British Airways

Chaos For Holidaymakers As Flights Cancelled Amid French Strike

PA | Posted 12.06.2013 | UK

Travellers are facing further upheaval as flights were cancelled following continued strikes in France. Around 60 services destined for airports in...

Smoking BA Plane Had Engine Doors Left Open

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 31.05.2013 | UK

Engine-covering doors on both engines on the smoke-trailing British Airways plane in last week's Heathrow landing drama had been left unlatched during...

Heathrow Fire Drama Hits The Great Bank Holiday Getaway

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 24.05.2013 | UK

Thousands of holidaymakers face delays and frustration after an engine fire aboard a British Airways plane forced the cancellation of all its short ha...

PICTURES: BA Plane Makes Emergency Landing At Heathrow

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 24.05.2013 | UK

SEE ALSO: RAF Fighter Jets 'Escort Pakistan Plane From Manchester To Stansted Airports After Incident On Board' Both runways at Heathrow airport ha...

Flight Fat Tax: Heavier Air Passengers ‘Should Pay More', Says Academic

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 25.05.2013 | UK

Airlines should charge overweight passengers more for their plane tickets an academic has suggested. The move would enable carriers to recoup the ...

LOOK: Wilde High Club

PA | Posted 11.03.2013 | UK Entertainment

Kim Wilde's done it again - treated a crowd of transport passengers to an unusual gig. The 'Kids in America' singer joined forces with Spandau Bal...

Why's Willie Walsh Looking So Glum?

The Huffington Post UK | Charlie Thomas | Posted 28.02.2013 | UK

British Airways' (BA) parent company International Airlines Group (IAG) has revealed a €997 million (£864m) loss after the restructuring and merger...

Snow Forces School Closures As Travellers Hit Again

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 21.01.2013 | UK

Schools are closed, airport runways are frozen over and many train services have either been delayed or cancelled after sub zero temperatures and snow...

More Snow Set To Blanket Britain

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 21.01.2013 | UK

Snow is expected to blanket the UK for the next week, with no end of the big freeze in immediate sight. The prediction of prolonged cold weather wi...

Snow Set To Cause Second Day Of Chaos

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 19.01.2013 | UK

Britain faces another day of travel disruption on Saturday as heavy snow that blankets much of the country turns to ice. Hundreds of passengers wer...

Sri Lanka the Wrong Choice to Top BA's Holiday Destination List

Simon Danczuk | Posted 19.03.2013 | UK Politics
Simon Danczuk

Scratch beneath the idyllic veneer and there is another side to Sri Lanka that you won't find mentioned in glossy holiday brochures. Here you'll find a warning that sexual attacks in Sri Lanka are increasing. Last year saw 700 child rapes in the first six-months alone.

Flight Diverted After Drunk Passengers Try To Force Their Way Into Cockpit

PA | Posted 03.01.2013 | UK

A British Airways plane had to divert on a flight to North Africa following alleged drunken behaviour by two women passengers. The pair, believed t...

The Trouble With Business Class Travel

Jayne Gorman | Posted 19.02.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Jayne Gorman

The trouble with flying Business Class is that once you know what lies in front of the curtain that divides the privileged from the cattle, you never want to be on the wrong side of it again.

Virgin/Delta Partnership Will Smash Airline Cartels

Marcus Middleton | Posted 16.02.2013 | UK
Marcus Middleton

International Airlines Group boss, Willie Walsh lost that bizarre bet of a 'kick in the groin' with Sir Richard Branson before he even made it... That's because the Virgin Atlantic/Delta partnership is the biggest kick in the nuts that British Airways ever has and ever will receive!

Branson Accepts BA Boss's 'Knee In The Groin' Proposal

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 11.12.2012 | UK

Sir Richard Branson has said he would accept a 'knee in the groin' from the boss of BA if Virgin Atlantic didn't exist in five years time, as he retai...

Grounded: 400 BA Cabin Crew Face Job Cuts

Charlie Thomas | Posted 04.12.2012 | UK

British Airways has confirmed it will cut more than 400 senior cabin crew roles to solve an 'imbalance' within its staff. A report in the Sun state...

Charlie Thomas

Analysts Unconvinced That Branson Will Lose Control Of Virgin Atlantic

HuffingtonPost.com | Charlie Thomas | Posted 03.12.2012 | UK

Analysts have poured cold water on the suggestion that Sir Richard Branson could lose control of his Virgin Atlantic airline through deals with Delta ...

David Beckham 'Tired Of Star-Struck Cabin Crew'

WENN | Posted 19.11.2012 | Home

David Beckham is reportedly getting tired of the adoration of star-struck cabin crew when he travels with British Airways, so he is thinking of fl...

UK Airlines To Resume Flights To New York

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 31.10.2012 | UK

UK airlines are hoping to resume flights to and from New York later on Wednesday after superstorm Sandy caused widespread devastation, throwing holida...

Charlie Thomas

Can BA Afford To Fly Solo To Australia?

HuffingtonPost.com | Charlie Thomas | Posted 06.09.2012 | UK

Rising aviation superpower Emirates has secured a new partnership with struggling airline Qantas, following the termination of a 17-year deal with Bri...

Cameron Says He Is A Christian, But Believers Are 'Vilified' Says Ex-Archbishop

The Huffington Post UK | Jessica Elgot | Posted 12.11.2012 | UK

Discrimination against Christians is rife in the workplace, with religious groups warning that the cases of four Christians in the European Court of H...

Christians 'Not Discriminated Against', European Court Hears

PA | Posted 12.11.2012 | UK

People with strong religious beliefs are free to express their faith privately but cannot insist their employer accommodate it, a landmark hearing on ...

Christians Fight 'Discrimination' At NHS, British Airways At European Court

The Huffington Post UK | Jessica Elgot | Posted 12.11.2012 | UK

Four British Christians who claim they were sacked because of their religious beliefs will attempt to prove they have been discriminated against becau...

Flying High

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 23.07.2012 | Home

It's good to know that if their music career ever dries up for One Direction (let's not even THINK about that) they'll always have a back-up career. ...

Holiday Hell? 1500 Passengers Diverted After Fog Shrouds Gatwick Airport

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 30.05.2012 | UK

Fog shrouding Gatwick Airport caused disruption for around 1,500 airline passengers overnight after they were diverted away from Gatwick Airport due t...