British Airways and Heathrow Baggage Handlers marked Freddie Mercury’s birthday in style today with a special performance of Queens hit “I want to break free”, complete with Hi-Vis Freddie jackets! Back in the days when he was known as Farrokh Bulsara, Freddie spent some time as a baggage Handler at Heathrow [read more]
British Airways (BA/BAW) will become the official airline partner of England Rugby after it agreed a multi-year partnership agreement. The airline will also become the Principal partner to Twickenham Stadium and will work cloesely with England Rugby to develop the digital experience at Twickenham with things such a new Stadium [read more]
British Airways (BA/BAW) has said it will end flights to Tehran (IKA/OIIE) from 22nd September 2018. The airline says the route is unviable following the resumption of US sanctions on Iran. British Airways only resumed flights to Iran 2 years ago following a previous 4-year suspension of the service. The [read more]
British Airways (BA/BAW) has confirmed it will be launching a direct service to Pittsburgh (PIT/KPIT) from Spring 2019. The flight from London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) will operate 4 times-per-week year-round from 2nd April 2019 using a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner. The flight will be the UK’s only direct connection to the city. [read more]
It all started with a Monkey, Milo Monkey. Out Isla comes from school pulling a suitcase and with a big smile ‘Milo is coming home with us for the weekend!’. I had heard parents talk about the Monkey but up to that point we had eluded him. Oh heck, the [read more]
British Airways has announced it will be adding a new service from Gatwick Airport to the winter break hotspot Cologne from November 2018. Cologne is well known for its art, history and architecture along with Christmas markets and the famous chocolate museum. It is home to the six-day street carnival [read more]
BA Cityflyer, the wholly owned subsidiary of British Airways, has launched a recruitment drive for experienced pilots for its regional operations. The London City (LCY/EGLC) based airline operates a fleet of Embraer E170 and E190 regional jets to domestic and European destinations. The recruitment comes as a result of BA Cityflyer [read more]
British Airways has put out a 2018 sequel to its infamous comic relief onboard safety video briefing. ‘Director’ Chabuddy G (Asim Chaudhry) returns once again with a star-studded team to ensure your safety onboard British Airways aircraft. The video is designed to give important safety information in a humorous way and features [read more]
Britains Number 1 tennis player geared up for Wimbledon this week taking on the ultimate challenge from British Airways. British Airways put Kyle through his paces on their state of the art Boeing 787 simulator, used to train actual British Airways Pilots. With the help of British Airways pilot Captain Meredith [read more]
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released a news release yesterday about the 2015 engine fire at Las Vegas McCarran as it concludes that it was caused by a crack in the high-pressure compressor stage. British Airways flight 2276, which was due to fly from Las Vegas to London Gatwick, [read more]
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