British Airways extends London Gatwick short-haul suspension to late-March 2021 Yesterday I wrote that BA appeared to be suspending its Gatwick short-haul operation until summer schedules 2021. This has now been confirmed along with their roughly planned schedule. As usual, this is very likely to change multiple times. British Airways…
Lufthansa may have new business class on A350 While Lufthansa has an excellent first product, their business class is very dated and in the current era, not great for privacy or distancing if you are a solo traveller. You can read our review here. Their new B777X is due to…
As Covid-19 continues to wreak havoc across the world, many airlines have opted to tempt nervous travellers back in with flexible booking options, and have expanded their policies on how passengers can cancel their flights, change their dates or destination and even cash in their ticket for points. This is…
Travel corridor additions & removals This week’s announcement from Grant Shapps had a few surprises. Denmark which has been in the red zone for a while (above 20 per 100,000 over the last 7 days) was not removed from the list. However, Slovenia and Guadeloupe were removed from the Travel…
BA won’t “fire to re-hire” any more staff as it nears agreement – Alex Cruz faces Parliamentary committee Alex Cruz, BA’s CEO appeared before the Transport Select Committee today following on from Willie Walsh’s previous appearance. Alex revealed that last week BA flew 187,000 passengers compared to just under a…
US relaxes “gateway” airports rule Although a lot of readers have expressed an interest not to go anywhere near the US anytime soon, there are also a lot of us that hope it does open up so that we can visit places which are safe to visit or to visit…
Here is our regular round-up of the best deals for travel. If like me you are a little reluctant to tie up a lot of cash on a holiday right now, BA holidays are the best way to go with deposits starting from £150pp. Don’t forget you can just add…
BA ditches inflight magazines onboard Airlines have ditched inflight magazines due to the risk of transmission of coronavirus. BA have taken the opportunity to remove their magazines permanently from onboard and go online. Obviously this will save a substantial amount of money both in reducing the amount of weight onboard…
Introduction Like most, my travel has been significantly reduced with my last trip ending on the 8th of March returning from Addis Adaba in Ethiopia. With a holiday allowance from work to try and use up before the end of the year, I decided to visit some friends in Verbier,…
Get an extra £100 off in the BA sale British Airways Holidays is offering an additional saving in the September Sale for those who book between 03-08 September 2020. Customers can book a flight + hotel or flight + car holiday and make the following additional savings, on top of…
