British Airways

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British Airways Luxury flash sale! £1009 per person from UK to NYC, Las Vegas. Inaugural A350 long haul to Dubai too!

British Airways have a fantastic summer sale which means you will also be able to fly in the A350 at the tidy price of £1009 per person. Alternatively you can choose a handful of other destinations at the same or slightly higher price.

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Musings

British Airways’ new A350 (G-XWBA) just went tech. Club Suite Familiarisation flights cancelled for the next few days!

Less than a week into service, British Airways first A350-1000 G-XWBA has had to have some of its flights cancelled due to suspected damage during a go-around procedure at Heathrow on 10th August 2019.

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Musings

Review: We flew the new British Airways Club Suite on the inaugural A350 flight!

We flew on the inaugural A350 flight which included the brand-new Club Suites. Pictures included and we reviewed each part of our flight.

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Musings

British Airways Club Suites on the A350 – First Impressions

Club Suites, the newest iteration of the Club World business class offering from British Airways was unveiled to the media on Monday, so we went along to check it out for ourselves.

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My tough question to the CEO of British Airways – The next 100 years of Aviation at the Saatchi Gallery Part 2

I had the chance to ask one question to the CEO of British Airways at the newly-launched “BA 2119” initiative. What did I ask and how was it answered?

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News

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.

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Musings

British Airways loses injunction bid. Appeal imminent but strike still not announced

BA’s latest attempt to halt the 2019 pilot strike has lost its first injunction bid. They will appeal the decision but this is likely to just push the strike date further back.

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Musings

British Airways pilots vote to go on strike. Injunction proceedings to begin. Likely to be moot.

British Airways pilots from the BALPA union have overwhelmingly voted to strike with the earliest date of action being 6th August 2019. What does this mean for you?

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REMINDER: Last day of BA Sale. First Class Europe to USA from £1850

British Airways’ Centenary Sale finishes tonight, and First Class fares from London to USA start from £1850, with business class a bit cheaper at £1434. Book by midnight tonight though!

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BA’s new San Francisco Lounge opens

British Airways’ new lounge at San Francisco opened just a couple of days ago. This follows similar interior design concepts of New York, Rome and Aberdeen. Photos courtesy of British Airways.

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Lounge

Review: British Airways First Class lounge, London Gatwick Airport

I got to briefly sample the British Airways First Class lounge at Gatwick Airport. Food, drinks and seating areas are all photographed as seen, and I give my thoughts on this quick visit.

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New British Airways Club lounge at New York City – JFK airport

British Airways just launched their new lounge in New York JFK airport, as part of their £52 million Stateside investment. Photos attached.

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British Airways to devalue their Partner Award Chart – effective 30th May 2019

British Airways made an announcement yesterday that they will devalue their Partner Award Chart. Initial rumours of pricing structure has already leaked through.

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BA Gold Guest List lounge access rule changes, effective immediately. Some drawbacks though.

British Airways Gold Guest List members have just had lounge access rule changes for their guests. On balance it can be seen as positive though there are definitely drawbacks to the new rule.

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Whoops… British Airways flies to wrong destination!

British Airways flight, operated by WDL Aviation, made a bit of a blunder this morning flying to Edinburgh, but it was meant to be going to Dusseldorf, Germany!