With foreign holiday travel reopening for Britons from May 17, nervous fliers have just one question – are the flight crews rusty? I meet British Airways’ Chief Pilot, Captain Al Bridger, to seek reassurance for them – and get it in spades. The BA cabin safety manager, Matt Whipp, during a tour of the airline’s … Read more
Rewards, air miles, gold clubs, silver clubs, blue clubs, miles boosters — airline loyalty schemes can be bamboozling. And all this lingo is before you have even thought about what they’re really worth. In the UK, schemes offered by British Airways and Virgin Atlantic have the largest take-up — redeemable across a host of airlines, … Read more
British Airways has begun reopening its swanky lounges at Heathrow Terminal 5 and has released images of the coronavirus measures that have been put in place. The pictures show staff in masks serving customers as well as plastic protection screens at reception desks. BA is reopening its lounges in phases. On July 4, the Galleries … Read more
Pilot unions have slammed British Airways who announced plans to make one quarter of their staff redundant in response to the Covid-19 crisis. The firm, which is owned by the International Airlines Group, said it is planning to lose 12,000 jobs after claiming demand will not return to 2019 levels for several years. Brian Strutton, … Read more
Gulp. Captain Mike Blythe, British Airways Flight Technical and Training Manager for the Airbus A380 and A350 is sitting next to me. ‘Take a deep breath,’ he says. Why? Because I’m about to take a British Airways Airbus A350 down one of London Heathrow’s runways and take-off for the very first time. Ted prepares to … Read more