BA launch Gothenburg route

British Airways is launching services between Heathrow and Gothenburg, Sweden’s second largest city, with one-way all inclusive flights from £55.50. The twice daily service fromTerminal 5 starts on November 28, 2010. Richard Tams, British Airways’ head of UKn&nIreland sales, said: “We are really excited about flying to this fabulous city on the south west coast [...]

British Airways targets smartphone users

British Airways has launched an innovative check-in tool for the rapidly increasing number of smart phone users. Executive Club iPhone users can use the new ‘app’ to display mobile boarding passes on their phones, which can be scanned check-in areas to speed up and enhance the boarding process In addition, customers using Android and Blackberry devices [...]

50 millionth milestone for Terminal 5

     British Airways has welcomed its 50 millionth customer through the doors of Heathrow Terminal 5 as the busy summer holiday season moves into full swing.      Now in its third summer of operations, BA says that Terminal 5 has become an “acclaimed facility by travellers around the world” and is looking forward to the [...]

British Airways – Iberia merger goes ahead

     British Airways has reached the final stages of its merger with Iberia, and is now expected to complete the deal in November.      International Airlines Group will be the name of the merged group – although BA and Iberia will retain separate identities as far as passengers are concerned.      Announcing the completion of [...]

British Airways flies ‘over 80 per cent’ of customers during dispute

    British Airways has resumed operations after the second walk-out by a large section of its cabin crew workforce - and says it flew over 80 per cent of its customers despite the action.     “I want to thank the many thousands of our customers who have shown their patience and support by flying with us during [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

BA Haiti relief flight

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