‘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
British Airways settles with victims of 2018 data breach July 6, 2021 British Airways has reached a settlement with thousands of claimants over a massive breach of customer data back in 2018, it was announced this morning. On 7 September 2018 the flag carrier revealed that the names, debit and credit card numbers, addresses and email addresses of over 420,000 people had been accessed in a security [...]
Travel industry protest: Airline and tourism workers’ plea to ‘save summer holidays’ June 23, 2021 Travel industry protest: Airline and tourism workers' plea to 'save summer holidays'
British Airways ‘mulls pulling out of Gatwick’ June 21, 2021 British Airways has reportedly launched a review into closing it operation at Gatwick Airport as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. The flag carrier, a subsidiary of FTSE 100 firm IAG, is looking into whether to consolidate its operation at Heathrow, the Telegraph reported. Such a move would be yet another blow to the UK’s [...]
Airlines add extra seats to rare green list destinations Gibraltar, Iceland and Israel June 15, 2021 Airlines add extra seats to rare green list travel destinations Gibraltar, Iceland and Israel
Thousands of BA staff go back on furlough June 10, 2021 Thousands of British Airways (BA) staff are being put back onto the furlough scheme as the wait for a meaningful return of international travel continues. With 17 May as the date the government had set for the restart of travel, the carrier had begun to bring back workers in preparation for the summer season. But [...]
BlackRock takes over £21bn of BA pension scheme assets June 2, 2021 British Airways has handed the management of £21bn worth of pension assets to Blackrock in a bespoke deal between the airline and the asset manager. The agreement encompasses the assets directly under management for BA’s Airways Pension Scheme (APS) and New Airways Pension Scheme (NAPS), which serve 85,000 members and until now have been managed [...]
New York-London travel bubble vital for JetBlue: Its CEO is certain US will get on UK green list May 20, 2021 New York-London travel bubble vital for JetBlue: Its CEO is certain US will get on UK green list