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Virgin to increase Manchester operations. Capacity increases of 11%. Opens extra high street retail stores

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.

Malaysia Airlines and British Airways to codeshare destinations – Big opportunities for Tier Point runners
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Malaysia Airlines and British Airways to codeshare destinations – Big opportunities for Tier Point runners

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!

British Airways to give all 15000 cabin crew new iPhone XRs. Time to find out your secret CIV score?
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British Airways to give all 15000 cabin crew new iPhone XRs. Time to find out your secret CIV score?

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.

VERY URGENT: Did British Airways email you to say your flight is cancelled? DO THIS CHECK – it might actually not be cancelled!
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VERY URGENT: Did British Airways email you to say your flight is cancelled? DO THIS CHECK – it might actually not be cancelled!

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.

The next 100 years of Aviation at the Saatchi Gallery – Part 1 (…and a protestor against CEO of British Airways)
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The next 100 years of Aviation at the Saatchi Gallery – Part 1 (…and a protestor against CEO of British Airways)

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.