Tag: British Airways

• Tuesday, August 16th 2016 - 06:11 UTC

  British Airways cuts its food service on flights less than eight and a half hours

  

  British Airways has cut its food service and will no longer provide two meals to economy travelers on flights lasting less than eight-and-a-half hours. Instead of two full meals, passengers will only receive one as part of the new measures, which also apply to journeys lasting less seven hours for premium economy passengers.

• Monday, May 23rd 2016 - 09:25 UTC

  British Airways direct flights Santiago/London from next January

  

  British Airways is launching the only direct flight between London and Santiago in Chile from January 3, 2017. Santiago will become the airline’s lengthiest long-haul route, taking 14 hours 40 minutes, nearly an hour more than the current longest flight of 13 hours 50 minutes service to Buenos Aires.

• Monday, May 2nd 2016 - 20:11 UTC

  St Helena postpones official opening of the new airport

  

  The St. Helena Government confirms that further safety and operational work is required prior to the Official Opening of the Island’s new Airport – and that this event has therefore been postponed. While this means that the Airport will not officially open on 21 May 2016 as originally planned, the safety of aircraft and passengers is of course paramount.(MP, 15 and 19 April).

• Tuesday, April 19th 2016 - 22:42 UTC

  First commercial airliner lands in St Helena: new chapter of opportunities for the BOT island in mid Atlantic

  

  The British Overseas Territory St Helena in mid Atlantic made history on Monday as the first large passenger jet aircraft, a Boeing 737-800 (ZS-ZWG), touched down at St Helena’s new Airport shortly after 12.00 noon. This is the actual Boeing aircraft which will serve the St Helena/Johannesburg rout, according to a release from the local government.

• Thursday, January 28th 2016 - 05:50 UTC

  Airlines offering refunds to passengers booked to fly to countries with Zika cases

  

  Some airlines, including those serving the Caribbean, have started offering refunds to passengers who had been booked to fly to countries where cases of the Zika virus have been confirmed. United Airlines, American Airlines and British Airways are allowing passengers to back out of travel.

• Friday, February 6th 2015 - 23:02 UTC

  Qatar Airways takes 10% of IAG, owner of British Airways and Iberia

  

  Qatar Airways has emerged as the owner of a 10% stake in International Airlines Group (IAG), the owner of British Airways (BA) and Iberia. The Gulf airline is already a member of the Oneworld Alliance.

• Tuesday, September 23rd 2014 - 06:23 UTC

  British Airways cuts weekly London/Buenos Aires direct flights to five a week

  

  British Airways will be eliminating two direct flights between Buenos Aires and London beginning 31 March 2015, meaning the weekly schedule will be cut from seven to five flights, mainly because of a drop in the number of passengers.

• Wednesday, March 6th 2013 - 11:47 UTC

  Iberia strike cancels 1.300 flights; further industrial action planned for Easter Week

  

  Unions at Spain's flagship airline Iberia began a second week of strikes on Monday, with 1.300 flights canceled and most passengers re-assigned to other flights. Iberia and three smaller airlines that it provides with ground services -- Iberia Express, Vueling and Air Nostrum --- have been impacted by the action, an Iberia spokesman said.

• Friday, March 1st 2013 - 16:05 UTC

  IAG insists Iberia “must adapt to survive”; forecasts profit this year

  

  British Airways parent International Consolidated Airlines Group (IAG) has pledged to push through a plan to shrink Spanish arm Iberia by 15% and deliver a profit rebound this year following a group-wide loss last year.

• Saturday, November 10th 2012 - 04:46 UTC

  Major group plans cash-tender offer for low cost airline Barcelona-based Vueling

  

  International Airlines Group has reaffirmed that it would keep Vueling as a stand-alone entity within the group if it completes its plan to acquire the outstanding shares in the Barcelona-based low-cost carrier.