Part of Concorde in the CCR Lounge When the Concorde Room at Heathrow opens again, aviation geeks will be in for a treat as British Airways has removed the nose cone that was on display at Waterside, BA headquarters. It was then transported to Heathrow’s T5 to the exclusive lounge…
BA First class sale from £1389 In the previous BA sale article, I looked at the business class fares. Although there are far fewer routes with first than at the start of the pandemic, there are some good First prices in the sale that are better value than many of…
With Boris’s announcement that we may be able to start travelling again soon, I have a timely review from regular contributor, reader Howard. Howard is a courier and is required to travel for his job before anyone starts trying to travel shame him! Kenya “day trip” with BA Another courier…
A number of airlines around the world have tried to bring the airline experience to travellers in their own homes. BA had previously done a sale of some of it’s First and Club world dinnerware. (There is now some Club World crockery and bedding on Ebay here being sold by…
As most of you are aware, British Airways announced toward the end of 2020 that they would be officially retiring all of their Boeing 747’s, a decision that was brought forward due to the significant impacts for the airline during the COVID-19 crisis. Originally, British Airways announced they would be…
Today’s article comes from my friend and regular reader Ben. Many of us are still dreaming of how to celebrate a special occasion that perhaps we missed during the pandemic, (me included) and this sounds like an amazing way to have a fantastic birthday. When Ben told me about his…
More countries are changing their entry requirements – Abu Dhabi to partially open Thanks to the new strain of COVID, some have been calling the UK “Plague Island” as a large number of countries stop flights or ban entry. You can find the list of countries that have restricted entry here….
BA confirms details of the return of premium food & drink A few weeks ago I broke the news that not only were BA bringing back their glass and chinaware, but also their premium food and drink services. This has now been confirmed to staff for a start date of…
British Airways route cuts and changes BA has announced a range of route cuts for summer 2021 which are pretty wide-ranging and surprising. Most of these routes are covered by Qatar, but I’m surprised at Abu Dhabi and Muscat so far in advance. Hopefully, they may return in winter 2021,…
BA to sell First Class items to public BA has a much-reduced number of First seats due to both the reconfiguration of the B777s to 8 seats instead of 14 and the early retirement of the B747s. This means that they have a surplus of First items to get rid…
