All British Airways articles – Page 2

  • Eurocontrol flags
    In depth

    European airline summer fades with clouds still on supply and demand horizon

    2022-10-10T13:05:00Z

    After a summer in which travel demand was everything European carriers could have dreamt of, accompanied by nightmare operational challenges, attention is turning to what extent both trends might reappear next year

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    Newsletter

    Airline partnership activity intensifies

    2022-09-30T06:30:00Z

    In January, we posed the question: ‘If 2022 is not the year for new airline partnerships, when will be?’ It seemed logical that the Covid-19 crisis would prompt wounded carriers to see greater value in shoring up their market positions and/or expanding networks via closer relationships with other operators. And ...

  • BA QR
    News

    BA and Qatar Airways significantly expand scope of joint business

    2022-09-26T13:40:00Z

    British Airways and Qatar Airways have announced the expansion of their joint business to include dozens of countries from their respective networks. The 26 September announcement marks the realisation of a plan first announced in December last year and expands an existing joint business covering connections between Doha and London. ...

  • Boeing 737
    News

    Ryanair upgrades full-year traffic forecast after BA’s winter cuts

    2022-08-23T12:35:00Z

    Ryanair has upgraded its full-year traffic forecast to 166.5 passengers, from 165 million, as it announced extra capacity on its UK services for the coming winter season.

  • Aer Lingus-c-Aer Lingus
    News

    Aer Lingus and British Airways sign for sustainable fuel at San Francisco

    2022-08-23T05:33:00Z

    IAG carriers British Airways and Aer Lingus will both benefit from a sustainable aviation fuel agreement covering their operations to San Francisco. The airlines have reached a deal with Californian renewable fuels firm Aemetis which involves its delivering 78,400t – around 26 million gallons – of fuel to the carriers ...

  • BA A350-1000-c-Anna Zvereva Creative Commons
    News

    BA A350-1000 struck tail during go-around after prolonged float

    2022-08-18T10:25:00Z

    UK investigators have determined that a British Airways Airbus A350-1000 suffered a tail-strike during a go-around at London Heathrow when its first officer initially applied full nose-up pitch input after the twinjet briefly touched down. The aircraft, inbound from Dubai on 2 January, had been arriving to runway 27L with ...

  • Tenerife
    News

    IAG takes 20% stake in Air Europa

    2022-08-16T09:34:00Z

    British Airways and Iberia owner IAG has converted a loan to the parent company of Air Europa into a 20% stake in the airline.

  • Heathrow T5
    News

    British Airways temporarily limits Heathrow short-haul ticket sales

    2022-08-02T09:21:00Z

    British Airways is limiting sales of tickets for its short-haul flights from London Heathrow Airport for at least one week, citing an earlier request from the hub to restrict new bookings. Heathrow announced in mid-July that it would cap daily departing passenger numbers for the summer peak season at 100,000, ...

  • British Airways 787-c-British Airways
    News

    Referencing lag still hampering Heathrow personnel ramp-up

    2022-07-29T09:53:00Z

    IAG chief Luis Gallego hopes the operational situation at London Heathrow will improve by the end of the year, but stresses that multiple parties need to co-operate to increase resilience at the hub. Speaking during IAG’s second-quarter briefing, Gallego said that punctuality figures show there are still days where “we ...

  • Iberia A350-c-Iberia
    News

    Spanish carriers strongest as IAG returns to second-quarter profits

    2022-07-29T06:32:00Z

    British Airways and Iberia parent IAG is expecting an operating profit for the full year, pre-exceptions, and for the third-quarter figure to improve significantly on that in the second. IAG has turned in an operating profit of €293 million ($299 million) for the three months to 30 June, although the ...

  • Airbus
    News

    IAG orders 37 more Airbus A320neo-family jets

    2022-07-28T12:34:00Z

    British Airways and Iberia owner IAG has ordered a further 37 Airbus A320neo-family twinjets, as its single-aisle modernisation effort continues. Announcing the deal on 28 July, IAG says 12 of the A320neo options it took in August 2013 – which covered up to 220 single-aisle jets – have been converted ...

  • Heathrow airport
    News

    Heathrow airport caps daily passengers and tells airlines to halt ticket sales

    2022-07-12T15:52:00Z

    London Heathrow airport has announced a capacity cap for the peak summer travel season and requested that its airline customers stop selling tickets for the period, citing the challenges posed by the “legacy of Covid”.

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    Analysis

    Changes at the top as airline operational woes continue

    2022-07-08T07:00:00Z

    The unbecoming spectacle of more airlines cancelling flights – having spent the past two years desperate to ramp-up operations – has continued this week. And while IATA used its recent AGM to play down the scale of the problem, it nevertheless acknowledged that airlines and the wider industry have work ...

  • KLM Boeing 737 at Amsterdam Schiphol, with ITA aircraft in background
    News

    British Airways recruits KLM operating chief de Groot

    2022-07-06T10:14:00Z

    KLM chief operating officer Rene de Groot is to step down from his role to take up the same position at British Airways.

  • EasyJet at London Gatwick
    News

    Gatwick airport caps summer flights amid operational woes

    2022-06-17T11:43:00Z

    Gatwick airport will cap the number of flights operated from the facility in July and August, as it attempts to overcome the operational challenges that have dogged the air travel recovery in markets including the UK’s.

  • BA A319 G-DBCF incident-c-Anna Zvereva Creative Commons
    News

    Jolt from runway patch upset BA A319’s inertial reference system

    2022-06-16T10:37:00Z

    UK investigators believe an uneven surface repair at Edinburgh airport caused jolting shock to the nose-gear of a departing British Airways Airbus A319, which subsequently suffered inertial reference system drift during its domestic flight to London Heathrow. The irregularity on runway 06 induced a sudden vertical load into the nose-gear, ...

  • Kulula-c-Kulula
    News

    Comair on the brink after failing to secure fresh funding

    2022-06-09T12:52:00Z

    Grounded South African operator Comair is set to be liquidated as the carrier’s administrators have concluded there is “no reasonable prospect” it can be rescued after failing to secure the necessary additional funding.

  • 737 Max 10-c-Boeing
    News

    IAG single-aisle renewal ends uncertainty over 737 Max commitment

    2022-05-19T10:54:00Z

    IAG’s decision to order a combination of Boeing 737 Max 10s and Max 8-200s puts an end to scepticism as to whether a tentative agreement for 200 aircraft, three years ago, would survive crises affecting the Max and the broader air transport industry, as well as changes of IAG management. ...

  • 737 Max 10
    News

    IAG to order up to 150 737s including Max 10 and high-density Max 8

    2022-05-19T06:28:00Z

    British Airways and Iberia parent company IAG has agreed to order up to 150 Boeing 737 Max jets. The order will comprise 25 737 Max 10 variants, plus 25 of the high-density 737 Max 8-200. IAG is also taking 100 options, it states. The twinjets – powered by CFM International ...

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    EasyJet and others act to ensure ‘operational resilience’

    2022-05-13T07:30:00Z

    EasyJet’s announcement this week that it would be removing six seats from its Airbus A319 jets might seem counterintuitive for a low-cost carrier, but it reflects creative thinking as the sector tackles a troublesome staffing shortage.