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Here is British Airways first Airbus A350-1000 aircraft, G-XWBA at London Heathrow today:
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Some good news:
Dreamflight, which charters a BA aircraft to take children with a serious illness or disability on a trip to Orlando, will return this year after a three year absence.
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British Airways plans to reinstate Airbus A380 flights between London Heathrow and Singapore Changi airport (BA11 & BA12) from Sunday 31 March 2024.
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British Airways has announced it expects all Heathrow based Boeing 777 aircraft to be retrofitted with its Club Suite by the end of 2022.
As is to be expected, all flights from London Heathrow to New York JFK will feature the Club Suite.
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It was 25 years ago today British Airways unveiled, depending on your point of view:
a) one of the biggest rebranding failures of all time
b) the boldest, most visionary & unfairly maligned rebranding exercise that was years ahead of its time
Yes, the World Images tail fins.🧵
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British Airways has unveiled its Airbus A320neo aircraft G-TTNA in a dedicated livery for its “BA Better World” sustainability programme.
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Ahead of the G7 summit in Cornwall the CEOs of American Airlines, British Airways, Delta Air Lines, JetBlue, United Airlines, Virgin Atlantic and Heathrow Airport have issued a joint statement calling for the reopening of transatlantic travel between the UK and the US.
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British Airways has confirmed it will retire its Boeing 747, G-CIVV tomorrow. The 86 Club World seat aircraft entered into service in June 1998 and operated its last commercial flight from Chicago O'Hare in March.
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British Airways has confirmed it will retire another Boeing 747, G-BYGA, tomorrow.
The 86 Club World Seat aircraft entered into service in December 1998 and its last scheduled flight was from New York JFK to London Heathrow on 21 March 2020.
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British Airways appears to have cut London Heathrow - Hong Kong to one Boeing 787 flight a day from the start of the winter 2024 season.
The BA27 & BA28 rotation is no longer on sale.
This was a route it once served with 3 Boeing 747s a day.
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Air New Zealand will start non-stop flights between Auckland and New York JFK on 17 September.
The route will be allocated flight numbers NZ1 and NZ2.
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British Airways has confirmed that its Boeing 747 aircraft G-BNLY will be preserved at Dunsfold Aerodrome.
G-BYGC will also be maintained by eCube Solutions at Bro Tathan business park in the Vale of Glamorgan to showcase the contribution BA’s 747 fleet made to UK aviation.
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JetBlue has unveiled its new "Mint Studio" which it plans to install on aircraft operating much awaited transatlantic flights from London.
Each of the 24 seats features complete privacy with a sliding door.
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British Airways has confirmed that its last two Boeing 747s at Heathrow, G-CIVB and G-CIVY, will leave the airport at 08:30 in a synchronised take-off from the two runways.
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Heathrow Airport has officially confirmed that Terminal 4 will reopen on Tuesday 14 June.
Qatar Airways will be the first airline to return to the terminal.
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Air Canada has confirmed it will restart flights from London Heathrow to Halifax, Nova Scotia from 1 May 2022.
These will be operated by the Boeing 737 MAX aircraft.
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British Airways has confirmed that its new short haul subsidiary BA EuroFlyer will start operations at London Gatwick airport from 29 March 2022.
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Gatwick Airport has confirmed the South Terminal will reopen for passenger flights from Sunday 27 March.
easyJet will also operate across the North & South Terminals this summer.
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Courtesy of British Airways, here are a couple of pictures of G-GATU departing Gatwick's South Terminal for Amsterdam this morning.
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It’s goodbye to complimentary pretzels on BA short haul flights departing Gatwick & Heathrow from Wednesday 9th August.
BA will offer a choice of banana cake or a sultana flapjack to economy passengers on these flights.
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British Airways is to launch a new routes in 2022 from London Heathrow Terminal 5 to Ponta Delgada on São Miguel Island and Terceira Island in The Azores.
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British Airways has confirmed that it will co locate all flights at New York JFK with American Airlines at Terminal 8 from 1 December 2022.
This will bring to an end more than 50 years of operations at Terminal 7.
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A number of slot trades at London Heathrow for the summer 2022 season have been confirmed:
- Air Canada has leased 28 weekly slots to United Airlines and 14 weekly slots to Blue Air
- Philippine Airlines has leased 14 weekly slots to British Airways
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Think this is the first time in history there’s been favourable coverage towards BA on the front page of the Daily Mail...
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In its latest revenue raising move, Qantas is selling 1,000 fully stocked bar carts from its now retired Boeing 747 fleet via its online store.
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British Airways is to wet lease aircraft & crews from its sister airline Iberia Express to cover selected short haul flights at London Gatwick this summer.
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British Airways has launched a new eastbound transatlantic day flight from Newark.
The flight, BA180, will launch on Monday 6 June departing Newark at 07:55 and arriving at London Heathrow at 19:10.
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JetBlue CEO Robin Hayes has told Richard Quest on CNN that he expects to have about five flights a day from London airports to Boston & New York next summer.
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Today, Sunday 27 March, marks the official start of the summer 2022 season.
Here are some of the main route network and terminal changes for British Airways across London City, Gatwick and Heathrow airports.
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easyJet will return 90 slots a week at London Gatwick to British Airways for the summer 2024 season.
This allows for expansion by BA EuroFlyer at the airport.
BA leased 230 slots a week to easyJet for the summer 2022 season.
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Heathrow airport has advised it plans to reopen Terminal 4 to passenger flights by July.
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Here is JetBlue arriving at London Gatwick this morning following its inaugural flight to the airport from New York JFK.
JetBlue remains on track to launch flights to Boston next summer, but has not yet disclosed from which London airport they will operate.
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Virgin Atlantic has confirmed it will restart flights from London Heathrow to Las Vegas & Orlando from 8 November.
As will Manchester - New York JFK & Orlando. Manchester - Atlanta will restart on 2 December.
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Confirmed British Airways long-haul routes returning at London Heathrow in October include:
- Daily flights to Cape Town and Johannesburg
- Three times weekly flights to Bahrain, Montreal and Riyadh
All from 1 October, except Montreal which is from 2 October.
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British Airways has officially confirmed there will be no short-haul flights at London Gatwick until the end of March 2021.
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London City Airport has confirmed that BA CityFlyer will restart routes to Dublin, Edinburgh, Florence, Glasgow, Ibiza, Malaga and Palma de Mallorca this summer.
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British Airways aims to almost fully restore its transatlantic route network by the third quarter of 2022 and operate 34 routes, compared to 36 in 2019.
BA had suspended Calgary, Charleston, Pittsburgh and Portland. This map suggests Pittsburgh and Portland may be relaunched.
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Qantas has selected the Airbus A320neo and A220 family aircraft as its preferred aircraft to replace its domestic fleet.
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Alaska Airlines has advised it plans to become a full member of the Oneworld alliance from 31 March 2021.
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International Airlines Group has ordered a further 37 Airbus A320neo family aircraft.
It has converted 12 existing options and ordered 25 new aircraft, with options for a further 50 aircraft.
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The CAA has denied Heathrow Airport's plans to increase its maximum passenger charge from £30.19 to £41.95.
Over the next control period, before inflation, the charge will fall to £26.31 by 2026.
This is a big win for airlines which had protested strongly against the increase.
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Iberia has reinstated daily wide body Airbus A330/A350 flights between London Heathrow and Madrid from Sunday 14 June.
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New advertising campaign for BA Club World.
It has been quite some time since the airline last did a dedicated campaign for this cabin.
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In May, British Airways plans to operate 21 cargo only flights a week from China to the UK.
14 cargo only flights will depart Shanghai for London Heathrow each week. 7 cargo only flights will operate from Beijing.
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Aer Lingus has confirmed it has signed a ten year franchise agreement with Emerald Airlines to operate Aer Lingus Regional flights. This will start on 1 January 2023, but options for an earlier date are being explored.
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Virgin Atlantic has confirmed these routes from Heathrow will return in August:
1 August - Barbados
4 August - Shanghai (delayed from July), San Francisco
9 August - Tel Aviv
18 August - Miami
23 August - Lagos
24 August - Orlando (subject to CDC approval)
25 August - Atlanta
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Flybe’s Heathrow slots, equivalent to 12 daily return flights, have been returned to British Airways for the summer 2020 season.
Whilst BA will welcome the return of the slots this could not be more ill-timed. BA will have to seek a dispensation to avoid forfeiting them.
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Austin-Bergstrom International Airport has confirmed that British Airways will resume flights from London Heathrow to Austin from 13 October.
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Qantas CEO Alan Joyce says the airline has now restarted work on "Project Sunrise" to bring non stop flights from London Heathrow to Melbourne & Sydney.
There is still no indication as to when Qantas will confirm its order for Airbus A350-1000 ULR aircraft.
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British Airways is introducing a new “Best Of British” menu featuring traditional roasts in Club World and First Class from 1 September.
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Qantas will continue to operate flights from London Heathrow to Melbourne & Sydney via Darwin until June 2022.
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The retirement of British Airways' 747 fleet continues apace. Aircraft G-CIVI, which bears the Oneworld alliance livery, will be retired tomorrow.
The aircraft entered into service in 1996. Its last reported flight was from Dallas / Fort Worth to London Heathrow on 5 April.
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Following the planned liquidation of Flybe, 43 weekly Heathrow slot pairs have transferred back to British Airways for the current winter season.
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Courtesy of JetBlue, here it is at London Heathrow this morning marking its inaugural flight from New York JFK to London.
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BA has announced that its retro BOAC liveried Boeing 747 will be taking part in a fly past with the Red Arrows at the Royal International Air Tattoo in Gloucestershire on 20 July.
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British Airways has confirmed that it has permanently suspended the following long-haul routes:
North America:
Calgary
Charleston
Pittsburgh
Central & South America:
Lima (from Gatwick)
Africa:
Durban
Indian Ocean:
The Seychelles (from 24 April 2021)
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British Airways has confirmed that 10 Airbus A320 and 9 Airbus A321 aircraft will gradually transfer to BA EuroFlyer Ltd over the next six months.
The first aircraft, G-GATL, now bears the decal “Operated by BA EuroFlyer Ltd”.
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British Airways has suspended London Heathrow - Tokyo Haneda for the rest of the summer 2022 season.
The route was showing in timetables as due to restart on 29 May, but flights had been taken off sale until 31 October in anticipation of being cancelled.
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British Airways is to return to Pittsburgh.
Flights resume four times weekly from London Heathrow Terminal 5 on Friday 3 June 2022.
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Vueling will return to London Heathrow in the summer 2024 season as British Airways will lease 42 weekly slots to the airline.
BA will also lease a daily slot pair to Egypt Air under the bmi remedy procedure.
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British Airways will increase London Heathrow - Barbados to twice daily in the winter season from Sunday 27 October.
Both flights are due to operate with Boeing 787-9 aircraft.
It looks like BA flights from Gatwick to Barbados will operate in the peak winter season only.
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A new six part TV series "The Airport: Back In The Skies" starts on BBC1 at 8.30pm on Monday 9 May.
Featuring Jeremy Spake from the 1990s series Airport, it goes behind the scenes at Heathrow as it seeks to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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British Airways has confirmed that Boeing 747 G-CIVE will be retired tomorrow.
Here she is in happier times operating the Dreamflight charter from Heathrow to Orlando in October 2019.
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British Airways expects to return to Heathrow Terminal 3 by the end of the third quarter of this year, according to IAG’s half year results.
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British Airways is to expand its codeshare with Loganair, adding a further 18 routes.
The two airlines have a long relationship. Loganair was a former BA franchise partner. Since Loganair became an independent airline, BA has codeshared on routes to the Highlands & Islands.
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Willie Walsh says British Airways still has a future at London Gatwick. Says it is better airport than Heathrow in many ways, with a better and more commercial management team and an attractive customer base.
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Qatar Airways is to lease a daily slot pair at London Heathrow to JetBlue for the summer 2022 season:
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Another British Airways Boeing 747 departs the fleet this week. Aircraft G-BYGE will be shortly retired. It entered into service in February 1999. Its last scheduled passenger flight was from Boston to London Heathrow on 22 March.
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The British Airways lounge at Rome Fiumicino airport has reopened. BA lounges at Geneva and Milan Linate airports are still showing as closed.
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Alaska Airlines has announced it intends to become a member of the Oneworld alliance by summer 2021.
American Airlines will also fly from London Heathrow to Seattle from March 2021.
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British Airways has extended the cancellation of flights between London Heathrow and Hong Kong from 29 May to 1 September 2022.
Flights still remain off sale until 31 October.
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Finnair, Royal Jordanian, Sri Lankan and Qantas Airways will move to Heathrow Terminal 3 tomorrow, 27 July.
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British Airways' subsidiary BA CityFlyer is to operate four domestic routes from Belfast City Airport this summer with up to 18 flights a week to Exeter, Glasgow, Leeds Bradford and Newquay airports.
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British Airways will reinstate more long-haul routes from late October & early November.
Confirmed routes at Heathrow from 1 November include:
Bangkok - 4 times weekly
Denver - 3 times weekly
Phoenix - 3 times weekly
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Virgin Atlantic CEO Shai Weiss has told Richard Quest on CNN that the impact of a 2nd lockdown in England has been less severe than expected and bookings for 2021 have increased following positive news on a vaccine against COVID-19.
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BA CEO Sean Doyle is reported in a number of Sunday papers to be looking at launching new routes to Asia - a region where it has just suspended a number of destinations - with presumably a leisure / VFR focus.
There have been reports that BA is looking to return to Dhaka.
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The US Department of Transportation has given final approval for Aer Lingus to join the AA/AY/BA/IB transatlantic joint-business.
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British Airways plans to upguage London - Singapore - Sydney (BA15 & BA16) from a Boeing 787-9 to Boeing 777-300 aircraft from the start of the winter season on 30 October 2022.
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This, taken from IAG's quarterly results presentation, appears to be Iberia's new business class cabin for the Airbus A350 aircraft.
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BA has also confirmed the following frequency increases for the summer 2025 season:
Austin: 6 to 13 flights a week
Miami: 7 to 14 flights a week
Pittsburgh: 6 to 7 flights a week
Vancouver: 7 to 14 flights a week (peak season)
Washington Dulles: 14 to 21 flights a week
British Airways plans to increase London Heathrow - Las Vegas to up to twice daily during the summer season.
An additional flight BA171 will depart at 12:10 on selected days.
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ACL has confirmed that, following a decision by the Secretary of State for Transport, “use it or lose it” slot rules at UK airports will be waived again for the summer season.
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British Airways CEO Sean Doyle says the airline may add further new destinations in North America in the coming years as relatively new routes such as Nashville and Pittsburgh have matured.
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Willie Walsh really could do with some aviation posters or books in the background.
@ratemyskyperoom
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American Airlines and Japan Airlines are to move back from London Heathrow Terminal 5 to Terminal 3 from tomorrow, 3 August. This is except for AA flights to New York JFK which will remain at Terminal 5.
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British Airways has added a 2nd daily flight from London to San Diego for summer 2024.
The additional flight BA265 will depart Heathrow at 12:15.
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British Airways has announced it will operate the Airbus A380 from London Heathrow to Las Vegas on selected dates in January 2021 to coincide with the annual Consumer Electronics Show.
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Qantas has released official images from its record breaking non-stop flight QF14 from Buenos Aires to Darwin. The 17 hour and 25 minute flight departed at 12:44 local time and arrived in Darwin at 18:39 local time.
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British Airways has announced an expanded codeshare partnership with Indigo and LATAM.
The codeshare with Indigo, which first launched last year with 8 domestic routes in India, now covers 39 routes.
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JetBlue has officially confirmed it is launching flights from New York JFK to Heathrow on 11 August and London Gatwick on 29 September.
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British Airways has unveiled its new staff uniform, designed by Ozwald Boateng OBE.
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Norwegian has set out a proposal to restore operations ahead of a meeting with bondholders this week.
Does not foresee a return to long-haul operations, which will be focused on LGW, JFK and LAX, until the summer of 2021.
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Aer Lingus is to postpone the launch of transatlantic flights from Manchester to New York and Orlando from 29 July to 30 September, as per this statement:
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Heathrow has imposed a cap on daily passenger numbers at the airport with immediate effect.
This will apply until 11 September 2022.
It considers that the airport & airlines do not have the resources to handle more than 100,000 passengers a day.
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Aer Lingus has launched its new staff uniform, designed by Louise Kennedy. This is the first new uniform in over 20 years and will be introduced from 10 February 2020.
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British Airways has launched four new summer seasonal short haul routes from London Heathrow to Cluj-Napoca, Romania; Gdansk and Wroclaw, Poland; and Riga, Latvia.
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British Airways has launched a new codeshare partnership with AirLink in South Africa.
BA is now offering codeshare flights between Johannesburg and Cape Town on AirLink.
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British Airways has launched a new route from London Heathrow Terminal 3 to Nuremberg.
Flights will initially operate four times weekly from Sunday 27 March 2022. The service increases to six times weekly from 1 May 2022.
BA has previously served Nuremberg from Gatwick.
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Qatar Airways acquiring a 25% stake in Virgin Australia, which will return to long-haul flying as a result, puts an end to rumours that BA will return to Melbourne with a one stop service via Doha.
Also probably means passengers will earn Avios on a Virgin branded airline.
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Qantas has issued a brief update on "Project Sunrise" in its half-year results:
- The cabin configuration of the A350-1000 has been done.
- Regulatory approval is still ongoing.
- Qantas is conspicuously silent on negotiations with its pilots.
- March deadline remains.
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JetBlue has previously indicated that it will launch transatlantic flights from UK regional airports and according to an interview in today's Sunday Times there will be seasonal flights to New York JFK from Glasgow and Manchester.
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