One man has died in what has been described as a “serious accident” shortly after 6 am this morning at Heathrow Airport. The Emergency services rushed to the incident which involved a Heathrow Airport operations vehicle and a British Airways Kangoo van. Two members of staff were injured in the [read more]
British Airways (BA/BAW) has started rolling out high-speed onboard WiFi services on long-haul flights allowing customers to surf the internet, check emails or stream entertainment to their own devices mid-flight. The airline currently has three connected aircraft in service that are equipped with high-speed internet. The WiFi facility will be available [read more]
British Airways (BA/BAW) has upgraded its twice-weekly service to the Angolan capital Luanda for Summer 2018 to a Dreamliner aircraft. The flight which operates out of London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) on Thursdays and Sundays is currently operated by a Boeing 777-200ER. The Boeing 787-9 is the most modern aircraft in the [read more]
British Airways (BA/BAW) has announced the busiest summer ever at London’s Gatwick airport. Summer 2017 at Gatwick Airport (LGW/EGKK) saw around 1000 flights per week from British Airways but 2018 will see around 160 additional weekly flights. The increase comes after the successful acquisition of slots made available when Monarch [read more]
Over last the two decades, Aviation globally has completely changed. It is now something that is easily accessible to everyone. But as it is getting harder and harder to differentiate between the legacy airlines and low-cost budget airlines, are we now witnessing the slow demise of the legacy carriers as [read more]
British Airways and Aer Lingus are to expand their operations at London Gatwick (LGW/EGKK) thanks to a deal which sees parent IAG buy the majority of slots belonging to defunct carrier, Monarch. International Airlines Group (IAG) has reportedly reached a deal with Monarch administrators KPMG to buy most of the [read more]
This week, British Airways (BA/BAW) announced they will be starting a new route to Kefalonia direct from the flag carriers base London Heathrow. The service is expected to start May 15th 2018 and through to October 6th 2018. The flight will depart from London Heathrow Terminal 5 twice on a [read more]
British Airways (BA/BAW) has helped a dream come true for Thirteen-year-old Majorie Nakmulli-Mukiibi from East Ham in London. Majorie has recently completed a grueling series of chemotherapy for Hodgkin Lymphoma and it was whilst in hospital she told her mother that she dreamed of working as cabin crew for the airline. [read more]
Occasionally what is an innocuous press release drops into your inbox and you look at it and think its just the usual pr spiel. The next thing you know you are in floods of tears! The story of British Airways reuniting Lisa and Hayley who were pulled 10,000 miles apart by [read more]
It’s something that most passengers hope they never have to use but does that stop you wondering how an emergency slide works? It is extremely rare for an aircraft’s slides to have to be deployed, every commercial aircraft is fitted with a number of them, to ensure that in the event [read more]
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