BA’s owner IAG looks at all options but steers clear of rights issue March 2, 2022 British Airways’ (BA) owner IAG is reportedly looking at all options to best navigate the period’s ups and downs but said it was for the moment steering clear of rights issues. IAG’s boss Luis Gallego said that, while the group was starting to recover from the pandemic’s impact, geopolitical and economic turmoils pushed it to [...]
BA’s owner IAG commits to 40 per cent female management by 2025 March 1, 2022 British Airways’ (BA) owner IAG extendeded today its gender equality commitments, pledging to reach a 40 per cent female management target by 2025. While female representation on the group’s board stands currently at 42 per cent, since 2021 women have occupied a 33 per cent of all senior management positions in the company. The new [...]
EU airlines’ shares tumble following airspace closure February 28, 2022 The shares of major European airlines have taken a tumble following the EU’s decision to close its airspace to Russia. Legacy carriers have registered a slump, with British Airways’ owner IAG going down 4.19 per cent, while German carrier Lufthansa registered a 4.76 per cent fall. Share of aviation colossus Air France-KLM went down 2.30 [...]
Hong Kong experiences yet another exodus as ‘zero-Covid’ stance bites February 28, 2022 Hong Kong is experiencing yet another exodus as a result of Beijing’s tough ‘zero-Covid’ stance, as outbound flights hit a new pandemic-era record. Major airlines saw a surge in bookings from Hong Kong last week, Bloomberg first reported, despite the global financial hub’s so-called ‘draconian’ Covid-19 restrictions. The city has already seen its population shrink [...]
BA disruption continues as carrier forced to cancel some short-haul flights February 27, 2022 British Airways (BA) today continues to experience disruption on short-haul flights departing from Heathrow, despite managing to fix yesterday’s IT issues. “While we have resolved the systems issues we’ve been experiencing and expect to run the vast majority of our flights on Sunday February 27, we have regrettably had to cancel a small number of [...]
British Airways cancels all Heathrow short-haul flights amid IT issue February 26, 2022 British Airways said it would be cancelling all short-haul flights from London’s Heathrow airport until midday as it deals with an IT failure affecting its website, app, and airport operations. “We are extremely sorry that due to the continuing technical issues we are facing we have regrettably had to cancel all short-haul flights from Heathrow [...]
IAG fleet not having same issues as Qatar Airways, boss says February 25, 2022 IAG’s boss Luis Gallego said today the airline’s Airbus A350 fleet is not experiencing the same level of degradation as Qatar Airways. “We don’t have the same type of issues that Qatar has, and we are operating A350s, and we have not had problems,” the chief executive explained, adding that the EU aviation safety regulator, [...]
British Airways owner IAG closes losses as it heads towards recovery February 25, 2022 British Airways owner International Airlines Group (IAG) said a “recovery is underway” today as it closed losses for the year and reported a rise in passengers.
BA South African franchisee Comair forced to make dramatic emergency landing February 23, 2022 A British Airways (BA) flight – operated by Comair – was forced to make a dramatic emergency landing in South Africa following issues with a faulty landing gear. The flight had left the eastern Cape city of East London on Sunday and was headed 476 miles north to Johannesburg, carrying aboard 111 passengers. Not long [...]
Bad weather problems: BA blames luggage delays on winds February 21, 2022 British Airways (BA) has blamed the UK’s current meteorological situation for luggage delays. “We apologise to customers who are facing disruption as a result of storms in the UK and across Europe. Please rest assured we’ll do everything we can to help,” the carrier was forced to tweet after receiving hundreds of messages from angry [...]