation started to resume at scale as the crisis eased, Heathrow provided a good range of European connections from Scotland.