Tuesday, February 9th
Flights start at $598 round-trip (taxes and fees not included). The lowest prices are available between December 2009 and...
Heading across this pond this holiday season? If you're planning to fly British Airways, prepare yourself for some possible flight interruptions.
The Times online is reporting that unions representing British Airways' 14,000 cabin crew said strike action is in the works. The reason? After nine months of negotiations regarding to crew working conditions, a pay freeze and...
British Airways announced it would cut up to 1,700 staff in the UK and institute a two-year freeze on pay for cabin crew, according to BBC.
Beginning in November, British Airways will start flying with one less member of the cabin crew. The airline said it failed to reach an agreement with unions representing the cabin crew after nine months. The airline said the job cuts would...
Decisions, decisions. If you were given a free companion ticket on British Airways, who would you take with you?
Ok, stop daydreaming and start booking a flight. Complete a round-trip trans-Atlantic flight before Jan. 29, 2010 and British Airways will award you a free companion ticket which can be used for a future flight. You can then book another flight and companion ticket between...
For business travelers jetting between New York and London on a regular basis, British Airways is giving you something new to consider: a more expensive all-business class flight.
These two significant international hubs see frequent business travel back and forth, so while the market for all-business class may be difficult in the economic climate, it’s one that may see great gain. The...
Joining the ranks of other airlines that have both hiked fees and allowed their passengers to pick their seats, British Airways combines the two trends in its new move to appease passengers and make a little extra money.
Currently, passengers booking flights on British Airways are only able to choose their seats up to 24 hours before their flight takes off. As of Oct. 7, this rule will...
There are airlines that put flights on sale regularly and those that don’t. British Airways is the latter, so when they have a fare sale, you know it’ll be good.
Right now, flights to Europe are as low as $190 each way (taxes not included) when you book with British Airways by Sept. 24. Travel is valid between Oct. 22 and March 28, 2010 and the lowest fares can be found Monday...
Not sure what to pack for your next trip across the pond? If you're flying British Airways you should focus on packing light -- the airline is reducing its free-baggage allowance for economy class.
If you're on British Airways flights to or from the Americas starting Oct. 7, you will only be allowed one free checked bag. Currently, World Traveller (economy) passengers are...
In an effort to raise £22m (approximately $36m) in a year, British Airlines is removing its in-flight meals, except breakfast, for short-haul flights.
British Airways flights that depart after 10am and last less than two-and-half hours will only be served drinks and snacks. Examples of these flights including London flights to Paris, flights to Amsterdam and flights to Rome. In...
Deals to Europe are still here and still as cheap as ever. British Airways is now offering vacation packages to cities all over Europe from New York, Chicago and Los Angeles.
Don’t think that British Airways is only about London flights – they offer a great opportunity to see much of Europe!
Here are some packages that include airfare, fuel surcharge and three...
Cheap flights to Europe have been pretty easy to find, but British Airways has just upped the ante.
The airline is offering flight and hotel packages to London, Barcelona and Rome starting at $599 per person. The price includes round-trip airfare, accommodations for three or five nights and fuel surcharge. Taxes and fees are not included. The deal is valid for travel between Sept. 3 and...
Today is the last day to take advantage of British Airways’ 2-for-1 business class offer on London flights. When you book travel between June 1 and Oct. 31, you’ll pay the price of one Club World business class ticket, but get two.
There is one stipulation with this flight deal: Both tickets must be used for travel on the same date and flight.
(more...) Starting this fall, Londoners looking for a little taste of Sin City will have an easier time getting there.
British Airways announced it will launch flights from London Heathrow to Las Vegas starting Oct. 25. To help entice travel to Las Vegas, British Airways will start selling London-Las Vegas flights as early as today (Monday, May 18), starting at £467 (approximately $630),...
Peak travel to Europe is going for off-peak prices. Fly British Airways to Europe for as little as $295 (exclusive of fees and taxes) each way and start exploring the land on the other side of the pond.
Want more? Book now and British Airways will give you $100 off your hotel stay. Hotels are available in London's Covent Garden, Kensington Gardens, and in the trendy West End...
Easter may be over in the U.S., but British Airways’ Easter Premium Sale to London continues through tomorrow, April 14. Fares are good for summer travel in the airline’s Club World business class. You must travel May 30 and Sept. 2.
These London flights start at $1,039 each way, which isn’t cheap, but here are some of the perks you get when flying business class:
-An...
It’s off-season in Europe, the crowds are gone, and the cities are quietly preparing for the summer rush of travelers. It's the perfect time to take advantage of British Airways ‘Europe for Free’ travel deals.
Book a British Airways flight and receive two free nights at either a three- or four-star hotel in any one of Europe's popular cities including Paris (CDG), Rome...
Premium class passage across the Pond is going for a pittance these days. Consider British Airways’ latest $1998 round-trip rate, exclusive of taxes and fees. This cheap airfare will fly you to London and back from New York Kennedy (JFK), Newark Liberty International (EWR), Boston (BOS), Philadelphia (PHL); Washington, DC Dulles (IAD), Atlanta (ATL), or Chicago O’Hare (ORD).
BA’s...
Family travel can be hectic, chaotic and complicated, but if the kids are amused the adults are often more relaxed. Enter British Airways' new promo: a free Paddington Bear kit for kids on London flights.
Young travelers on British Airways London Heathrow flights will be given Paddington Bear's suitcase full of fun. The Skyflyer packs, which look exactly like the well-loved...
Blackberry addicts rejoice: British Airways is launching a new technology that allows travelers on New York flights to London City Airport to stay connected mid-flight.
BA's twice-daily A318 service from New York's JFK to London City (LCY) is set to begin later this year, and when it does it will usher in a new age of communication for BA flyers.
Flyers will be able to text...
British Airways is reprising its popular ‘London for Free’ promo, with round-trip discount airfares--plus two-night’s hotel stay--starting at $312 - exclusive of taxes and fees.
Book and buy the London flights and hotel special by midnight EST Jan. 29. Then, fly Jan. 27 through March 22. All the discount airfares we’re about to quote are round-trip, require a seven-day advance...
British Airways has cut its fuel surcharge by as much as a third on long-haul flights. The changes will begin Dec. 18, thanks to lower oil prices.
New fuel surcharges are £53 ($82) for World Traveler flights less than nine hours, £66 ($102) for World Traveler flights of nine hours or more, £63 ($97) for World Travler Plus flights of less than nine hours and £85 ($131) for World...
Seems the hangover associated with the launch of British Airways’ vaunted—and initially vilified—Terminal 5 at London Heathrow (LHR) is over. The carrier says monthly customer satisfaction scores are the highest since its survey began. The carrier contends, “more than 70 percent of respondents either very or extremely satisfied” with their BA flight.
In a prepared...
British Airways shares soared on Tuesday after the airline announced merger talks are underway with Qantas Airways Ltd. British Airways released a response on its Web site confirming that the airline is exploring a potential merger with Qantas Airways via a dual-listed company structure.
BA is currently pursuing a revenue-sharing deal with American Airlines and Spain’s Iberia....
It’s low season in London, at least in terms of tourists and business travelers and airlines are cutting deals to fill their airplanes. Take advantage of the season and book a seat in Club World on British Airways (BA) to London. Club World is BA’s innovative iteration of Business Class. Round-trip discount airfares start at $1,998, exclusive of taxes and fees.You’ve got the rest of...
British Airways has started daily flights between New York and London.
The first daily flight took off on Sunday (October 26) with the carrier operating a fleet of wide-bodied aircraft on the route.
B777 planes will be used in both directions from New York's JFK Airport to London Gatwick, with each aircraft featuring a four-class configuration.
... New Yorkers tend to think of British Airways' (BA) JFK to London service just in terms of London Heathrow (LHR), the British capital's largest, best-connected airport. But now there's another way to get from the Big Apple to London on BA.
The carrier has launched daily nonstops from Kennedy to London Gatwick (LGW), the city's so-called “second airport,” which is located 28 miles...
With the early arrival on October 22 of British Airways Flight 212 from Boston Logan (BOS), the final scheduling pieces began falling in place at carrier's new London Heathrow (LHR) mega-terminal.
In addition to the Boston nonstop, Terminal 5 has welcomed North American flights from Denver (DEN), Montreal (YUL), Calgary (YYC), and Seattle/Tacoma (SEA).
Terminal 5's March...
British Airways (BA) has announced that it is moving its flights from Atlanta to London from Gatwick Airport to Heathrow Airport.
The move to Heathrow is a result of the Open Skies agreement signed last March between the U.S. and the European Union.
Atlanta passengers will now arrive, depart or connect through Heathrow's new Terminal 5, which boasts a slew of shops and...
Here’s an instance in which speed saves. It saves money on OpenSkies PREM+ seats between New York Kennedy (JFK) and Paris Orly (ORY) as well between JFK and Amsterdam (AMS). Starting today, the first 1,000 flyers on each of OpenSkies routes gets a bodacious price break - $499, each way from JFK to AMS, and $599, each way from Kennedy to Paris Orly.
By any measure, these are...
A British Airways (BA) flight from the U.K. to the U.S. had to make an emergency landing after staff detected a burning smell.
The flight, which was headed from London to Houston, was forced to land at Chicago O'Hare International Airport yesterday (Sunday, October 5) at 1:20pm local time.
BA said none of its 90 passengers or 15 crew had been injured in the emergency...
Fly British Airways nonstop from the United States to London and chances are the conveyance is a twin-engine, widebody Boeing 777, a “Triple Seven.” Now, BA says Boeing is introducing a Performance Improvement Package that the airplane manufacturer says will increase fuel efficiency by about 1 percent. That equates to fewer carbon emissions, and reduces fuel spend by about $200,000 per...
After its embarrassingly bumpy take-off roll British Airways’ Terminal 5 at London Heathrow (LHR) is working quite well right now, nicely fulfilling the promises BA made when it debuted the building. To that end, T5 is taking on more flights to more places.
Today, September 17, T5 gets another 30 long-haul flights. Moving to the massively airy, sun-suffused new T5 complex are...
High tourist season is about over in London, and the perfect time to visit the legendary city is almost upon us. British Airways is making it easy, with discount airfares as low as $482, round trip and a free two-day London Pass to help you see the sights.
Book and buy no later than midnight Thursday, September 4. Then, fly from October 23 through December17. All of the discount...
As more details emerge of British Airways' planned service from New York Kennedy (JFK) to close-in London City Airport (LCY), the more apparent it becomes that for those flyers headed for the epicenter of the English capital this will be the fastest travel experience (though not necessarily flight) since Concorde.
It's all a matter of proximity. While London Heathrow (LHR) is 15...
British Airways (BA) has said it is hopeful that a deal with American Airlines will soon be completed.
The agreement would see the two carriers working more closely together to try to cut costs in areas such as technology, ticketing, and administration.
Willie Walsh, BA's Chief Executive, told The Times that he expected final preparations for the deal to be complete...
Want to fly from New York Kennedy (JFK) to Paris Orly (ORY) or Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS) on an airplane with just 64 beautifully placed seats? Want to do so without breaking the bank? OpenSkies (Web site: www.flyopenskies.com), the new British Airways subsidiary, is an option.On Tuesday (July 29), at a gathering of the National Business Travel Association in Los Angeles, the...
British Airways' new transatlantic premium airline, OpenSkies (Web site: www.flyopenskies.com), will fly daily between New York and Amsterdam.
The service - set to begin on October 15 - will transport passengers between John F Kennedy Airport and Schiphol International Airport.
Dale Moss, Managing Director of OpenSkies, said the airline had followed its...
In light of today's fuel-induced contraction of the airline industry, you had to wonder how long two service-intensive carriers could compete between the New York area and Paris' so-called “second airport,” Orly (ORY).
The answer: not for much longer.
British Airways has announced an agreement with L'Avion by which BA will acquire the...
The new British Airways (BA) subsidiary OpenSkies will launch its inaugural flight between Paris and New York later today (Thursday, June 19).
OpenSkies will operate daily flights between JFK and Paris Orly Airport, marking BA's first move into direct services between the U.S. and continental Europe.
Willie Walsh, British Airways' Chief Executive, said:...
On June 5, BA moved eight additional long-haul routes from T-4 to T-5, including runs from New York Kennedy (JFK) and Phoenix (PHX). Now, 60 long-haul...
After a rocky start, things seem to be smoothing out at British Airways’ showpiece Terminal 5 at London Heathrow (LHR). As evidence, the carrier has laid out a three-phase relocation of long-haul traffic from Terminal 4 to the new facility.
Here’s the schedule as it affects flights to and from the United States and Canada:
- On June 5, BA will shift eight daily...
Ah, competition. Now that the Open Skies pact between the United States and the European Union is up and running, look for some fascinating new ways to get from here to there. A British airline will soon be flying nonstop from New York Kennedy (JFK) to Paris Orly (ORY), the city’s so-called “second airport”, which is located just nine miles south of the center of the City of...
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