Last week, there was good news for industrial relations at British Airways when they agreed a deal with BALPA, the pilots union. This week, thing have taken a sour tone with Unite the union that represent BA’s Engineers, Cabin Crew, Ground and Call Centre Staff. BA’s legacy cabin crew have been those…
English “Airbridges” due for review, what will be added? The first review of the list of countries that we are due to travel to is due on Monday 27 July. One of the many many issues with these lists is now being highlighted by localised outbreaks in many European countries….
BA closes the arrivals lounge at Heathrow Less than two weeks after they reopened the Heathrow T5 arrivals lounge, BA have shut it again. I must admit I did think it was ambitious given that most users of the lounge are normally business travellers on their way to meetings from…
BA to use Aspire lounge at Gatwick North Last week we revealed that BA would be moving to Gatwick North, when it starts long haul flights this month from 17 July. Obviously they have no lounge there, but there are a number of pay lounges. During the move to the…
Staycation? Hotels can open spa, pool & gym soon For me, a relaxing staycation is often about the spa and the pool, so I will admit I have been holding off booking anything in the UK while those services remain closed. The good news is that the government announced today…
British Airways to resume long haul at Gatwick from North Terminal Gatwick is currently operating from the North Terminal which they reopened in early June. Although BA announced last week that they would be resuming long haul flights from Gatwick from 17 July, there was no mention of which terminal….
British Airways moves Gatwick short haul flights to Heathrow until September with routes cut All flights that were due to run from Gatwick this summer to short haul destinations will be moved to Heathrow. This in addition to those that I previously announced had been moved to Heathrow. The flights…
Firstly a couple of bits of information for my readers. Firstly, I am expecting a very interesting bit of news on Wednesday, so I will be adding another article during the day with an extra email. Keep your eyes peeled on your inbox and social media! Secondly, to make it…
British Airways to close Gatwick permanently? Yesterday I spoke about the 12,000 jobs that BA are talking of potentially losing. This includes amalgamating the three fleets at Heathrow into one, lower-cost fleet for both long and short-haul flights. Pilots are also looking at losing about a quarter of their…
Turning Left for Less virtual reader event We had been hoping to hold a real reader event this spring, but since that now looks months away from happening, I thought it would be fun to hold a virtual event. The event will be by video link using Zoom on Friday…
