British Airways open another lounge BA has announced that it has now opened the Heathrow T5 Club lounge North until 2pm daily in addition to the South Club and First lounges (and the Concorde Terrace). You can read about the current lounge experience in this article. 15% off Booking.com…
Heathrow calls for testing to end quarantine as true extent of the crisis is revealed Yesterday Heathrow gave an update on their current financial situation and passenger number while calling for an effective testing regime rather than quarantine. Many countries around the world have opted for testing and so far…
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…
Qatar moves into T5 today Last week Qatar Airways confirmed at rather short notice that they will be moving into T5 as of today. It is expected that passengers will use the British Airways lounges, so it will be interesting to see how busy they become. JAL will join from…
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….
Today’s review is by reader Howard who did a rather unusual same day return trip to Washington DC on 13/14 July 2020. An unusual courier trip with a 7+ hour flight out to Dulles, Washington DC, 2 hours on the ground and straight back on same plane – a brand…
If you have been monitoring prices with BA recently you will have noticed that prices have been pretty high on some routes. I personally have been waiting for a good deal to Portugal and this morning prices in economy dropped by £70 in economy and over £100 in Club! The…
Following on from Doha’s robots and Robocop style helmets, Heathrow has unveiled further measures that reduce the risk of contracting or transmitting COVID-19 at the airport. The airport has kicked off a number of pioneering technologies including UV cleaning robots which use UV rays to quickly and efficiently kill viruses…
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…
Emirates reinstates chauffeurs and lounges Emirates’ premium customers can once again enjoy the airline’s Chauffeur Drive service (CDS) and airport lounge at its Dubai hub with the restart of these services following a full health and safety review. Emirates have opened one lounge in Terminal 3 Concourse B, Dubai International…
