British Airways launches podcast British Airways is today launching a brand new podcast designed to give colleagues and customers a greater insight into how the airline works. Each episode will see hosts joined by special guests who also work at British Airways, to delve into some of the activity going…
Today BA has released more details about their planned improvements in a press release. I covered this yesterday as well. Here are the details: As part of its commitment to create a more premium experience for its customers, British Airways is set to offer a range of improvements, both on…
BA’s improvement plans revealed following CEO’s email I recently commented on Sean Doyle’s email to Executive Club members promising improvements. Today the start of improvements is being announced to staff. Unfortunately, one of the main sources of my irritation when flying with BA, the single tray service in Club is…
Since Sean Doyle took over he has been keen to emphasise that his focus is on making BA a premium airline. (Well, the prices are eye-wateringly premium at least!). This weekend he gave an interview to the Financial Times as well as sending all Executive members an email. Not everyone…
British Airways is launching four new routes across Europe in time for the summer season. Operating from London City Airport, customers can now book to fly to Barcelona, Luxembourg, Milan Malpensa and Thessaloniki. The introduction of Milan (MXP) replaces British Airways’ service to Milan Linate (LIN). Flights to all…
I have now flown all the aircraft types with the Club Suites and I have been surprised to see there are subtle differences between the three Club Suites. The B777 (review here) was the most different with an older entertainment system. The B787-10 is the most recent Club Suite…
The fare This was a BA Holidays fare that I had booked months ago in the sale and included car hire for part of the trip. The total cost was £1658 which from London with a car for 7 nights (car hire prices have increased a lot since the pandemic),…
I only made Gold Guest List just before Covid hit and for some reason, I had never flown First out of JFK even though I had flown to JFK in First. So somewhat surprisingly, this was my first chance to try the Concorde Room. Who can use the lounge? The…
Today’s review will be slightly different from usual as I was on a very special flight this morning. After over 600 days the US finally reopened to Brits and many other countries. To celebrate BA put on an extra A350 flight to New York, BA001, which used to be Concorde’s…
Today I will be onboard BA1 which is a special flight to New York. It will be one of the first commercial UK flights to touchdown in the US after the border reopens to UK residents since being closed in March 2020 due to Covid. I will be reporting on…
