Britons returning from their Easter school holidays will face delays ahead of the strike planned by Border Force workers at Heathrow Airport. In particular, more than 600 Border Force workers at London airport are to go on strike for four days between 11 and 14 April. In a ballot held last week, members of the […]
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A British Airways flight from Athens to London narrowly avoided a collision with a drone, as the distance between them came to just 1.5 metres, 9,600 feet above the Kent countryside. According to a report in the Daily Mail, the flight from Athens to London Heathrow Airport with about 180 passengers was travelling at a […]
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Βritish Airways has fired two cabin crew members after a racist video they posted on Instagram 18 months ago was shared on TikTok last weekend. The video shows Holly Walton filmed by colleague Lauren Bray making slant-eyed gestures and saying in a faux Chinese accent : “Give me wine.” The pair filmed the video at […]
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Members of Unite employed by British Airways have overwhelmingly voted to approve a deal to furlough the airline’s workers and preserve employment. Following a ballot of the union’s members at the airline, Unite members voted by 99 percent in favour of the deal. Long negotiations Last Thursday (2 April), following long negotiations, a deal between Unite and […]
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Throughout August, British Airways is resuming flying to more destinations, albeit with continued low frequencies while the impact of Covid-19 remains felt across the globe. In Europe flights will resume to the holiday destinations of Bari, Bastia, Bodrum, Bordeaux, Catania, Figari, Frankfurt, Genoa, Kefalonia, Lyon, Luxembourg, Malta, Paphos and Pula, while further afield Antigua, Islamabad […]
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Ryanair has added new routes from a number of UK airports with the launch of its summer schedule to various Mediterranean destinations, including Rhodes. The new routes are offered from Birmingham, Bournemouth, Cardiff, Luton, Bournemouth, Cardiff and Manchester airports. From Birmingham, new flights are being added to Paris, Marrakech and Tirana, followed by Agadir, Berlin […]
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Ryanair has confirmed plans to resume flights to Israel after suspending them in February, with Athens included in its schedule. The financial carrier resumed flights to Ben Gurion International Airport from various parts of Europe on 1 February, after a prolonged suspension due to the clashes in Gaza. But Ryanair has again suspended flights and […]
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Jet2holidays, considered the largest holder of ATOL, appears to be bringing in more bookings for this season’s summer than its rival, TUI. Jet2holidays (6.7 million), Tui (5.8 million), Loveholidays (4 million), Booking.com (2.3 million) and easyJet Holidays (2.2 million) remain the current top five licence holders followed by On the Beach, British Airways Holidays, BravoNext, […]
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-Wizz Air has been named the worst low-cost airline choice with the Golden Raspberry for the second year in a Which? survey, picking up poor performance and £1.24 million ($2.53 million) in unpaid refunds to passengers. While, the equivalent award in the traditional carriers was awarded to Lufthansa. In the survey, Greek Aegean Airlines stands […]
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European consumer and travel industry associations have asked the European Commission not to approve a series of airline mergers, warning that consolidation between airlines would result in “higher prices, lower quality of service and fewer satisfied passengers”. The letter to Commission Vice-President and Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager is co-signed by ECTAA (European Travel Agents’ and […]
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