Tag: British Airways

Paris: A British Airways flight from Paris was evacuated at Charles de Gaulle airport here on Sunday for security reasons after passengers were told a “direct threat” had been made towards the aircraft. Flight BA303 was due to take off for London when the incident occurred, with police and fire engines surrounding the plane on […]

London: British Airways (BA) on Tuesday started operating a full flight schedule after an IT failure saw the airline cancel thousands of flights over the bank holiday weekend, the media reported. “Our IT systems are now back up and running and we will be operating a full flight schedule at Heathrow and Gatwick,” the airline said […]

London: British Airways passengers are facing a third day of disruption at Heathrow after an IT glitch blamed on outsourcing to India that grounded scores of planes, leaving thousands of travellers stranded over the weekend. The airline said it intends to run a full schedule at Gatwick today and to operate a full long-haul schedule […]

London: British Airways cancelled all its flights from Heathrow and Gatwick airports in London on Saturday after a “major IT system failure”, leaving thousands of travellers stranded as a workers’ union blamed outsourcing to India for the “meltdown”. The airline initially cancelled only flights before 1800 local time yesterday but later confirmed all its flights […]

London: As the worst storm in seven years set its eyes on the UK and Europe, a British Airways (BA) flight utilised the strong tail winds and reached Heathrow airport from New York in a record four hours and 56 minutes — at a subsonic speed of over 1,290 km per hour. According to the […]