British Airways winter schedule British Airways has released their December schedule. They had stopped flying from Gatwick for lockdown but the good news for Gatwick fans is that they are starting again in December for long haul only as before. The real ramp up in traffic starts on the 14…
One of the biggest challanges about travel has been the cost and reliable, timely results of COVID-19 tests. With most countries now requiring a COVID test before arrival, Gatwick have launched a very handy and cheap testing service. Stay tuned for similar news near Heathrow soon. Gatwick Airport and ExpressTest…
US FAA clears the B737 Max to return to skies The US FAA today signed an order that paves the way for the Boeing 737 MAX to return to commercial service. This followed a comprehensive and methodical safety review process (PDF) that took 20 months to complete. During that time, FAA employees worked …
Barbados is one of the few countries that has almost everything you need for the perfect pandemic break, a travel corridor, non-community cases of COVID, and hot weather all year. There are a few hoops you have to go through to get there which you can find in this article….
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…
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…
