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London Heathrow Airport (LHR) — Business Class Guide

London Heathrow is Europe's busiest airport for international traffic and a global hub for premium travel, with unmatched lounge options and connections to every continent.

London Heathrow handles over 80 million passengers annually and serves as the primary hub for British Airways. For business class travelers, Heathrow offers one of the world’s best premium experiences, with dedicated terminals, extensive lounge networks, and seamless connections.

Terminal guide for business class

Terminal 5 is British Airways’ exclusive home, featuring the Galleries First and Galleries Club lounges with champagne bars, à la carte dining, and Elemis spa treatments. The Concorde Room provides first class passengers with private cabanas.

Terminal 3 hosts Oneworld partners Cathay Pacific and American Airlines, plus Virgin Atlantic. The Virgin Atlantic Clubhouse is consistently rated among the world’s best business class lounges, with a full cocktail bar, spa, and brasserie.

Terminal 2 (The Queen’s Terminal) serves Star Alliance carriers including Lufthansa, United, and Singapore Airlines. The United Polaris Lounge and Singapore Airlines SilverKris Lounge offer premium dining.

Best business class lounges

The Virgin Atlantic Clubhouse (T3) features a signature cocktail bar, spa with complimentary treatments, and an à la carte menu. The Cathay Pacific First and Business Lounge (T3) offers noodle bars and shower suites with panoramic runway views. British Airways Galleries First (T5) provides the most refined pre-flight experience for oneworld Emerald members.

Connections and transit

Heathrow’s free inter-terminal transfer operates 24/7, but connections between T5 and other terminals require 90+ minutes. Business class passengers receive Fast Track vouchers for security. The Heathrow Express reaches Paddington in 15 minutes; alternatively, the Elizabeth Line offers affordable direct service to central London.

Why fly business class from Heathrow

Heathrow dominates transatlantic business class traffic with more than 20 daily departures to New York alone. Competition between British Airways, Virgin Atlantic, American, Delta, and JetBlue keeps fares competitive. For Asia-Pacific routes, carriers like Cathay Pacific, Singapore Airlines, and Qantas offer some of the world’s best premium products from Heathrow.

FAQ

Which Heathrow terminal has the best business class lounge?

Terminal 3 offers the most variety, including the Virgin Atlantic Clubhouse and Cathay Pacific lounges. Terminal 5 provides the most consistent BA experience with Galleries lounges throughout.

How early should I arrive for business class at Heathrow?

Arrive 2.5–3 hours before departure. Fast Track security reduces wait times, but immigration can be lengthy during peak hours. Allow time to enjoy the lounge.

Does Heathrow have arrivals lounges?

Yes. British Airways operates arrivals lounges at T3 and T5 with showers, breakfast, and workspaces. Virgin Atlantic offers arrivals access at T3 for Upper Class passengers.

Business class flights from London

London → Casablanca 3h 00m
from €700*
London → Casablanca 3h 30m
from €900*
London → Cairo 5h 00m
from €950*
London → Doha 6h 50m
from €1,100*
London → Dubai 7h 00m
from €1,200*
London → Abu Dhabi 7h 40m
from €1,200*
London → Addis Ababa 7h 30m
from €1,200*
London → Cairo 5h 00m
from €1,200*
London → Amman 5h 00m
from €1,250*
London → Nairobi 8h 30m
from €1,250*
London → Addis Ababa 7h 30m
from €1,250*
London → Bangkok 11h 20m
from €1,300*
London → Mumbai 9h 00m
from €1,300*
London → Tel Aviv 5h 00m
from €1,350*
London → Jeddah 6h 30m
from €1,350*
London → Delhi 8h 30m
from €1,400*
London → Phuket 12h 30m
from €1,400*
London → Bangalore 10h 00m
from €1,400*
London → Nairobi 8h 30m
from €1,400*
London → Riyadh 6h 30m
from €1,400*
London → Orlando 9h 30m
from €1,400*
London → Lagos 6h 30m
from €1,400*
London → Johannesburg 11h 15m
from €1,500*
London → Ho Chi Minh City 12h 00m
from €1,500*
London → Montreal 7h 30m
from €1,500*
London → Kolkata 10h 00m
from €1,500*
London → Accra 6h 30m
from €1,500*
London → Raleigh 8h 30m
from €1,500*
London → Tampa 9h 30m
from €1,500*
London → Charlotte 8h 30m
from €1,500*
London → Pittsburgh 8h 30m
from €1,500*
London → Nashville 9h 00m
from €1,500*
London → Chennai 10h 30m
from €1,550*
London → Minneapolis 9h 00m
from €1,550*
London → New York 7h 40m
from €1,600*
London → São Paulo 11h 40m
from €1,600*
London → Kuala Lumpur 12h 45m
from €1,600*
London → Malé 10h 30m
from €1,600*
London → Boston 7h 30m
from €1,600*
London → Toronto 8h 00m
from €1,600*
London → Bangalore 10h 00m
from €1,600*
London → Hyderabad 10h 30m
from €1,600*
London → Lagos 6h 30m
from €1,600*
London → Austin 10h 00m
from €1,600*
London → Newark 7h 50m
from €1,700*
London → Hong Kong 11h 45m
from €1,700*
London → Washington DC 8h 30m
from €1,700*
London → Ho Chi Minh City 12h 00m
from €1,700*
London → Salt Lake City 10h 00m
from €1,700*
London → Portland 10h 00m
from €1,700*
London → Phoenix 11h 00m
from €1,700*
London → Kuala Lumpur 13h 00m
from €1,750*
London → Las Vegas 10h 30m
from €1,750*
London → Miami 9h 45m
from €1,800*
London → Tokyo 12h 00m
from €1,800*
London → Seoul 11h 00m
from €1,800*
London → Atlanta 9h 30m
from €1,800*
London → Denver 10h 00m
from €1,800*
London → Vancouver 9h 30m
from €1,800*
London → Mexico City 11h 30m
from €1,800*
London → Bogotá 11h 00m
from €1,800*
London → Taipei 13h 00m
from €1,800*
London → San Diego 11h 00m
from €1,800*
London → Singapore 13h 00m
from €1,850*
London → Phoenix 10h 30m
from €1,850*
London → Chicago 8h 50m
from €1,900*
London → Seattle 10h 00m
from €1,900*
London → Las Vegas 10h 30m
from €1,900*
London → Lima 12h 30m
from €1,900*
London → Beijing 10h 00m
from €1,900*
London → Guangzhou 11h 30m
from €1,900*
London → Cape Town 11h 30m
from €1,900*
London → San Francisco 10h 45m
from €2,000*
London → Dallas 9h 50m
from €2,000*
London → Buenos Aires 13h 30m
from €2,000*
London → Shanghai 11h 30m
from €2,000*
London → Los Angeles 11h 15m
from €2,100*
London → Santiago 14h 00m
from €2,100*
London → Honolulu 18h 00m
from €2,100*
London → Perth 17h 00m
from €2,400*
London → Melbourne 23h 00m
from €2,500*
London → Brisbane 23h 00m
from €2,600*
London → Sydney 22h 00m
from €2,800*
London → Auckland 24h 00m
from €2,800*

*Estimated prices based on historical data

Business class flights to London

Casablanca → London 3h 00m
from €700*
Athens → London 4h 00m
from €850*
Casablanca → London 3h 00m
from €950*
Reykjavik → London 3h 00m
from €950*
Cairo → London 5h 00m
from €1,000*
Beirut → London 5h 00m
from €1,000*
Doha → London 7h 15m
from €1,100*
Bahrain → London 7h 00m
from €1,100*
Amman → London 5h 30m
from €1,100*
Cairo → London 5h 00m
from €1,100*
Amman → London 5h 00m
from €1,100*
Tbilisi → London 5h 00m
from €1,100*
Dubai → London 7h 00m
from €1,200*
Jeddah → London 7h 00m
from €1,200*
Muscat → London 8h 00m
from €1,200*
Tel Aviv → London 5h 00m
from €1,200*
Jeddah → London 6h 30m
from €1,200*
Baku → London 5h 30m
from €1,200*
Yerevan → London 5h 30m
from €1,200*
Addis Ababa → London 7h 30m
from €1,250*
Tel Aviv → London 5h 00m
from €1,250*
Bahrain → London 7h 00m
from €1,250*
Kuwait City → London 6h 30m
from €1,250*
Riyadh → London 7h 00m
from €1,250*
Nairobi → London 8h 30m
from €1,250*
Tashkent → London 7h 30m
from €1,250*
Astana → London 7h 30m
from €1,250*
Riyadh → London 7h 30m
from €1,300*
Baku → London 6h 00m
from €1,300*
Muscat → London 8h 00m
from €1,350*
Dammam → London 7h 30m
from €1,350*
Lahore → London 8h 00m
from €1,350*
Islamabad → London 8h 00m
from €1,350*
Almaty → London 8h 30m
from €1,350*
Antigua → London 8h 30m
from €1,350*
St. Lucia → London 8h 30m
from €1,350*
Beijing → London 10h 30m
from €1,400*
Almaty → London 8h 00m
from €1,400*
Addis Ababa → London 8h 00m
from €1,400*
Halifax → London 6h 30m
from €1,400*
Lagos → London 6h 30m
from €1,400*
Abuja → London 7h 00m
from €1,400*
Karachi → London 8h 30m
from €1,400*
Dhaka → London 10h 00m
from €1,400*
Orlando → London 9h 00m
from €1,400*
Barbados → London 8h 30m
from €1,400*
San Juan → London 8h 30m
from €1,450*
Shanghai → London 12h 00m
from €1,500*
Guangzhou → London 12h 00m
from €1,500*
Colombo → London 10h 30m
from €1,500*
Kigali → London 9h 00m
from €1,500*
Calgary → London 9h 00m
from €1,500*
Lagos → London 6h 30m
from €1,500*
Mumbai → London 9h 30m
from €1,500*
Bangalore → London 10h 30m
from €1,500*
Hyderabad → London 10h 30m
from €1,500*
Montego Bay → London 10h 00m
from €1,500*
Detroit → London 8h 00m
from €1,500*
Raleigh → London 8h 00m
from €1,500*
Tampa → London 9h 00m
from €1,500*
Charlotte → London 8h 00m
from €1,500*
Pittsburgh → London 8h 00m
from €1,500*
Nashville → London 8h 30m
from €1,500*
Ottawa → London 7h 00m
from €1,500*
Ahmedabad → London 10h 00m
from €1,500*
Goa → London 10h 00m
from €1,500*
Kochi → London 10h 30m
from €1,500*
Punta Cana → London 9h 00m
from €1,500*
Montego Bay → London 9h 30m
from €1,500*
Nassau → London 8h 30m
from €1,500*
Chennai → London 11h 00m
from €1,550*
Grand Cayman → London 10h 00m
from €1,550*
New York → London 7h 00m
from €1,600*
Toronto → London 7h 30m
from €1,600*
Hanoi → London 12h 00m
from €1,600*
Shenzhen → London 12h 30m
from €1,600*
Nairobi → London 8h 30m
from €1,600*
Cancún → London 10h 00m
from €1,600*
Punta Cana → London 9h 00m
from €1,600*
Kuala Lumpur → London 13h 00m
from €1,600*
Bangkok → London 11h 30m
from €1,600*
Colombo → London 11h 00m
from €1,600*
Minneapolis → London 8h 30m
from €1,600*
Austin → London 9h 30m
from €1,600*
Calgary → London 9h 00m
from €1,600*
Kolkata → London 10h 30m
from €1,600*
Havana → London 10h 00m
from €1,600*
Cancún → London 10h 00m
from €1,600*
Hanoi → London 11h 30m
from €1,650*
Xi'an → London 11h 00m
from €1,650*
Taipei → London 14h 00m
from €1,700*
Bandar Seri Begawan → London 14h 00m
from €1,700*
São Paulo → London 11h 30m
from €1,700*
Bogotá → London 10h 30m
from €1,700*
San José → London 11h 00m
from €1,700*
Hong Kong → London 12h 00m
from €1,700*
Ho Chi Minh City → London 12h 30m
from €1,700*
Johannesburg → London 11h 00m
from €1,700*
Salt Lake City → London 9h 30m
from €1,700*
Portland → London 9h 30m
from €1,700*
Phoenix → London 10h 30m
from €1,700*
Shanghai → London 12h 00m
from €1,700*
Chengdu → London 11h 30m
from €1,700*
Wuhan → London 11h 30m
from €1,700*
Nanjing → London 12h 00m
from €1,700*
Xiamen → London 12h 30m
from €1,700*
Mexico City → London 10h 30m
from €1,750*
Chicago → London 8h 00m
from €1,750*
Johannesburg → London 11h 00m
from €1,750*
Seoul → London 11h 30m
from €1,750*
Las Vegas → London 10h 00m
from €1,750*
Beijing → London 10h 30m
from €1,750*
Guangzhou → London 12h 30m
from €1,750*
Shenzhen → London 12h 30m
from €1,750*
Hangzhou → London 12h 00m
from €1,750*
Hong Kong → London 12h 50m
from €1,800*
Mauritius → London 12h 00m
from €1,800*
Cape Town → London 11h 30m
from €1,800*
Lima → London 12h 30m
from €1,800*
Jakarta → London 15h 00m
from €1,800*
Manila → London 14h 00m
from €1,800*
Cape Town → London 11h 30m
from €1,800*
Mexico City → London 10h 30m
from €1,800*
Bogotá → London 10h 30m
from €1,800*
Rio de Janeiro → London 11h 30m
from €1,800*
Malé → London 10h 30m
from €1,800*
Mauritius → London 12h 00m
from €1,800*
San Diego → London 10h 30m
from €1,800*
Tokyo → London 12h 30m
from €1,900*
Singapore → London 13h 00m
from €1,900*
Manila → London 14h 00m
from €1,900*
San Francisco → London 10h 30m
from €1,900*
Buenos Aires → London 13h 30m
from €1,900*
Buenos Aires → London 14h 00m
from €1,900*
Los Angeles → London 10h 30m
from €2,000*
Santiago → London 14h 00m
from €2,000*
Osaka → London 12h 30m
from €2,000*
Santiago → London 14h 30m
from €2,000*
Tokyo → London 12h 30m
from €2,000*
Perth → London 17h 00m
from €2,300*
Auckland → London 24h 00m
from €2,400*
Sydney → London 22h 00m
from €2,800*

*Estimated prices based on historical data

Airlines with business class at London

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