British Airways

British Airways to cut up to 12,000 jobs

Wed, 29 Apr 2020 - 10:24 GMT

British Airways will cut up to 12,000 jobs as the airline’s owner warned the coronavirus recovery will take “several years.”

British Airways halts flights to mainland China

Wed, 29 Jan 2020 - 10:29 GMT

The airline has also suspended bookings on its website until March following the Foreign Office warning against "all but essential travel".

British Airways strike: all outbound flights cancelled on second day of pilot walkout

Tue, 10 Sep 2019 - 03:16 GMT

A pay dispute between BA and the British Airline Pilots’ Association (Balpa) has caused the biggest shutdown in the carrier’s history.

After flights suspension: British Airways clarifies, UK ambassador apologizes

Sun, 21 Jul 2019 - 03:51 GMT

Many developments occurred including an apology by the UK ambassador and applause for the security measures at Cairo Airport by a British Airways official.

British Airways to resume Pakistan flights after a decade

Tue, 18 Dec 2018 - 10:56 GMT

British Airways will resume flights to Pakistan next year after a 10-year absence that followed a major hotel bombing.

British Airways apologizes after 380K customers hit in cyber attack

Fri, 07 Sep 2018 - 10:00 GMT

British Airways was forced to apologize on Friday after the credit card details of hundreds of thousands of its customers were stolen

British Airways investigating data breach from 380,000 card payments -IAG

Thu, 06 Sep 2018 - 11:20 GMT

The British Airways website and mobile application have suffered a breach of customers' personal and financial data from around 380,000 card payments.

Iran's envoy to UK regrets British Airways decision to suspend Tehran flights

Thu, 23 Aug 2018 - 03:37 GMT

Iran's top envoy to Britain said on Thursday a decision by British Airways to suspend flights to Tehran from September was regrettable.

British Airways says Heathrow flights hit by computer problems

Wed, 18 Jul 2018 - 10:20 GMT

British Airways cancelled and delayed flights at London's Heathrow, Europe's biggest airport, on Wednesday due to problems with a supplier's IT systems.

BA owner sees jump in yearly profits on healthy demand

Fri, 27 Oct 2017 - 12:58 GMT

British Airways parent group IAG on Friday forecast a 20-percent jump in operating profit this year thanks to rising demand and falling costs.

BA criticises 'dreadful welcome' at Heathrow

Sun, 27 Aug 2017 - 02:20 GMT

British Airways (BA) has called on UK border authorities to address “serious inefficiencies” causing long delays at airport immigration controls ahead of Britain’s exit from the European Union.

British Airways calls on UK to tackle long airport queues

Sat, 26 Aug 2017 - 07:13 GMT

British Airways (BA) has called on UK border authorities to address “serious inefficiencies” causing long delays at airport immigration controls ahead.

British Airways cabin crew begin 2-week strike in pay dispute

Sat, 01 Jul 2017 - 07:04 GMT

Some British Airways cabin crew began a two week strike on Saturday in a prolonged pay dispute, risking further brand damage and travel disruption.

More Heathrow chaos as BA scrambles to recover from IT crash

Sun, 28 May 2017 - 07:46 GMT

Thousands of travelers faced further chaos on Sunday as British Airways cancelled around 60 flights from London's Heathrow Airport.

BA hopes to resume most flights from London after weekend chaos

Sun, 28 May 2017 - 09:12 GMT

British Airways said it hopes to resume most flights out of London's major airports on Sunday.

BA cancels all Saturday flights from London: spokesman

Sun, 28 May 2017 - 12:50 GMT

British Airways said it had cancelled all flights out of major London airports Heathrow and Gatwick for the rest of Saturday after an IT systems failure.

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