British Airways

The UK Civil Aviation Authority will allow London Heathrow to raise passenger charges—but not as much as the airport had hoped for. The proposed increase has been branded “outrageous” by airline groups.

The recruitment drive comes after BA said that it is finally seeing a demand for travel return.

CEO Sean Doyle says BA is ‘seeing the light at the end of a very long tunnel.'

The opening of US borders to vaccinated passengers prompted the move by BA.

British Airways (BA) plans to remove four of its Airbus A380s from storage and return them to service as favorable revisions to U.S. air travel restrictions edge closer to fruition.

The move follows the airline’s decision to scrap plans for a low-cost subsidiary at the UK airport.

The carrier’s winter schedule will see it return to Birmingham for the first time since 2018.

British Airways (BA) plans to acquire sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from Air BP, giving passengers the option of contributing toward the additional cost.

BA had operated between London and Denver since 1998 before grounding the route in March 2020 because of the pandemic.

Leading carriers including Emirates, American Airlines, Air China, and many more have confirmed their attendance at the 26th World Route Development Forum.

After it emerged that British Airways is planning the launch of a subsidiary to run short-haul routes out of London Gatwick from next summer, Routes looks at the carrier’s operations from the UK airport pre-pandemic and the latest schedules filed for 2022.

As JetBlue today launches its first transatlantic route, Routes takes a look at the current state of play in the lucrative market between the US and UK.

The route launch forms part of a wider expansion between the UK and the Caribbean this winter.

The Florida airport has not been connected to London since a Gatwick service ended in 2020.

Capacity today between the countries is at just 15% of pre-COVID times.

Latvian carrier airBaltic has become the latest EU airline to offer a bundled holiday product, following similar pushes by UK LCC easyJet and British Airways (BA).

A process has begun to reallocate oneworld slots for routes between London and three cities in the US.

Governments on both sides of the pond must heed the calls for the swift and safe return of transatlantic flights between the two countries.

Civil unrest in Israel has prompted a number of carriers to halt flying to the country.

British Airways has announced plans for two additional domestic services this summer alongside frequency increases on 13 short-haul European routes.

Two new domestic leisure routes are being added to the carrier’s network, while capacity is being increased on services to 13 European vacation destinations.

Acceleration of European vaccination programs will spark an increase in travel demand, British Airways (BA) CEO Sean Doyle said, while calling for a cheaper, simpler coronavirus testing program in the UK.

British Airways plans to keep the Airbus A380 in its fleet and still sees an important role for the type in its network as the airline emerges from the COVID-19 crisis.

British Airways is launching two new routes to Jersey (JER) and Gibraltar (GIB) from London City Airport (LCY).

Two new seasonal routes are being launched in June as the airport gears up to welcome back key domestic services.