It has been very quiet over the Virgin Atlantic rescue talks with Virgin exploring both private investment and a government bailout. Personally given some of the loans the government have given to companies like Wizzair that did not even need it, I think they should have helped Virgin. If they…
Barbados to reopen and BA flights to resume Barbados has confirmed details for reopening and will be accepting flights from the UK from 18 July. They are rightly taking a cautious approach and you will be required to take a COVID-19 test within 72 hours before arrival. You then will…
British Airways announce more routes to resume & Gatwick update London City Airport has announced British Airways subsidiary BA CityFlyer will resume some routes from London City Airport to Ibiza, Florence, Málaga and Palma this summer. The airline will also be recommencing domestic flights to Edinburgh, Glasgow and Dublin. The…
Virgin Atlantic has announced its plan to restart passenger flying, with services from London Heathrow to Orlando, Hong Kong, Shanghai, New York JFK and Los Angeles set to resume from 20th and 21st July 2020. This is despite previously threatening to delay the start of flights until at least August…
British Airways requires face masks BA has been pretty slow to release details of how it plans to keep customers safe as flights start to ramp up over the summer. Most airlines such as Qatar have released detailed press releases about what they will do to keep customers safe and…
Get refunds from British Airways in Avios Whilst it is not yet in writing on the BA website as an option, you can now take a refund as Avios instead of cash. Willie Walsh told the Transport Select Committee that BA has refunded the price of 921,000 tickets since the…
Today’s post is by Marek, my good friend and TLFL’s unofficial photographer. He flew with Virgin after they fixed the problems with the oversized tray tables. So has this made the new Virgin Upper VLass Suite a better product? Both myself and Paul have also tried both the Virgin and…
This post is by Marek, my good friend and TLFL’s unofficial photographer and is the second part of the review. You can read part 1 here. Both myself and Paul have also tried both the Virgin and BA A350s. You can read Paul’s assessment here. Inflight service Three main…
Spanish Quarantine plan Just when we were starting to get some hope and Europe are reopening, gradually countries are now introducing quarantine plans for arrivals. Obviously, if you were going to book a villa with a pool, that could actually work depending on the exact requirements. Obviously there is the…
Qatar dropping some UK departure points Qatar has revised its schedule for summer and as we reported, will be flying to 80 destinations soon. However, there are some noticeable absences from the UK. Currently, there are no flights scheduled for summer 2020 from Cardiff, Birmingham or Gatwick. However, they are…
