Fleet Renewal at British Airways In a matter of months, the first of many new long-haul aircraft will be delivered. British Airways has finalized the cabin design and layout for its soon to be delivered Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner and Airbus A380 aircraft. The Boeing 747-400, the “Queen of The Skies”, will be moving over to [...]
London Heathrow to Seoul Incheon to Begin This Weekend The long awaited route between London’s Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Seoul’s Incheon International Airport (ICN) will take flight on Sunday, December 2, 2012. British Airways has not only timed the flight to arrive at the start of the business day in Seoul, but has timed the [...]
Build begins on first British Airways 787 Dreamliner The building of the first Boeing 787 Dreamliner for British Airways has begun as part of a program to modernize the fleet. The carrier is currently refurbishing its Boeing 767 and Boeing 777-200 aircraft, but they have the mammoth double-decker A380 on the way and this first [...]
Airbus Prepares First British Airways A380 SuperJumbo The installation of four mammoth Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engines, capable of producing 70,000 lbs of trust each, marks a milestone when it comes to the building of British Airways’ first A380 aircraft. This is the first SuperJumbo of 12 A380s British Airways has on order – initial delivery [...]
Park Live Presented by British Airways at Olympic Park As British Airways is busy flying passengers into Heathrow Airport (LHR), London Gatwick Airport (LGW), and London City Airport (LCY), the airline has lawn captains testing out their moves and giant wings in anticipation of greeting the crowds at Olympic Park. Despite some hiccups with public [...]
American Airlines To Fly Boeing 777-300ER from Los Angeles American will be the first US based airline to receive the Boeing 777-300ER with a delivery of 10 aircraft planned for December 2012. Beginning next summer, the Los Angeles (LAX) to London-Heathrow (LHR) route will be upgauged to the highly anticipated Flagship Aircraft, the Boeing 777-300ER. [...]
Business and Civics Leaders Gather for Dedication More than 1,100 guests gathered on the evening May 3, 2012, to dedicate the Maynard H. Jackson International Terminal, which will soon be the newest gateway to the world from the United States. Valerie Jackson, widow of the international terminal’s namesake, joined Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed, Georgia Gov. [...]
Promise to Increase Asia post BMI Purchase British Airways is going forward with its promise to increase long haul routes to Asia following the purchase of BMI by IAG. Today, Seoul – Incheon has been added to the British Airways destination list. The airline is now selling flights to Seoul’s Incheon Airport (ICN) and flights [...]
To Fly. To Serve. British Airways new Heights Just prior to welcoming the world to London for the Summer Olympics, British Airways is trialing two new initiatives to bring service to new heights. The two initiatives are: The Onboard Travel Advisor Golden Tickets Both new initiatives are taking place from April and will be offered [...]
BMI and BA integration Pending Sale Pending the sale of BMI on or about April 20, British Airways has started consultation with the trade unions on proposals to integrate BMI mainline into its Heathrow Operations. The green light was given to IAG, International Airlines Group, British Airways’ owner, from the European Commission in late March [...]