British Airways will launch a direct London Heathrow-Cincinnati route, set to begin June 3, 2023, the carrier announced Wednesday. Tickets are on sale now. The carrier will operate the route with Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner aircraft configured with three cabins: Club World (business), World Traveller Plus (premium economy) and World Traveller (economy). It will be the … Read more
(CNN) — British Airways is the latest airline to relax its rigid uniform rules in a bid to champion the individuality of its employees. Following a recent update in the airline’s uniform guidelines, pilots and cabin crew are now allowed to sport facial stubble, wear make-up, jewelry, and nail varnish of their choice — regardless … Read more
British Airways is creating a new platform for corporates to measure, manage and reduce their carbon emissions from flights. The carrier is working with specialist technology firm Chooose to create the CO2llaborate platform for companies, which features a dashboard showing emissions from their business travel, as well as receiving monthly reports. Organizations will be able … Read more
Qatar Airways has withdrawn flights from 18 destinations to make space at Hamad International Airport for airlines carrying fans to next month’s soccer World Cup, the company’s CEO said on Tuesday. Qatar Airways Chief Executive Akbar Al Baker said the priority now was to accommodate the hundreds of flights that will be landing in the … Read more
British Airways and Qatar Airways have completed the “latest phase” in the expansion of their partnership with the addition of 42 new countries to their shared network, the carriers announced Monday. Among the added countries are Italy, the Maldives, Norway, Singapore and Sweden. The expansion will enable connections on a single ticket through Doha and … Read more
Italy’s economy and finance ministry on Wednesday announced it has entered into “exclusive talks” with a consortium formed by Delta Air Lines, Air France-KLM and U.S. investment fund Certares for the purchase of national carrier ITA Airways. The move comes after months of negotiation as the government deemed the offer “more in line with objectives” … Read more
British Airways would make further cancellations up to the end of October and tweak its winter schedule, the airline said on Monday, following Heathrow airport’s decision to cap capacity to tackle widespread disruption. Sky News earlier reported that the IAG-owned carrier’s total capacity for winter schedule until the end of March would be reduced by … Read more
British Airways is further reducing its short-haul schedule through the end of October because of London Heathrow’s decision last week to extend its capacity cap of 100,000 departing passengers per day through Oct. 29, the carrier confirmed to BTN. The cap initially was to end Sept. 11. “While the vast majority of our customers will … Read more
British Airways has suspended the sale of tickets for short-haul services departing from London Heathrow airport until Aug. 15. The move affects services from Heathrow to domestic and European destinations, plus Morocco and Cairo. This suspension on new short-haul bookings from Heathrow was initially applied for departures up to and including Aug. 8, but this … Read more
PARIS — Airbus has revoked its entire outstanding order from Qatar Airways for A350 jets, severing all new jetliner business with the Gulf carrier in a dramatic new twist to a dispute clouding World Cup preparations, two industry sources said. Read More Source link