British Airways turns 100 and celebrates with its customers
On Sunday 25 August 2019 British Airways celebrates its 100 birthday. The airline is marking its centenary by celebrating with customers.Alex Cruz, British Airways’...
British Airways pilots to strike on 9, 10 and 27 September
The British Airlines Pilots Association (BALPA), representing a major part of pilots working for British Airways have given a notice to the airline that...
British Airways’ remote-control pushback vehicles reach record 100,000 departures
Automated pushback devices have reduced airside emissions and allowed the airline to reduce its fuel consumption
The devices are part of British Airways’...
British Airways’ Airbus A350 gears up for its first long-haul flight to Dubai
British Airways’ first A350 aircraft is being put through its paces with extensive service trials ahead of it starting long-haul flying to Dubai on...
British Airways to trial virtual reality entertainment in the skies
British Airways customers will be transported to their own 3D cinema in the skies as the airline exclusively trials a new virtual reality headset...
British Airways forced to cancel a number of flights and delay several others over IT-woes
An IT systems issue is currently affecting check-in and flight departures at British Airways, the airline was forced to cancel some short-haul flights and...
Court of Appeal rejects British Airways’ attempt to block pilot strikes
The Court of Appeal has rejected British Airways’ attempt to injunct BALPA’s proposed industrial action on a technicality. The legality of BALPA’s ballot has...
British Airways’ first Airbus A350-1000 touches down at London Heathrow
British Airways’ first Airbus 350, registration G-XWBA, touched down at London Heathrow this weekend, featuring the airline’s newest generation business class seat, Club Suite.The...
BALPA: “British Airways pilots vote strongly for strike action”
93% of British Airways pilots associated with union BALPA (British Airline Pilots Association) have voted in favour of industrial actions. BALPA - representing 85%...
British Airways suspends flights to Cairo for one week over security concerns, Lufthansa follows with a one-day suspension
On 20 July 2019, British Airways announced that it was suspending its flights to Cairo, Egypt for the next seven days. "The safety and...
British Airways and the Red Arrows meet again at the Royal International Air Tattoo
Spectators at the world’s largest military air show delighted at a fly-past by a specially decorated British Airways jumbo jet and The Red Arrows.Flight...
12-year old Dutch boy almost succeeded to fly British Airways to Los Angeles without a boarding pass
Heathrow Police are investigating how a 12-year old boy was able to board a British Airways flight to Los Angeles without ticket yesterday.The child...
British Airways announces move to Beijing Daxing from 27 October
British Airways has today announced that all direct flights to and from Heathrow and Beijing will move to new state-of-the-art Daxing airport from 27...
British Airways unveils new lounge in San Francisco
British Airways unveils its new lounge in San Francisco, the third US lounge to benefit from the airline’s investment plan for its customers, following...
British Airways faces fine of GBP 183 million over theft of customer data
British Airways may receive a fine of 183.39 million pounds (almost 205 million euros) due to a data breach in 2018. As a result,...
British Airways Boeing 777 returns to London Heathrow after fumes in the cockpit
On 3 July, a British Airways Boeing 777-200ER (G-YMMU) operated flight BA119 between London Heathrow, U.K. and Bangalore, India. Flying over Southeast England, however,...
British Airways increases frequency between Scotland and London Heathrow next winter
Airline to operate almost 200 flights a week between Scotland and London HeathrowBritish Airways is to increase its winter schedule between Scotland and...
British Airways launches route to Croatian city of Split from London City Airport
British Airways is set to raise anchor and take off for the Croatian city of Split – in time for the annual Yacht Week...
British Airways flight takes off to San Diego, California to celebrate Father’s Day
To celebrate Father’s Day (this year in the UK on 16 June) British Airways surprised some of its fathers and their sons and daughters...
British Airways “BOAC” Boeing 747 to join Red Arrows for Royal Tattoo
RED, WHITE AND BLUE AT THE ROYAL INTERNATIONAL AIR TATTOO
The Red Arrows will join forces with a special British Airways B747, which has been...