British Airways to bring back ‘Superjumbo’ Airbus A380 on short-haul flights October 5, 2021 British Airways is rumoured to bring back the 600-seater Airbus A380, after grounding it more than 18 months ago. Travel magazine Head for Points reported that the airline is planning on restarting operations for five of its 12 Airbus A380 aircraft from next month onward. The plan reportedly involves scheduling the plane – also known [...]
British Airways looks to U-turn decision to ditch Gatwick short-haul flights October 4, 2021 British Airways (BA) is reportedly looking to U-turn on its decision to ditch short-haul flights from London’s Gatwick airport. Bosses at trade union Balpa reopened talks last week and are planning on taking a new pay deal to pilots, the Telegraph reported. After a gruelling 18-months for the travel industry, the airline ditched short-haul flights [...]
British Airways ditches Gatwick after union scuppers plans for cut-price subsidiary September 23, 2021 British Airways has canned plans to launch a budget subsidiary based out of Gatwick airport and will instead pull out of the airport permanently. BA pulled operations out of Gatwick at the beginning of the Covid pandemic and had planned to relaunch there, but with a budget unit. However, the launch a short-haul subsidiary at [...]
BA owner IAG says group will not tap investors for recovery funds September 19, 2021 British Airways owner IAG will not follow in Easyjet’s footsteps by raising billions of euros from shareholders to pull through the extended Covid crisis, the group’s chief executive has said. City eyes had turned to IAG with the expectation that it would be forced to follow Easyjet, whose shares nosedived earlier this month when it [...]
BA in ‘advanced’ talks over new Gatwick carrier September 7, 2021 The chief executive of British Airways has said that the airline is in “advanced” talks with its unions over the launch of a new low-cost carrier at Gatwick Airport. Speaking at an event at Heathrow, Sean Doyle said that BA wanted to set up a unit with a “competitive cost platform”. However, he warned that [...]
BA pilots at Gatwick to be paid less than Easyjet’s September 6, 2021 British Airways pilots working for the carrier’s newly-announced subsidiary at Gatwick will reportedly be paid less than pilots at low-cost rival Easyjet. The Telegraph reported that junior captains will be paid between £97,000 and £114,000, while Easyjet captains earn from £108,000 to £148,000. The new pay structure is part of plans by the carrier to [...]
British Airways mulling new short-haul carrier at Gatwick August 27, 2021 British Airways is mulling the creation of a new short-haul subsidiary operating out of Gatwick, the airline confirmed today. The IAG-owned carrier was forced to move its short-haul services from the Crawley airport to London Heathrow when the pandemic struck last year. It was one of a number of airlines to close or suspend its [...]
‘Green’ status should be default for most of world, say BA and Easyjet bosses August 2, 2021 The UK’s airline industry has called for more countries to be added to the “green list” for travel this week, and it should be the “default” for most places. Transport secretary Grant Shapps is due to update the current traffic light system for international travel later this week. In a letter to Shapps signed by [...]
Face mask mandate to stay for airports and flights July 16, 2021 Travellers will still be required to wear face masks after English legal restrictions ease, UK airports and airlines said in a joint statement today. Passengers who refuse to wear a mask will be denied boarding for both domestic and international flights. Children and those with medical reasons preventing them from wearing a mask will continue [...]
Airlines begin checking vaccination status as end to quarantine beckons July 7, 2021 Heathrow trial with BA and Virgin readies staff and travellers ahead of end to quarantine rules