Spanish Government prepares financial aid for home carrier Iberia
The Spanish Government is preparing urgent financial aid for Iberia to prevent the airline's collapse due to the stoppage of flights. Following the example...
British Airways adds extra flights a week from China to bring PPE to the UK
21 British Airways flights a week from China to London now operating, up from 13 this time last week
Flights will be used...
Sun-Air of Scandinavia launches Billund – Brussels route on 7 September
Brussels Airport is pleased to welcome the return of Danish airline Sun-Air of Scandinavia, which flies in the colours of British Airways, from September...
British Airways helps thousands of British travellers return home from India
British Airways is flying thousands of UK nationals who have been stranded in India as a result of the COVID-19 crisis back to the...
[Coronavirus] New Iberia repatriation flights to Bangkok, Sydney, Manila, Cape Verde, Asunción, and Santa Cruz de la Sierra
https://youtu.be/q6tK9mLjK0wAnother 2000 people will return home in this second wave of Iberia repatriation flights, following the 6,000 of the first wave.
By the...
Push back incident at Dubai Airport damages stabilisers of both British Airways and Emirates Airline aircraft
On 14 April, a British Airways A350-1000 (G-XWBA) operated flight BA106 between Dubai Airport, United Arab Emirates and London Heathrow, United Kingdom. The aircraft,...
Drone footage of stored British Airways Airbus A380 fleet at Chateauroux Airport
Half of British Airways' Airbus A380 has been flown in into Chateauroux Airport, France. Very soon, five aircraft of the same type will join...
[Coronavirus] British Airways flies vital medical supplies to Britain, including ventilators and PPE
British Airways 777 aircraft containing crucial medical supplies for the NHS is on route to the UK, due to land later this afternoon
Cargo...
[Coronavirus] Iberia operates 23 repatriation flights and carries more than 200 tonnes of medical supplies
Since the start of the COVID-19 outbreak, Iberia has operated a total of 23 repatriation flights to/from Algeria, Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador, Japan, Morocco, Panama,...
[Coronavirus] British Airways suspends all flights from London Gatwick
British Airways has been forced to temporarily suspend flights from the UK’s second-largest airport London Gatwick under mounting pressure due to the coronavirus crisis.Like...
[Coronavirus] A picture is worth a thousand words (part five): British Airways
Like any other passenger airline, British Airways was forced to reduce flights amid travel restrictions and a huge drop in demand as a result...
International Airlines Group (IAG) reduces operating expenses; grounds fleet; freezes recruitment
The rapid spread of COVID-19, and associated government travel restrictions and advisories are having a significant and increasingly negative impact on the demand for...
British Airways CEO Alex Cruz sends internal memo to employees titled: “The survival of British Airways”
British Airways CEO Alex Cruz has warned his 45,000 staff that the airline is under immense pressure amid the coronavirus (covid-19) outbreak, despite of...
Volotea to open new bases in Spain in 2021, following agreement with IAG after the latter’s takeover of Air Europa
VOLOTEA WILL OPEN NEW BASES IN SPAIN IN 2021 FOLLOWING AN AGREEMENT WITH IAGVolotea reaches an agreement with IAG by which Iberia would transfer...
[Coronavirus] British Airways launches ‘book with confidence’ customer policy
British Airways has decided to waive its change fee, giving customers the flexibility to delay travel that is booked during the next two weeks....
International Airlines Group (IAG) publishes full year 2019 results
International Consolidated Airlines Group (IAG) today presented Group consolidated results for the year to 31 December 2019.IAG period highlights on results (variances against 2018...
British Airways ambitions to remove a quarter of a billion items of single-use plastic from flights by the end of 2020
British Airways today announced a new target to remove more than 700 tonnes of single-use plastic on board its flights in 2020, amounting to more than a quarter of a billion individual...
British Airways increases frequencies to popular destinations (Miami, Seattle and Cape Town) in spring
- Cape Town, Miami and SeattleBritish Airways is adding more flights to some of its most popular destinations in the US and South Africa...
Qatar Airways increases its stake in International Consolidated Airlines Group (IAG)
Qatar Airways announces that it has increased its shareholding in International Consolidated Airlines Group, S.A. (IAG) from 21.4 per cent to 25.1 per cent....
British Airways opens up African destinations through codeshare agreement with Royal Air Maroc
British Airways and Royal Air Maroc have announced a new codeshare agreement which will open up new routes across Morocco including Casablanca and Agadir. ...