News from all around the world related to travel and hospitality
British Airways announced it will take delivery of twelve new Boeing 787-10 Dreamliners early next year. This article describes the difference between this and other aircraft with Club Suites.
Iberia launch a new route to Washington DC, which hits their sweet spot of Zone 5 Avios redemptions, meaning you can fly business class return for 68,000 Avios plus €184. Our article describes what you must do to hit this price point.
British Airways Lounge in Johannesburg has been reopened, which will be good news for both BA and Comair passengers. The lounge is part of its centenary £6.5bn investment programme.
Virgin Atlantic will be increasing flights from Manchester for its summer 2020 schedule. There will be an increase of around 43,000 seats, equating to 5 extra flights per week, and Gatwick also sees an expanded offering too.
British Airways and Malaysia Airlines have agreed to codeshare some key routes between Europe and Australasia. This makes for potentially interesting Tier Point running opportunities. See the analysis!
BALPA have called off the strikes on 27th September 2019. While British Airways had already cancelled some flights, there is some possibility that these could be reinstated, although this is not yet clear.
What will happen to your travel rights if the UK leaves the EU on a no-deal cliff edge? Tim explore 5 genuinely useful EU laws which will no longer apply.
All 15000 British Airways cabin crew will get new iPhone XRs and preloaded apps to help customers. Will we see on-board customer service improvements? Also we write about a secret score which is used to judge your value to the airline.
Air France today introduces Louis, its new chatbot who can help the majority of passenger questions over its social media channels.
Many readers are reporting that British Airways have emailed them to say their flight is cancelled of dates around the strike date. Before you panic, you should urgently do this quick check to get a status update on your flight.
British Airways Strike dates have been announced for 9th, 10th, 27th September. All passengers should take precautionary measures with their journeys.
TAP Air Portugal announces big changes across its route network, bringing an end to its operations in London City airport and increasing its service across the Atlantic.
British Airways made an unannounced, but welcome move last week by reducing the ‘fuel surcharge’ on certain routes from USA to London. Check which ones they are to save yourself around £100 per person.
Certain British Airways passengers departing Heathrow will be getting a slight twist on their in-flight entertainment experience.
The Royal College of Art teamed up with British Airways to present a futuristic vision of aviation one century from now. We also got to try the ‘Fly’ Virtual Reality Experience and were thoroughly impressed.