I haven’t written anything about the rather unpleasant opening of the new Terminal 5 at Heathrow, but if you haven’t heard anything about it, just know that basically anything that could go wrong has.
British Airways has acquired a large backlog of misplaced luggage that has reached either 19,000 or 28,000 depending on whom you ask. [...]

A quick follow-up to the story about British Airways launching all-business class service between London (City) and New York:  The flights will need to make a fueling stop (likely at Shannon, Ireland) on the westbound trips because weight restrictions at London City will limit the amount of fuel the A318 can carry.  In the Trying [...]

British Airways will launch all-business class flights from London’s City airport to New York in 2009. No additional information about the service has been released, but you’ve got to imagine that SilverJet isn’t particularly pleased (Eos’ product is really first class, and I’ll guess here that BA’s pricing will be in the range of [...]

With the demise of MAXjet, several articles have commented on EOS and Silverjet, frequently suggesting that they "say they are in good shape" (as in today’s NY Times) or something to that effect.  This wholly-unfounded assertion is based (as far as I can tell) on press releases put out by the airlines themselves (which are [...]

British Airways is announcing today the launch of OpenSkies, a new subsidiary that will fly between business centers (centres) in Europe and the US.  Initial routes will include flights from Paris and Brussels to New York (though which airport is yet to be determined), because they will have no competition on those routes.  Oh wait, [...]

A British Airways worker who had sued the airline because she was told to hide the cross she was wearing on a necklace, lost her case when a tribunal ruled she was not discriminated against for her religious beliefs.  She took an unpaid leave after she was asked to remove the necklace, but returned several [...]

British Airways has launched a great sale on their Club World seats to London.  $2176 round trip for flights from New York between January 19 and March 23.  Lots of other cities are available, capping out at about $3200 round trip from the west coast.  We often see these deals during the holidays but rarely [...]

An odd one:  British Airways canceled a flight from Manchester to New York on Friday because the airline received an anonymous call saying that the cabin crew was "partying" in their hotel bar until 2 o’clock in the morning.  The pilots were allegedly not involved. 

I know that most people won’t care that Zambian Airways has canceled its service to Harare, Zimbabwe, but it is a further sign of the incredible collapse of Zimbabwe’s economy.  Zambia is a neighbor of Zimbabwe, and with the departure of Zambian Airways, Zimbabwe is now nearly cutoff from the outside world.  British Airways, Swiss [...]

(Thanks to reader IAH-PHX…)
British Airways has been accused of flying empty widebodies across the Atlantic in a bid to keep its landing slots at London airports.  This seems a bit odd (and iah-phx doesn’t buy it at all) that they would fly empty planes from London to Houston (and other cities) considering the huge amount [...]