Relieved passengers burst into applause after a British Airways repatriation flight from Peru landed at Gatwick this morning – but travellers claim they were ‘left in the dark’ by the Foreign Office over whether to self-isolate or not. The flight was one of two BA flights that took off from Lima on Monday evening and … Read more
London’s Heathrow Airport can seem unfathomable if you don’t use it very often. The trick to taming it? Follow the advice of the experts, right here. MailOnline Travel has asked frequent fliers from aviation sites, British Airways and American Airlines employees, etiquette expert William Hanson and Heathrow Airport’s Director of Customer Relations and Service for … Read more
British Airways pilots have opted to take a 50 per cent pay cut in April and May as the company fights for its survival amidst the coronavirus pandemic. BA employs 4,500 pilots who will take two weeks of unpaid leave each month. The reduction in their salary will be spread out over three months to … Read more
The UK Government is drawing up plans to buy shares in British Airways and other airlines hit by the Pandemic Crisis to keep them afloat, insiders confirmed. Talks are in place which could see the State holding equity stakes in companies on the brink of collapse as coronavirus panic damages the UK economy. Billions of … Read more
Ryanair, British Airways and Jet2 have today cancelled hundreds of flights to and from Italy until April at the earliest and easyJet has also grounded most of its services leaving thousands of customers stranded in the coronavirus-hit country. BA has axed its 60 flights a day to cities including Milan, Venice and Rome while Jet2 … Read more
Even the porridge is five-star. It’s the perfect consistency and comes with a dinky jug of delicious cream – and is garnished with just the right number of raspberries and quantity of brown sugar. I’m having breakfast in a Qatar Airways’ business class Qsuite, which the airline patented. It should do the same with its … Read more
‘If you’re taking something for free away there’s a reaction’: British Airways boss says he wasn’t surprised at backlash for charging passengers for food on short-haul flights In 2017, BA scrapped free drinks and snacks in economy on short-haul flights Instead the airline began selling passengers products from Marks & Spencer Two years on, BA … Read more
Passengers hit out at British Airways for serving a £5 afternoon tea… that does not come with tea British Airways added the afternoon tea item to its short-haul menu this month The afternoon tea costs £5 and it includes a scone, clotted cream and jam Passengers were stunned to find they must pay an extra … Read more
Two British Airways staff have tested positive for coronavirus, Public Health England confirmed today.
These rare black-and-white images chart the history of one of America’s most short-lived airlines. They show the fleet and passengers of National Parks Airways (NPA), which operated for a mere 10 years, between 1927 and 1937, in Utah, Idaho and Montana. It would eventually capitalise on the boom in Yellowstone National Park tourism and ferry … Read more