In January 2010, passenger capacity, measured in Available Seat Kilometres, was 8.3 per cent below January 2009. Traffic, measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres, fell by 7.0 per cent. This resulted in a passenger load factor increase of 1.0 point versus last year, to 74.2 per cent. Traffic comprised a 2.1 per cent decrease in premium [...]

British Airways is gearing up to fly Team GB and Paralympics GB to Vancouver for the 21st Olympic Winter Games and Paralympic Winter Games, which start in February. Among the 50 Team GB hopefuls is the UK’s number one snowboarder Zoe Gillings, 24, the highest ranked snowboarder in Great Britain, and from Scotland the British [...]

British Airways has offered aid agencies a relief aircraft to fly emergency supplies and equipment to earthquake stricken Haiti. A Boeing 747 with capacity for up to 50 tonnes of cargo is standing by to fly to the region tomorrow (Saturday January 16) crewed by volunteer British Airways pilots and cabin crew. The airline has [...]

We are delighted for our customers that the threat of a Christmas strike has been lifted by the court. It is a decision that will be welcomed by hundreds of thousands of families in the UK and around the world. There was never any need for a strike and we hope that Unite will take [...]

Madrid, 12 of November of 2009 British Airways and Iberia’s boards have today agreed a binding memorandum of understanding (MoU) setting out the basis for a proposed merger of the two companies to create a new, leading European airline group that recognises the principle of parity at board and management level. The new airline group [...]

British Airways has said its final farewells to Terminal 4 at Heathrow Airport after more than 23 years in the building. The final Australia bound flights departed from the terminal on Wednesday evening before British Airways and Qantas successfully moved their joint operations into the newly refurbished Terminal 3 yesterday. Terminal 3 now plays host [...]

A plea to US authorities to strengthen competition on transatlantic flights was made in Washington DC today by Willie Walsh, British Airways’ chief executive. In a speech to the International Aviation Club, Mr Walsh called for parity among transatlantic global alliances by granting the oneworld alliance the anti trust immunity that its rival alliances, Star [...]