British Airways
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A Dark Future for Europe’s Legacy Airlines
Over the last decade, Europe’s big three airline groups, IAG (owner of British Airways/Iberia), Air France/KLM, and Lufthansa Group, have all been…
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Topic of the Week: Bye, Bye, bmi
It’s almost official. British Airways will close on its purchase of bmi in short order. Will it be good or bad for…
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Talking to British Airways About Elite Status, Avios, and the Dreaded Fuel Surcharge (Across the Aisle)
Earlier this month, British Airways introduced Avios, a new name for miles. Now if you’re a member of the BA Executive Club…
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Iberia Launches LAX Flight, But Can We Really Thank American and British Airways?
Last night, I attended the launch of Iberia’s new flight from LA to Madrid. This has been hailed as a product of…
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American, BA, Iberia Need to Eliminate Differences or Do a Better Job of Highlighting Them
Last week, American and its joint venture partners British Airways and Iberia were here in Southern California to pitch the benefits of…
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Video Tour of the New British Airways First Class
It may have been almost two months since BA brought me out to London, but I still have some good material waiting…
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Touring the New Heathrow Terminal 5
I know it’s been a month, but I’ve still had a few posts on the backburner from my London trip. You didn’t…
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The Banker Shuttle From London City to JFK (Trip Report)
I left off yesterday as I prepared to board BA flight 001 to bring me back to the US. No reason to…
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The Case for London/City and the Flight to New York
After a short but productive time in London, it was time to head back to the States. But this wasn’t an ordinary…
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Club World on British Airways (Trip Report)
It’s been a couple of years since British Airways and I first tried to set up a trip to see the airline’s…
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Cranky on the Web (October 4-8)
How the SkyTeam Alliance Became a Rehab Center for Global Airlines – BNET Headwinds SkyTeam has picked up some of the more…
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British Airways Rolls Out Its Retro 757 (Airplane Porn)
It’s been way too long since we’ve had some good airplane porn here on Cranky, so I couldn’t resist when I saw…