British Airways (BA) is the flag carrier airline of the United Kingdom, headquartered at Waterside, Harmondsworth, near its main hub at London Heathrow Airport. It is the second largest airline in the United Kingdom, based on fleet size and passengers carried, behind easyJet. In January 2011 BA merged with Iberia, creating the International Airlines Group (IAG), a holding company registered in Madrid, Spain. IAG is the world's third-largest airline group in terms of annual revenue and the second-largest in Europe. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and in the FTSE 100 Index. British Airways is the first passenger airline to have generated more than $1 billion on a single air route in a year.
The British government's support for regional airline Flybe is fully compliant with rules on state aid, a spokesman for Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday, after British Airways owner IAG.. WorldNews - Published
Tributes have been left in Stanwell, near London's Heathrow Airport, at the scene of a car crash on New Year's Eve in which three British Airways cabin crew died.
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There could soon be a couple of new faces at Heathrow Airport Terminal 5… in the shape of robots. From next year, British Airways will trial a pair of fully autonomous robots to help passengers.. WorldNews - Published
LONDON - British Airways said some flights were delayed on Thursday due to an unspecified technical issue which forced it to cancel some flights a day earlier. The airline has suffered three major.. WorldNews - Published
South African Airways (SAA) and British Airways partner Comair were forced to reschedule at least a dozen domestic flights on Tuesday after a safety inspection at SAA's maintenance subsidiary used by.. Reuters - Published
"Oh man I'm shaking... This is all about the climate and ecological crisis," partially sighted Parolympian James Brown said from the top of the aircraft CBS News - Published
A climate change protester has climbed on to a British Airways plane preparing for take-off, as Extinction Rebellion activists seek to "shut down" London City airport. Independent - Published
British Airways has been hit by strikes. Photo: PA British Airways (BA) has issued a profit warning after it was hit by an unprecedented pilot strike and a threatened walkout by Heathrow airport.. WorldNews - Published
British Airways has warned it would take some time for its flight schedule to return to normal after a pilots strike this week left aircraft and crew in the wrong place. This could mean further.. WorldNews - Published
The British Airways strike has caused chaos for an estimated 280,000 passengers who were due to fly with the airline. But it has also rocketed up fares to destinations around the world by up to 2,100.. WorldNews - Published
British Airways said Monday that it had been forced to cancel almost all flights as a result of a pilots' 48-hour strike over pay. In a statement Monday, the airline said it had "no way of predicting.. CBS News - Published Also reported by •WorldNews •Reuters •France 24
Nearly all British Airways (BA) flights were grounded by its first ever pilots strike on Monday, disrupting the travel plans of thousands of passengers in a dispute over pay. Reuters - Published
BRITISH Airways pilots will strike for three days in September - but why are the pilots striking, and will BA flights be cancelled? Read on to find out all we know about the upcoming BA pilot.. WorldNews - Published
LONDON: British Airways pilots began a 48-hour strike on Monday, grounding most of the airline’s flights and disrupting thousands of travelers’ plans in unprecedented industrial action over a pay.. WorldNews - Published Also reported by •Reuters
Around 1,600 British Airways flights have been cancelled between late on Sunday 8 September and early on Thursday 12 September. The cause: a two-day strike by the majority of BA’s pilots. These are.. WorldNews - Published
London: After almost 50 years, British Airways pilots will strike for three days in September over pay issues, according to the British Airline Pilots Association. The protest comes after several.. WorldNews - Published
British Airways has published advice on its website for passengers affected by planned strike action across three days in September. A list of frequently asked questions, including information about.. WorldNews - Published
IAG’s Willie Walsh accuses airport bosses of trying to protect ‘massive gravy train’ The boss of British Airways’ parent company has claimed Heathrow is “trying to deceive everyone” over.. WorldNews - Published
British Airways has submitted plans for a plant to turn waste into jet fuel that will one day power its aircraft. The flag carrier has submitted plans to develop a site in northeast Lincolnshire that.. WorldNews - Published
Go plane-spotting around the world with this collection of aviation photos from Augus, including test flights and retro British Airways liveries.
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Holidaymakers face the prospect of mass disruption at multiple airports this month after Ryanair pilots voted for strikes that could coincide with walkouts by their counterparts at British Airways and.. WorldNews - Published
British Airways’ system failure left many travelers stranded at London’s Heathrow Airport as their flights were canceled, The Guardian reported. One group of young travelers lay neatly slotted.. WorldNews - Published
British Airways said its flights were returning to normal after passengers had to endure cancellations, delays and long queues at London airports as the airline suffered its third major computer.. Reuters - Published
Problems with British Airways' computer systems, which led to cancellations, delays and long queues at London airports on Wednesday have been resolved, a spokesman said. Reuters - Published
British Airways said a "systems issue" was causing delays and cancellations for short-haul flights from Heathrow, Gatwick and London City airports.
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Problems with British Airways' IT systems left thousands of passengers facing flight cancellations, delays and long queues at airports in the airline's third major computer failure in a little more.. Reuters - Published
Problems with British Airways' IT systems left passengers facing flight delays and long queues at airports on Wednesday in the midst of the peak summer holiday period. Reuters - Published
British Airways said on Wednesday it was experiencing problems with its online check-in system, and urged customers to allow extra time at airports. Reuters - Published
Spanish emergency services say they have responded to a British Airways flight that filled with smoke while landing and had to evacuate passengers.
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A British Airways flight was forced to evacuate after smoke filled the cabin ten minutes before it landed in Spain. Passengers were forced to leave the plane by the emergency slides on to the runway.. WorldNews - Published Also reported by •Independent
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