A male passenger is suing British Airways because of its policy that young children cannot sit next to male passengers who are not related to them (no, I was not aware of this policy).  In short:  a male passenger was in a middle seat next to his pregnant wife who was sitting in the window [...]

The Guardian is reporting that British Airways may shut down OpenSkies, its all-business class subsidiary flying between New York, Amsterdam and Paris.  The airline has reportedly been losing money since launch and last year canceled its expansion plans (including plans for a 5th 757).  To bolster its Paris operations it purchased L’Avion about a year [...]

British Airways, which is facing the biggest financial crisis of its storied history, has offered its staff between 1 and 4 weeks unpaid leave as a means to cut budget.  The odd part of the story is this:  they have also told staff that they are welcome to work during that unpaid leave period if [...]

With its launch in September, British Airways will offer email and text messaging on its A318 aircraft flying between London City and JFK.  According to BA, this will be the first in-flight communication services on transatlantic flights.  OK.  Voice calls won’t be available initially, as that will drive people crazy, but I wouldn’t be shocked [...]

A quick note about what airlines are doing if you have a flight scheduled to Mumbai:
US carriers have resumed flights to Mumbai, but all are offering to re-accomodate if you have a flight in the next week or so.
Continental:  If you have travel between now and December 2nd, you can change the flight to depart [...]

British Airways is offering Club World tickets to London from New York for just $1996 round trip (plus about $250 in various taxes) if you book by December 1st for travel through March 22. Though it’s twice the price, the $3996 sale they’re offering on First Class tickets is actually a bigger deal, as [...]

British leisure tour (and airline) operator XL Leisure shut down, stranding about 85,000 people around the world (about 10,000 people were flying their airline, XL Airways).
Bookmaker Paddy Power had put out a list on Wednesday of airlines it thought would shut down, and XL wasn’t on the list – but bettors put so much money [...]

Two British women on an XL Airways flight from Kos, Greece, to Manchester were arrested after they attacked a flight attendant with a vodka bottle and tried to open the cabin door while screaming, “I need some fresh air.”  The two were arrested (to the cheers of other passengers) when their plane was diverted to [...]

Bollywood film legend Amitabh Bachchan has learned the hard way about British Airways’ miserable record losing bags (it misplaces 23 bags for every 1000 passengers):  The actor says that his bags were lost on a recent trip with his family to Toronto, marking the 18th time the airline has lost his luggage. There really isn’t [...]

British Airways is having a great sale on their Club World business class from New York to London: They’re calling it a $1776 round trip fare, but with taxes and whatnot, it’ll cost you $2035 – quite a bargain for a lie-flat seat. Other airlines have a similar deal in the summer months, [...]