China Airlines launch Taiwan service

China Airlines has launched its first ever passenger service from Taipei to London  – the first time that the UK has been connected by a non-stop service to Taiwan. Carrying 276 passengers including China Airlines Chairman Philip Wei, President Hung Hsiung Sun and various VIP guests, the A340-300 aircraft arrived at Heathrow to a water cannon salute and [...]

China Airlines Heathrow inaugural

Heathrow world’s ‘best airport shopping’

    Heathrow was named as the world’s best airport for shopping at the pretigious Skytrax World Airport Awards ceremony in Belgium.     Citing terminal 5, but also improvements in other terminals especially 1 and 4,  Skytrax gave the award to Heathrow ahead of Amsterdam Schiphol (2nd) and Singapore Changi Airport (3rd).     Brian Woodhead, Retails [...]

BA increases flights in second walk-out

   British Airways will increase the number of flights for the second wave of strikes as more cabin crew say they will report for work.    As thousands of Unite members ended a three-day walkout, BA said it planned to run 55% of short-haul and 70% of long-haul flights from Heathrow during the four-day walkout from this Saturday. It’s operations [...]

Berlin route for bmi

    bmi is to launch a new service to Berlin on March 28 as part of a restructuring of its European network.     An Airbus A319 will operate the four daily services, featuring a business class cabin offering hot food, a fully stocked bar and spacious seating.     Economy passengers will be offered free baggage check-in up [...]

More British Airways staff defy strike-call

    More British Airways flights are now expected to operate during the proposed cabin crew dispute following pledges from affected staff members, says the airline.     British Airways is to increase its flying schedule for the period of Unite’s strikes as larger volumes of cabin crew call the airline to offer to work in support of [...]

‘Posh’ arrives to comfort injured David

Victoria Beckham, the former ‘posh spice’ arrives at Heathrow from Los Angeles ready to comfort her husband David who was injured and receiving treatment in Finland. She subsequently caught a private jet to join him.

BA plans to fly majority of services through strike

          British Airways says it hopes to keep around 60 per cent of its customers flying through the cabin crew strike threatened for March 20-22.     “The flag will continue to fly”, said BA’s chief executive, Willie Walsh.      Heathrow is likely to be the worst affected of the major airports, but BA still expects [...]

BA to ‘keep flying’ despite cabin crew strike

        British Airways has drawn up a detailed contingency plan to keep the airline flying after the Unite union announced a series of strikes by its cabin crew members late March.     The airline is optimistic that a substantial number of its flights will operate from Heathrow, despite proposal for strikes between 20-22 March and 27-30 [...]

Eco-friendly take-off for A380

          A new take-off procedure for the A380 ‘superjumbo’, which saves on fuel and emits less CO2, has been developed at Heathrow.      It will be used immediately on Singapore Airlines flights and details are being sent to other A380 users.      Making maximum use of the aircraft’s sophisticated electronics, a team of experts from BAA, [...]

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