The first Airbus A350-1000XWB for British Airways (BA/BAW) will arrive at London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) this Friday ahead of its entry into service with the airline. G-XWBA is the first of 18 A350-1000XWB aircraft the airline has on order and the airline will formally accept the aircraft in Toulouse before the [read more]
British Airways (BA/BAW) has failed in its bid to get an injunction from the high court blocking its pilots from striking. Pilots that are members of the BALPA union have voted to strike over a pay deal after talks broke down between BALPA and British Airways. Pilots had been offered [read more]
British Airways (BA/BAW) pilots that are members of the British Airline Pilots Association (BALPA) have voted to back a series of strikes in a dispute over a pay deal. BALPA represents around 90% of British Airways pilots and the union says that 93% of them voted in favour of industrial [read more]
Visitors to the Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford today were treated to a one-off flypast by the Red Arrows and the British Airways “BOAC” Boeing 747 Jumbo Jet. The flypast saw a special British Airways flight, BA100, leading the nine red jets across the skies over the Gloucestershire [read more]
The British Airline Pilots Association (BALPA) has said that talks to avert a strike by British Airways (BA/BAW) pilots, the first of which is due to take place on the 26th July. BALPA General Secretary Brian Strutton said: “It is bitterly disappointing that despite two full days at ACAS we [read more]
British Airways (BA/BAW) has announced that it will be moving all direct flights from London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) to Beijing to tyhe new state-of-the-art Daxing airport (PKX/ZBAD). The move from the current airport, Beijing Capital (PEK/ZBAA) will take on all flights from 27th October 2019. British Airways is the first international [read more]
British Airways (BA/BAW) is to be hit with a record-breaking £183.39m fine by the Information Commissioners Office (ICO) following last years breach of its website. British Airways was hit by what it described as a “sophisticated” hacking attack on its website that saw visitors diverted to a fake British Airways [read more]
The latest Boeing 747-400 to be retired by British Airways (BA/BAW) has arrived at St Athan (DGX/EGSY) in South Wales where it will be scrapped. G-BNLN (Lima November) took off for her final flight from London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) this afternoon as “Speedbird 9179” and flew the short hop to South [read more]
British Airways (BA/BAW) will fly a the BOAC liveried Boeing 747-400 Jumbo Jet alongside the famous Red Arrows at this year’s Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford. The special flypast will form part of the celebrations of its 100-year anniversary and will take place on Saturday, 20th July, the [read more]
British Airways (BA/BAW) short-haul fleet has topped Heathrow Airports ‘Fly Quiet and Green’ league table for the first quarter of 2019 helping to reduce the West London airports environment impact. This was achieved because the short-haul fleet is made up of efficient Airbus A320 family aircraft, with the latest ultra-efficient [read more]
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