Heathrow’s bid to keep duty-free shopping: Britain’s biggest airport launches legal challenge to bring back bargains on perfume, clothing and electronics Heathrow argue it will intensify crisis facing battered aviation and retail industry As of January 1, tax savings on goods will apply only to alcohol and tobacco Abolition of VAT rebate scheme expected to … Read more
England’s airports have seen waves of holidaymakers rush to leave the country before the latest lockdown rules come into effect on Thursday. The new rules, which will see both international travel and travel inside the UK banned for a month, have sparked a stampede of people rushing to the departure gates before they are slammed … Read more
BA owner IAG’s new chief executive Luis Gallego must feel like the replacement bank bosses parachuted in after the financial crisis. After running up an eye popping £5.6billion loss in the first nine months of the current financial year, it may seem like it can only get better for IAG from here. The scale of … Read more
British Airways flight to Verona is forced to make an emergency landing at Heathrow after ‘reports of burning smell and crew feeling unwell’ Flight BA2596 to Verona returns to London Heathrow Terminal Five this morning Airline told passengers there was a ‘technical issue’ on Airbus A320-232 plane Witness tweets dramatic video of fire engines at … Read more
Heathrow staff will offer £80 pre-flight coronavirus tests to help get the struggling aviation industry start recovery Heathrow Airport is to offer passengers £80 pre-departure coronavirus tests Transport Secretary: Rapid daily tests could lead to end of quarantine altogether The UK’s post-travel quarantine time could be halved to seven days by December By Tom Payne … Read more
Saudia airliner carrying 296 passengers came within 100 feet of smashing into drone at it landed at Heathrow, report says The pilots of the Saudia plane reported that there was a ‘high’ risk of collision The B787 Dreamliner was flying at around 170mph at a height of 600ft First officer spotted suspected drone pass just … Read more
Saudia airliner carrying 296 passengers came within 100 feet of smashing into drone at it landed at Heathrow, report says The pilots of the Saudia plane reported that there was a ‘high’ risk of collision The B787 Dreamliner was flying at around 170mph at a height of 600ft First officer spotted suspected drone pass just … Read more
British Airways will scale back its operations at Gatwick under a radical transformation plan to bounce back from the pandemic, The Mail on Sunday can reveal. Sources said that new BA chief executive Sean Doyle will operate fewer flights from Gatwick once the airline emerges from the crisis. BA will shift business to Heathrow, where … Read more
British woman, 30, is caught at Heathrow trying to fly to Dubai with nearly £2MILLION cash stashed inside five suitcases Tara Hanlon, 30, from Leeds was stopped by Border Force at Heathrow It was the largest money detection Border Force officers have done this year She was charged with money laundering and appeared at Uxbridge Magistrates Court … Read more
The wide body, four-engine Boeing 747-400 is an iconic part of British Airways’ fleet. BA, which was the world’s largest operator of the Boeing 747, described the 747-400 as ‘a proven performer with high reliability’ which boasts high reliability and has incorporated major aerodynamic improvements over earlier 747 models, which have a history stretching back 50 … Read more