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With the record high cost of fuel and slowing demand, the aviation industry continues to face challenges, and consolidation may be the best option to steering steadily through the turbulence. It has come to no surprise that British Airways has announced that they have been talking with Iberia, a Spanish airline, about a merger. The [...]
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With the price increases in airfare across the aviation industry, many passengers have become frustrated. Trying to appeal to their passengers, British Airways has announced a sale on their seats for flights to 27 destinations. According to their announcement, passengers who are booking their tickets well in advance can get a huge discount if they [...]
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British Airways and Rolls-Royce have announced that they are starting a program of scientific tests to research the possibility for using an alternative to fuel for the industry of aviation. The studies will aim at identifying alternatives that are practical compared to the kerosene that the industry is using currently, which has potential to reduce [...]
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There are 30 flights that are planned for transfer from Terminal 4 to Terminal 5 at British Airways’ Heathrow Airport. This will be the second move in a series that was started on June 5th, and this new one is scheduled to start on September 17th. This next phase in the series after that will [...]
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British Airways has slowly started the transition of moving their flights into the brand new Terminal 5 building located at Heathrow Airport. Flights are starting to arrive from destinations in Nigeria, South Africa, and the United States. BA was hoping to have already completed the transition of moving their long haul operation but massive delays [...]
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British Airways is deeply affected by the massive economic downturn and have seen a massive drop of their business class seat sales over the last month. BA announced that during the month of May their traffic numbers for business class dropped 0.9% with economy class falling close behind at 0.6%. Oil prices are largely blamed [...]
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There was a warning about the economic pressures on passengers by British Airways, and this pressure may now have an impact significantly on the demand for flights soon. It has been reported that the traffic in May has decreased 0.7% year-on-year Wednesday. British Airways has stated that long-haul economy travel was weak already and that [...]