British Airways
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Entire European Continent Goes on Strike
Ah, spring. The days become longer, the temps get warmer, and, apparently, it’s a great time for airline strikes. Lufthansa pilots just…
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British Airways Rolls Out Its Updated First Class
While some airlines are moving away from First Class, British Airways continues to embrace it. They’ve just rolled out the latest version…
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American and British Airways Finally Receive Alliance Approval From the US (Tentatively)
About 10 minutes after the Wright Brothers put their first airplane into the air, American and British Airways applied for blanket codesharing…
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British Airways Cabin Crew Earn the Cranky Jackass Award For Upcoming Holiday Strike
UPDATE 12/17 @ 853a – The strike is off! If you’re booked on British Airways for the holidays, you might be kicking…
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British Airways and Iberia Finally Get Closer to Almost Possibly Merging
Has there been a stranger courtship than that between British Airways and Iberia? The airlines, which have been talking for years, have…
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Cranky on the Web (Nov 9 – 13)
American and British Airways Still Waiting for Feds Antitrust Immunity Decision – BNET The waiting game continues as the DOT has gone…
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Impressions of British Airways’ New London/City Service From Afar
Right now, I should be in London eagerly anticipating tomorrow’s flight back from London/City on British Airways. Unfortunately, that’s not the case.…
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British Airways Gives Away Business Opportunity Grants
I have to admit that I was quite skeptical when I was told that British Airways was going to launch the next…
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International Airlines Start Adding Fees, Making Cuts Like US Carriers
It was only a matter of time until global carriers started following in their US counterparts’ shoes, right? As airlines around the…
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British Airways Builds Fee Comparison and Southwest Should Take It Further
I never thought we’d see the day where British Airways does something that Southwest should follow, but that day has come. British…
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This Week on BNET (March 23-27)
United Releases Weaker Revenue Guidance United announced that like Continental (though not quite as severe), it is seeing large revenue drops as…
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British Airways 777 Accident at Heathrow Linked to Delta Incident
We all remember the BA 777 that lost power and crash-landed at London/Heathrow, right? Last September, an interim report was put out…