British Airways cancels short-haul flights from Heathrow | Europe up to date | D.W.

The British Airways (BA) airline, part of the IAG air group, reported this Saturday (02/26/2022) that it has canceled until this noon all its short-haul flights departing from London’s Heathrow airport due to ongoing technical problems. The company, which has apologized to passengers for this inconvenience, has pointed out that long-haul flights departing from Gatwick … Read more

British Airways to New York more often due to growing number of business travelers

An additional flight will be added between London Heathrow and New York JFK in March, followed by a flight to Newark in June. From London that is a night flight, from the US it is flown in daylight. At the end of May, the offer will be expanded with a flight between London Gatwick and … Read more

Historic: British Airways and Virgin Atlantic side by side to New York

In the past flight number BA1 was used by Concorde, which also flew between Heathrow and JFK. It was later taken over by the A318 flight from London City to JFK, but that route was closed during the corona crisis. Both British Airways and Virgin Atlantic will deploy the Airbus A350-1000 to New York on … Read more

Donna falls ill on the plane and dies after the emergency landing, an ordeal for the other passengers

An airplane of the British Airways was forced to carry out a emergency landing in Uzbekistan after a passenger fell ill on board. The 83-year-old woman died shortly after arriving in the capital, Tashkent. Flight BA260 departed Islamabad (Pakistan) at 00:38 on Wednesday and was scheduled to depart for London Heathrow Airport. However, according to … Read more

European airlines and travelers prepare for second summer lost due to pandemic – News by sources

European airlines and travelers are preparing for the second summer lost due to the Covid-19 pandemic, hopes for a recovery are increasingly dampened by the slow pace of vaccination campaigns, rising infections and the reintroduction of quarantines, Reuters reports taken over by news.ro. See also: LIGHTNING Ascension! With the support of PNL, a CUSTOMER was … Read more

London shakes airlines with anticovid plan

The prospect of new restrictions on international travel shook the entire travel industry yesterday, increasing pressure on companies already reeling from a year of disruption. Shares of European airlines plummeted as the UK government prepares to introduce stricter immigration rules due to concerns that new variants of Covid-19 could spread from international travelers. The governments … Read more

Economy, trade & finance: ROUNDUP: Lufthansa executive board calls for further cost reductions

– The news was received negatively on the stock exchange. Shortly after the start of trading on Monday morning, the Lufthansa-Share down more than six percent below the 8 euro mark. A little later it was still 3.03 percent in the red at 8.236 euros, but was still one of the weakest values ​​in the … Read more

The head of British Airways has resigned. He could not bear the pressure that the company is facing after losses

<!—-> Cruze will be replaced by current Aer Lingus boss Sean Doyle. He will also take over Cruz’s role as head of the company’s board after the transitional period. Both airlines are part of the IAG airline group. The British daily came with information The Guardian. Last month, Cruz was forced to justify a redundancy … Read more

The rules for tickets are changing, many airlines allow free changes – ČT24 – Czech Television

“Changes to free dates were previously only possible for more expensive tariffs. Today, flexible rules for handling tickets are becoming more common and apply to tickets for the flights of most airlines, “said the director of the portal, Josef Trejbal. Carriers that have introduced the new rule include, for example, Czech Airlines, Smartwings, Turkish Airlines, … Read more

British Airways will “ground” 650 pilots, canceling 12,000 seats due to the pandemic

Most of the pilots who had to leave had London’s Gatwick as their home airport. Those who go on forced leave will receive half their wages. The remaining pilots who remain on duty will have their salaries cut by 15 percent, The Sun writes, without citing the source of its information. The airline wants to … Read more