OpenSkies, the all-premium class airline brainchild and subsidiary of British Airways operating business class only Boeing 757’s across the Atlantic, is planning to launch a new route on May 3 connecting Washington Dulles International Airport with Paris Orly Airport.
The airline will begin service offering five flights per week and plan to upgrade service frequencies in [...]
British Airways has announced that they will begin flying between London Gatwick Airport and two new points in the Caribbean – Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic and Montego Bay in Jamaica. Both new markets will begin this winter and will make British Airways the carrier with the most seats available between the UK and [...]
Mexicana Airlines of Mexico said today that they intend to join the Oneworld global airline alliance this November. Oneworld currently does not have a Mexican airline partner but features British Airways and American Airlines. Iberia Airlines of Spain was the sponsor airline for Mexicana to join Oneworld.
The other large carrier in Mexico, AeroMexico, is a [...]
The stakes just got raised in the Japan Airlines partner negotiations. Until now, it was Delta Airlines, the world’s largest, combined with fellow SkyTeam partners Air France/KLM that seemed to hold many of the cards in their quest to get JAL to jump ship from OneWorld and join SkyTeam. But now, American, for a while [...]
Since the announcement earlier today that Air France/KLM were working with Delta on a possible investment in Japan Airlines, it was expected that British Airways would join their OneWorld partner American Airlines to try to sweeten their offer to attempt to keep JAL in OneWorld.
It is possible, if the Delta & Air France/KLM offer of [...]
British Airways took delivery of a new Airbus A318 aircraft capable of steep approaches today in anticipation of the start of their new London City Airport to New York JFK route beginning September 29. This new aircraft will allow British Airways to fly limited trans-Atlantic routes from the previously short-haul only airport near London. This adds [...]
British Airways has announced the proposed launch of two new routes connecting London Gatwick with the Caribbean. On October 25 BA will begin twice-weekly flights to each of Montego Bay, Jamaica and Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
In addition to these new routes, British Airways will increase flights for the winter season to St. Lucia from three [...]
OpenSkies, the all Premium class airline operated by British Airways on the New York to Paris Orly and Amsterdam routes, has announced they are eliminating service to Amsterdam. This leaves the airlines operating 757 service between New York JFK and Newark airports to and from Paris Orly.
The airline had planned to add service beyond Paris [...]
British Airways said they have raised about $1 billion USD without the need to sell additional shares of stock. This much needed liquidity comes from bank loans and bond issue and will help BA weather the storm they find themselves in. The carrier has been struggling for a while dealing with the drastic effects the [...]
EasyJet, Europe’s leading low-cost airline, today announced new six-flights weekly service to Tel Aviv, Israel starting this fall in addition to an expansion of their service to Morocco with twice-weekly flights to Agadir. This will be the first low-fare option between London and Israel and operate out of London’s Luton Airport. The Agadir flights will operate [...]
British Airways announced it’s 17th route from London and 17th destination in the United States today with the expected launch of non-stop Heathrow to Las Vegas flights on October 25, 2009. Las Vegas is added to what has been a stagnant list of US destinations for the British carrier. British Airways currently serves New York, [...]
