British Airways extends A380 maintenance contract
While the pandemic keeps taking its toll on international air travel, airlines are reviewing the future of their…
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British Airways (BA) is the flag carrier airline of the United Kingdom. Headquartered at Waterside, near its main hub at London Heathrow Airport, the airline operates a comprehensive network of short-haul and long-haul routes, serving destinations across six continents. British Airways is the second-largest airline in the United Kingdom based on fleet size and passengers carried, after easyJet. British Airways is a founding member of the Oneworld airline alliance, alongside American Airlines, Cathay Pacific, Qantas, and Canadian Airlines.
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BA and Iberia Airlines owner IAG suffers a $2.4 billion loss
International Airlines Group (IAG), the parent company of British Airways and Iberia Airlines, narrowed their net loss in…
Top 10 airline marketing failures
Failure is useful for a myriad of reasons. It can be interesting, amusing or even a teaching moment.…
BA expedites Boeing 787 nose-gear modification after repeated incident
British Airways plans to accelerate a security fix to avoid the repetition of a nose-gear retraction incident…
UK Authority issues special bulletin about BA Boeing 787 nose gear incident
A Boeing 787-8 aircraft, registration number G-ZBJB, suffered damage to its lower forward fuselage following a nose gear…
British Airways settles compensation claim in data breach scandal
British Airways settles a legal claim made by a group of the airline’s customers and staff whose data…
British Airways Dreamliner suffers nose gear collapse
On June 18, 2021, British Airways Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner suffered a nose gear collapse while standing on a…
Unlikely but possible: Walsh on IAG, British Airways split
The European airline holding company International Airlines Group (IAG) (IAG)came into being via a merger of British Airways…
British Airways puts more employees on furlough despite summer season
The flag carrier of the United Kingdom, British Airways is returning employees back on furlough. The move comes…
Airlines UK fear imminent collapse over travel restrictions
British air carriers regrouped within the trade body Airlines UK have called for support from their government to…
British watchdog takes legal action against British Airways and Ryanair
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) opened enforcement cases into British Airways and Ryanair over alleged both…
British Airways crew to trial ultra-rapid COVID-19 tests
British Airways is starting trials of the ultra-rapid COVID-19 antigen tests, aiming to become the first airline in…
Crushed phone sparks a fire on British Airways Dreamliner, investigators find
The UK’s Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) published an investigation report on the incident of a fire onboard…
Airbus A380 works “very well” for British Airways, CEO says
While the pandemic keeps taking its toll on international air travel, airlines are reviewing the future of their…
British Airways, Virgin Atlantic call for transatlantic flights opening
British Airways and Virgin Atlantic are pushing the country’s government to establish an air bridge between the United…
British Airways invests in hydrogen aircraft ZeroAvia for its short-haul fleet
British Airways joined a list of investors in ZeroAvia, a company that is looking to develop a fleet…
Granddads of British Airways & Pan Am: Do you know airline predecessors? [Quiz]
A lot of airlines nowadays boast about their rich history dating back a whole century. Yet not many…
For Europe’s airlines, is summer travel season the last hope for survival?
Despite a round of positive news over the course of the past few months, including the beginning of…