Recreate the British Airways experience at home: Carrier selling items from premium cabins online

Recreate the British Airways first class experience – at home! Carrier puts items from its premium cabins up for sale, from crockery and hot towels to ex-747 Champagne flutes BA said you can ‘bring the magic of flying with BA into your own home’ For £12 you can buy the top-cabin hot towels (which obviously … Read more

Champagne flutes and fine china from British Airways first-class go under the hammer

Flying off the shelves: Champagne flutes and fine china from British Airways first-class go under the hammer amid £5.4billion losses British Airways will auction off some of its historic items used for first class   The items are expected to include champagne flutes, fine china and glassware Comes following huge £5.4 billion losses at airline amid … Read more

Couple ‘scammed British Airways and Virgin out of £90,000 with fake insurance claims’

Couple ‘scammed British Airways and Virgin out of £90,000 over three years by making fake insurance claims on flights they never booked’ Allan Uchendu, 29, and Taleka White, 32, allegedly created fake documents   They are accused of submitting false claims to insurance companies for money  Couple claimed a total of £87,865.64 over a three year … Read more

British Airways, American Airlines and Oneworld launch transatlantic Covid testing trial

British Airways, American Airlines and Oneworld have launched a Covid-19 testing trial on selected flights from the U.S to London Heathrow in a combined effort to scientifically demonstrate how testing for the virus can reopen international travel and quash quarantine requirements. The new British Airways CEO, Sean Doyle, explained that at the end of the … Read more

British Airways and Lufthansa given Skytrax Covid-19 safety rating

British Airways and Lufthansa become first airlines to gain a Covid-19 safety rating from Skytrax, with both awarded a ‘commendable’ four stars The rating is based on a ‘detailed investigation’ of Covid-19 safety measures  It covers ‘customer risk and concern elements in the airport and onboard’  BA’s airport standards were based on its operations at Terminal … Read more

British Airways and Lufthansa become first airlines to gain a Covid-19 safety rating from Skytrax

British Airways and Lufthansa become first airlines to gain a Covid-19 safety rating from Skytrax, with both awarded a ‘commendable’ four stars The rating is based on a ‘detailed investigation’ of Covid-19 safety measures  It covers ‘customer risk and concern elements in the airport and onboard’  BA’s airport standards were based on its operations at Terminal … Read more

British Airways suspends Gatwick flights, will furlough more staff

British Airways suspends ALL flights from Gatwick airport and will furlough ‘many more’ staff as new Covid lockdown bites BA said it will be ‘moving many more colleagues’ onto Job Retention Scheme  Second shutdown of BA flights at Gatwick after one that followed first lockdown The airline said it will massively scale back all flights … Read more

British Airways suspends all flights from Gatwick airport and will furlough ‘many more’ staff

British Airways suspends all flights from Gatwick airport and will furlough ‘many more’ staff as new Covid lockdown bites BA said it will be ‘moving many more colleagues’ onto Job Retention Scheme  Second shutdown of BA flights at Gatwick after one that followed first lockdown The airline said it will massively scale back all flights … Read more

British Airway’s steward films himself telling passengers to ‘f*** off’ as they left plane

British Airway’s steward films himself telling passengers to ‘f*** off’ as they left plane after flight from Heathrow to Tel Aviv Connor Scanlon, 28, posted footage taken at an airport in Israel a few weeks ago He can be heard muttering curses at families as they disembark the BA flight  Customer services manager had submitted … Read more

British Airways’ owner suffers £5.1BILLION loss this year due to coronavirus pandemic

British Airways’ owner suffers £5.1BILLION loss this year due to coronavirus pandemic as IAG boss blasts ‘constantly changing government restrictions’ The huge losses were accrued over the first nine months of the year IAG chief executive Luis Galleg said coronavirus was to blame for fall But he also laid the blame at constantly changing travel … Read more