Booking.com CEO: Business travel will never recover to pre-Covid levels May 13, 2021 The lucrative business travel market, which sees suited and booted executives fly between London, New York, Frankfurt and beyond and bolsters bottom lines at airlines and hotels globally, will never fully recover from Covid.
Analysts warn British Airways’ fortunes are tied to lucrative London to New York route May 7, 2021 British Airways owner IAG today said it is “ready to fly” but is pinning its hopes on urgent government action after tumbling to a €1.1bn loss in the first quarter. IAG’s fate lies heavily in the hands of reopening the profitable London to New York business travel market, according to analysts. Passenger capacity for the [...]
British Airways owner IAG posts €1.1bn loss as passengers remain grounded May 7, 2021 British Airways owner IAG today reported an operating loss of more than €1.1bn for the first quarter as the pandemic kept passenger numbers low. Passenger capacity for the first three months of the year was 19.6 per cent of 2019 due to government restrictions and quarantine requirements. IAG hopes to push passenger numbers up to [...]
BA pilots hail ‘incredible and emotional’ medical aid flight to India May 5, 2021 The British Airways pilots flying an aircraft packed with 27 tonnes of medical aid to India have hailed the hard work that has gone into getting the flight off the ground. The airline said the load included hundreds of oxygen cylinders, plus respirators, blood oxygen saturation monitors and care packages. A total of 1,349 items [...]
Former British Airways boss Alex Cruz ‘in the running for top job’ at Nordic airline SAS April 5, 2021 Former British Airways boss Alex Cruz 'in the running for top job' at Nordic airline SAS
British Airways considers selling its Heathrow HQ in homeworking shift March 19, 2021 British Airways said it was considering selling its headquarters as a switch to homeworking during the pandemic means it may no longer need so much office space. The potential sale of the building, first reported by the Financial Times, could boost the airline’s finances which have been hammered throughout the last year. The BA complex, [...]
British Airways to launch own ‘vaccine passport’ March 14, 2021 British Airways will launch its own digital “vaccine passport” in time for the return of international travel in May. Those who have had two doses of the coronavirus vaccine will be asked to log their details in BA’s existing app. The step is part of moves to entice people back to flying when the current [...]
BA to offer £33 Covid tests to passengers ahead of summer travel March 4, 2021 British Airways has formed a partnership with a Covid-19 testing supplier to provide tests to passengers ahead of their flight, the airline said today. In preparation for the expected summer travel boom, passengers can buy a testing kit for £33, which they can use abroad with the help of an advisor on video call. The [...]
British Airways dives to £4bn loss as flights reduced by two-thirds March 3, 2021 British Airways (BA) fell to a £3.9bn operating loss in 2020, owner IAG revealed today, more than half of the airlines group’s total loss for the year. According to the FTSE 100 firm’s annual reports, BA’s loss dwarved that of its stablemates Aer Lingus, Iberia and Vueling. These fell to losses of €563m, €1.4bn, and [...]
British Airways owner IAG: What to expect from the airline group’s earnings February 24, 2021 At last, a crack of light. That was the response of most airlines to Boris Johnson’s suggestion that air travel could get going in earnest from 17 May after a full year of grounded planes and sweeping cuts to jobs and routes alike. Expect this future to be fully in focus on Friday, when airlines [...]