British Airways and Aviation American Gin are announcing a new partnership; with the gin launching on board. Customers flying across the pond and all other long-haul routes will be offered it from the in-flight menu and short-haul customers will be able to buy it from the on-board Speedbird café. The partnership builds on the opening of […]
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British Airways Launches New Podcast With Employees Taking Centre Stage
British Airways is today launching a brand new podcast designed to give colleagues and customers a greater insight into how the airline ticks. Each episode will see hosts joined by special guests who also work at British Airways, to delve into some of the exciting activity going on at the airline. Episode one features Carrie […]
British Airways Brings the Traditional British Sunday Roast to the Skies
British Airways customers will be welcomed back on board with new ‘Best of British Menus’ with the September edition featuring a traditional British Roast dinner. The airline’s roast, that will be available in First and Club World, will provide customers flying across the globe a taste of a quintessentially British dish. British Airways will debut […]
British Airways Adds Extra Capacity to full demand for Transatlantic Travel Surge
British Airways is adding thousands of extra seats on key routes to the UK from the USA and EU, following a huge increase in interest in travel to London since the UK Government announced that quarantine restrictions would be lifted for fully-vaccinated US and EU customers when travelling to the UK. Within a couple of […]
British Airways Offers Customers New Fast Bag-drop from Heathrow Express and Central London
British Airways has teamed up with AirPortr to create new convenient fast bag drop areas before heading to the departures concourse at British Airways’ London flagship Terminal 5 at Heathrow airport. With the first drop-off point planned at the Heathrow Express train platforms, customers will be able to quickly and securely drop-off their luggage at peak times**, […]
BRITISH AIRWAYS, VIRGIN ATLANTIC AND HEATHROW LAUNCH PROVING TRIALS TO SIMPLIFY TRAVEL RULES FOR FULLY VACCINATED CUSTOMERS
British Airways, Virgin Atlantic and Heathrow have joined forces to prove it’s possible to quickly and easily verify those arriving into the UK who are fully vaccinated – an identification process already in place for outbound travel to several countries. Earlier this week, Germany became the latest country to confirm it would accept fully vaccinated […]
AHEAD OF G7, UK AND US AVIATION AND TRAVEL LEADERS ASSEMBLE TO CALL FOR RE-OPENING OF TRANSATLANTIC TRAVEL
The CEOs of all airlines that offer UK-US passenger services – American Airlines, British Airways, Delta Air Lines, JetBlue, United Airlines and Virgin Atlantic joined today with Heathrow Airport and other industry-leading CEOs in calling for the re-opening of transatlantic travel, a move that will be essential to igniting economic recovery. Top leaders in aviation […]
British Airways Introduces Power Nap Pods in it ‘Forty Winks’ Lounge
British Airways has this week unveiled its latest lounge enhancement, the new ’Forty Winks’ nap lounge, featuring power nap sleep pods. The new pods are currently available in British Airways’ First Lounge at London Heathrow. The airline will then be adding these sleep pods to its Concorde Room at London Heathrow Terminal 5 and New […]
The British Have Digitized Queuing – British Airways Debuts Digital Queue App
British Airways will be trialling new intelligent queuing technology from Qmatic, that will enable customers to virtually queue at check-in by pre-booking their slot time in advance of arriving at the airport. The technology, that is optional for customers, will be trialled by British Airways for three months on selected flights departing from Heathrow Terminal […]
BRITISH AIRWAYS AIRLIFTS 27 TONNES OF URGENT MEDICAL AID FOR INDIA ON SPECIAL EMERGENCY FLIGHT, AS HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN THE COUNTRY WORSENS
As the humanitarian crisis in India worsens, British Airways has announced it will fly a Boeing 777-200 aircraft loaded with emergency aid to Delhi this evening to support the Indian government as the country continues to battle rising Coronavirus cases with dwindling oxygen supplies. The airline commissioned a special project team to organise the flight, which is due to leave on Wednesday May 5 at 5pm (BA257F), landing […]