Reader Den wrote this review. If you would to submit a reader article please email [email protected] I took the opportunity of a week off at the start of September to have a last visit to Berlin Tegel Airport (TXL). BA is my ‘go to’ airline – but as the…
A few days ago I wrote that improvements to BA’s meal service were imminent. It has now been confirmed that the changes will start from 25 October. Here is what you can expect: From 25 October to 24 November the World Traveller, World Traveller Plus and Club World meals will…
Collinson and Swissport have announced the launch of pre-departure rapid testing facilities at Heathrow Airport. The industry-leading testing facilities, a UK first, could be a critical step in the sector’s recovery, restoring traveller confidence and re-opening routes from the UK to the rest of the world. The facilities, located in…
Below is BA’s current schedule for November… or is it? In fact, although they may have actually filed this as their plan, they are already tactically cancelling empty flights such as Barbados where there is a flight scheduled from both Gatwick and Heathrow. Sadly, they are cancelling the Heathrow flights…
Heathrow demands testing decision After months of inaction as the travel industry was decimated, the UK government finally announced they were forming a task force to look at how to introduce testing to reduce quarantine. Hopefully, they will also look at the limits they are using to impose quarantine since…
I won’t lie, I have missed travel and flying a lot since March. For someone who’s work, passion, hobby and social life were all about travel, it wasn’t easy to have that ripped away overnight. However, much as I was not looking forward to wearing a mask for hours, I…
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…
Heathrow are pushing hard for the UK government to come up with ways to help the travel industry by scrapping quaratine and switching to testing instead. I have been very vocal about this as I am seriously concerned with the rate at which countries are being removed from the corridor…
Heathrow COVID-19 testing facility ready Collinson and Swissport have today announced their facility for COVID-19 testing is set up and ready for use at Heathrow Airport. The facility in Terminal 2 enables arriving passengers to be tested for COVID-19 upon landing and know just hours later if they have tested…
Readers have very kindly been sending in their stories of recent trips so we can all get a perspective of what travel is like at the moment. Flying BA in Club to Corfu with Special Assistance This review is by reader Sarah who thought it would be useful for…
