British Airways

The crew of the BA 38 have been awarded the airline's highest accolade, the BA Safety Medal, for their remarkable skill and courage. The three flight crew and 13 cabin crew have been praised for their professionalism in the handling of the incident in January when their Boeing 777 aircraft landed short of the runway at Heathrow.

Rolls-Royce and British Airways today announced the start of a scientific test programme to investigate the viability of alternative fuels for the aviation industry. The in-depth study will seek to identify practical alternatives to the current industry-standard fuel kerosene, with the potential to make real reductions to the carbon footprint of aircraft.

Terminal 5 is gearing up for a busy summer after celebrating 100 days of operation last Friday, since opening in March. In those 100 days British Airways has looked after almost five million customers travelling through the terminal and has handled more than 38,000 flights.

British Airways subsidiary airline, OpenSkies, launched its first flight last week (June 19) between Paris Orly and New York JFK. OpenSkies is the first airline created specifically to take advantage of the EU US Open Skies aviation agreement that enables carriers to fly between any destinations in the EU and US. It will operate daily services between Paris and New York on Boeing 757 aircraft that will carry up to 82 passengers.

British Airways has reached an agreement to sell its 10.5 per cent share in Air Mauritius for £3.2 million. The airline is selling its 3.84 per cent share in Air Mauritius Ltd to the Mauritian government and its 13.24 per cent share in Air Mauritius Holding Company Limited to existing shareholders. British Airways has held a 10.5 per cent share in Air Mauritius since 1973.

British Airways and BAA have decided that, following the already announced move of some long haul flights from Terminal 4 to Terminal 5 on Thursday 5 June, 2008, the remaining long haul flights will move into Terminal 5 in two further phases. The first will take place on Wednesday September 17, 2008 and the second, at the end of October, 2008.

British Airways will increase its fuel surcharge on all tickets issued from Tuesday June 3, 2008. BA states that the decision reflects continuing high oil prices.

BAA and British Airways confirmed today that the first phase of the move of additional flights into Heathrow Terminal 5 will take place in June. Services to and from eight long-haul destinations will be switched from Terminal 4 to Terminal 5 on June 5.

British Airways will increase its fuel surcharge on all tickets issued from Friday May 2, 2008. BA states that the decision reflects continuing high oil prices.

British Airways is boosting services from London to New York JFK by starting daily flights from Gatwick on Monday October 27, 2008. The new flights mean that the airline will fly 62 times each week from the capital to JFK as the Gatwick flights will operate in addition to 55 weekly flights from Heathrow.

British Airways is further expanding its network at London City Airport with the launch of a new service to Dublin and increased frequency on some existing routes. The new three-a-day Dublin service will begin on June 1, providing an important air link between the two capital cities for both business and leisure passengers.

BAA and British Airways have announced that the planned move of the airline's long haul services from Terminal Four at Heathrow to Terminal Five will be deferred until June.

British Airways is launching a dozen new routes from Gatwick to European hotspots this summer. The new routes are to Alicante, Antalya, Faro, Genoa, Gibraltar, Ibiza, Malaga, Malta, Palma, Paphos, Poznan and Tunis.

As British Airways prepares for its move into Terminal 5 on March 27, 2008, customers are being encouraged to check their flight details prior to the largest airline move in UK history.

British Airways is gearing up for the arrival tomorrow of the first Airbus A380 to fly into a UK airport on passenger service. British Airways engineers will handle maintenance of the Singapore Airlines double-decker at Heathrow, while BA flight crew begin preparations for delivery of the airline's own fleet of 12 A380s from April 2012.

The Civil Aviation Authority's decision to allow BAA to ramp up airport charges significantly demonstrates conclusively that the airport regulation system has failed, to the detriment of customers, says British Airways.

Weather delays at Heathrow could be cut by up to two thirds by more flexible use of the two existing runways, according to British Airways. An analysis by the airline examined the effects of Heathrow's method of runway operation, where arrivals are confined to one runway at a time, on flight delays in conditions of high winds.

British Airways is to launch double daily business class-only flights from London City airport to New York next year. The new flights will operate on Airbus A318 aircraft with 32 seats onboard.

British Airways has created a new British Airways Holidays website to provide customers advice on where to shop, where to eat, where to stay, what to see, ticket booking, as well as top tips for visitors to popular cities around the world such as New York.

British Airways is urging the Civil Aviation Authority to stop BAA delaying the introduction of improved customer service quality targets at Heathrow by up to two years. The airline is providing evidence to the CAA at oral hearings on the current BAA airport charges review that start on Monday January 28, 2008.

The British Airways aircraft recovery team started to move yesterday (Sunday January 20) the remains of the Boeing 777 aircraft which operated the BA038 service from Beijing to Heathrow.

British Airways took fresh steps today to intensify its work in limiting aviation’s impact on climate change. The airline unveiled a new carbon offset scheme, and backing for deforestation prevention in Brazil and research into the effects of aircraft’s non-carbon emissions.

British Airways is planning to launch its new US-EU subsidiary airline "OpenSkies" with daily flights from New York to Brussels and Paris. The airline will launch in June 2008 with one Boeing 757 aircraft that will operate from New York to either Brussels or Paris Charles de Gaulle airports.

British Airways is to start flights from Heathrow to the Indian city of Hyderabad from October 27, 2008. Hyderabad becomes the airline's sixth Indian destination joining Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai on its route network. There will be five flights each week on a Boeing 777 aircraft.

British Airways customers flying through and out of Heathrow will be able to take two pieces of free hand baggage on board from January 7, 2008 following the government's decision to lift the restrictions, but the one bag limit is still in place at Gatwick.

With an increase in the number of weekend breaks especially into Europe, skiers can take greater advantage of the wide selection of frequent BA flights available to destinations such as Lyon, Basel, Grenoble, Milan, Turin, Verona, Venice, Sofia, Munich, Geneva, Zurich, Innsbruck and Salzburg.

British Airways is offering passengers of the bankrupt airline MAXjet a special New Year’s offer to help them have a happier start to 2008. The airline is offering customers of the US based airline booked to travel after December 24 the opportunity to book Club World (business class) return tickets from London Heathrow to New York for £1,000 and London Heathrow to Los Angeles for £1,250.

Travellers looking for the perfect getaway can now book British Airways flights along with car hire, accommodation, transfers, travel insurance, and even site-seeing for many fantastic tropical locations, directly through the newly updated British Airways Holidays website.

British Airways partnered with the famous comedienne Caroline Reid, playing spoof air stewardess Pam Ann for a hilarious viral marketing campaign which launched on October 11. Within five weeks, viewing of the clip passed the million mark and YouTube reports that it is the second most accessed clip of the month in comedy.

The British Airways and TPG consortium have confirmed they have formally withdrawn their interest in bidding for Iberia.

British Airways is launching new shorthaul routes from Heathrow, Gatwick and London City airports from March 30, 2008. The airline will start flights from Heathrow to Malaga and from Gatwick to Alicante, Faro, Gibraltar, Ibiza, Malaga, Palma and Tunis.

British Airways will increase its fuel surcharge on all tickets booked from Thursday November 15, 2007. The decision reflects new record oil prices and takes into account rising fuel costs.

British Airways has today concluded arrangements for a long term multiple option facility for US$ 1,700,000,000. The facility will be used to finance aircraft delivered over the next five years.

British Airways is to end its franchise agreement with GB Airways from March 2008 and intends to start services on some of the routes operated under the franchise.

British Airways is launching flights from Gatwick to Poznan in Poland and Antalya in Turkey next summer. There will be daily flights to Poznan from March 30, 2008 and three flights per week to Antalya from April 10, 2008.

British Airways has placed an order for 12 Airbus A380 and 24 Boeing 787 aircraft with options for a further seven Airbus A380s and18 Boeing 787s. Both aircraft types will be powered by Rolls-Royce engines. The new aircraft will replace 34 of the airline's longhaul fleet and will be delivered between 2010 and 2014.

British Airways' summer 2008 route network focuses on increased US flights from Heathrow following the EU-US "Open Skies " aviation treaty which comes in to effect in March 2008.

British Airways will fly the England rugby squad to France today (September 3). The airline is the official carrier of the team and in their honour has re-named the aircraft 'Hope and Glory' to send them off in the spirit they deserve.

To celebrate 70 years of flying between London and Bermuda, British Airways is launching a very special offer in Club World. Club World bookings made before 25 September 2007, for departure 13 September 2007 – 31 March 2008, will benefit from the celebratory price of £1,937 which represents a saving of up to £593.

The US District Court for the District of Columbia has approved the August 1st plea agreement between British Airways and the Department of Justice (DoJ) on fines of $300 million for infringements of competition law in the company's longhaul passenger and cargo businesses.

British Airways welcomes the Competition Commission's issues statement on BAA airports published yesterday (August 9, 2007) as competition between airports will improve customer service levels and lead to more investment in new infrastructure.

British Airways announced today (August 1) that it has agreed a resolution with the UK Office of Fair Trading (OFT) and entered into a plea agreement with the United States Department of Justice (DoJ) on fines relating to anti-competitive activity in the company's longhaul passenger and cargo businesses.

British Airways has chosen International Aero Engines V2500 engines to power its eight new Airbus A320 family aircraft that will be delivered in 2008-2010. The airline has also signed a long-term maintenance agreement with IAE for the engines.

British Airways has confirmed that its flights to Dallas Fort Worth and Houston will move from Gatwick to Heathrow from March 30, 2008 when the "Open Skies" aviation agreement starts. There will be a daily flight to Dallas Fort Worth and two flights each day to Houston, all of which will be operated on Boeing 777s.

British Airways is to increase its longhaul fuel surcharge with effect from Wednesday June 13, 2007 as a result of further rises in the price of oil. The fuel surcharge on longhaul flights of less than nine hours will rise from £33 per sector (£66 return) to £38 (£76 return) and from £38 per sector to £43 (£86 return) on flights longer than nine hours.

Agreement has been reached on new working practices for all 6,000 ground staff involved in the move to Heathrow’s Terminal 5, British Airways announced today. Willie Walsh, chief executive, said the final staff ballot, by check-in and customer service staff, had shown overwhelming support for new, more efficient ways of working, ahead of the move to British Airways’ new home in Terminal 5.

British Airways is to invest more than £25million on a new fleet of 550 airport vehicles as part of its move to Terminal 5 in March 2008. The new vehicles will replace older models and will help the airline to reduce its ground emissions at Heathrow and improve its punctuality performance.

British Airways is to move its Vancouver flights from London Heathrow Terminal 4 to Terminal 1 on June 1, 2007 to ease congestion and provide smoother connections for customers. British Airways operates 13 flights a week from London to Vancouver during the height of the summer season

British Airways has ordered eight new Airbus A320 family aircraft for delivery in 2008-2010. This is the first step towards a single shorthaul fleet across British Airways' network.

British Airways has today announced up to 20 per cent off selected flights to Europe on every flight departing every day over the peak summer period. Celebrating the great British summer getaway, it's the first sale of its kind for the airline but holiday-makers will need to book quickly as the seats are only on sale between May 17 and May 22, 2007.

Men looking for racy weekends rate Rome as the ripest route for romantic romps. New research, commissioned by British Airways, shows that one in four men would treat another lover to a break in the city famed for renaissance romance when having an affair.

British Airways is to increase its longhaul fuel surcharge with effect from Wednesday May 2, 2007 as a result of recent trends in the price of oil. The fuel surcharge on longhaul flights of less than nine hours will rise from £30 per sector (£60 return) to £33 (£66 return) and from £35 per sector to £38 (£76 return) on flights longer than nine hours.

British Airways customers can now enjoy the next-generation Club World on 96 services a week between London Heathrow and New York JFK, as the installation of the cabin gathers pace across the airline's long-haul fleet.

A chance to buy a moment of history becomes available today this week when tickets for the first flights from London Heathrow’s Terminal 5 go on sale. Approximately 75,000 tickets will be available for passengers wanting to travel on one of the 380 flights that will operate into and out of the £4.3 billion building on day one.

The USA is the favoured destination for longhaul travellers with British Airways this Easter as holidaymakers take advantage of the continued strength of the pound against the dollar. New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Miami, Orlando and Boston are among the top 10 longhaul cities for British Airways’ travellers jetting off for the Easter break.

British Airways has chosen Rolls-Royce Trent engines to power its four new Boeing 777-200ER aircraft that will be delivered in 2009. The airline has also signed a long term maintenance agreement with Rolls Royce for the engines.

British Airways and airport operator BAA have announced 27 March 2008 as the opening date for Terminal 5 (T5), which will become an exclusive new home for British Airways, serve around 30 million passengers a year and be a stunning new gateway to the UK.

British Airways is launching four new routes from London Gatwick airport this summer including its first new long-haul destination from the airport for six years. New destinations include Port of Spain in Trinidad and Tobago, Dresden in Germany, Sarajevo in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and new daily flights to Newquay.

British Airways is expanding its operations at London City Airport by more than 70 per cent with the launch of its new subsidiary, BA CityFlyer. The new carrier will operate 250 flights a week from the Docklands airport to six UK and European destinations from the end of this month.

British Airways has completed the sale of the regional operation of its subsidiary airline BA Connect to Flybe.

British Airways has taken the first step towards expanding its longhaul fleet by ordering four Boeing 777-200 ER aircraft for delivery during early 2009. The airline has also taken out options on four Boeing 777-200 ER aircraft for delivery in 2010.

The final touches to a refresh of British Airways' First class will be on board the airline's longhaul aircraft from March 2007. The refresh began with the roll-out of a personalised 'Turndown Service' in November 2006 on flights departing after 7.30pm or lasting for more than 10 hours.

In common with all airlines, British Airways has always charged for excess baggage. The revision to our charging policy, which comes into partial effect next Tuesday, is being introduced to simplify existing policies.

British Airways is offering customers savings on flights of up to sixty five per cent from its year round air-fares to more than forty eight destinations if they book by the 6 February. More than 500,000 seats are available at the newly reduced prices for flights departing in the next few days, weeks and months.

British Airways is to launch new flights between London Gatwick and Newquay. The daily service will start on Monday March 20, 2007 with flights operating on a Boeing 737 aircraft.

British Airways today welcomed the decision by the cabin crew branch of the Transport and General Workers' Union to call off the strikes scheduled for today and Wednesday and for two 72-hour periods next month.

British Airways will not operate any passenger flights out of London Heathrow from 0001 GMT on Tuesday January 30 until 2359 GMT on Wednesday January 31 due to a planned strike by the cabin crew branch of the Transport & General Workers Union. All domestic and European flights to and from London Gatwick will also be cancelled.

British Airways has expressed deep regret at the failure of talks aimed at averting strikes by the Transport and General Workers' Union cabin crew branch.

British Airways has today asked the conciliation service Acas to help avert a potential strike by members of the T&G cabin crew union.

British Airways announced today that it will modify its uniform rules to allow staff to wear a symbol of faith openly.

British Airways is to reduce its fuel surcharge on its shorter longhaul routes from January 12, as a result of a fall in the price of oil.

British Airways’ New Year sale starts with huge discounts on 4.5 million seats to 140 destinations worldwide.