UK Airlines To Bar Passengers With H1N1 Symptoms From Boarding

British airlines have begun their “war on swine flu” by instructing the check-in staff to watch out for swine flu symptoms in passengers. Passengers with suspected H1N1 infections can be prevented from...

JAL Bailout, UAL Cuts 600 Jobs - Airline Industry in Trouble

Japanese Airlines (JAL), which is currently experiencing significant losses, will be bailed out by the Japanese Government by up to $1 billion in state aid. The dire situation of JAL is just the latest in a string of news from the ailing airline industry, which faces...

British Airways Asks Employees to Work for Free

British Airways recent sent a letter to staff asking them to work unpaid or take unpaid leave for anywhere from four weeks to a year. According to chief executive Willie Walsh, the request comes from the company being in a "fight for survival". Walsh will be giving up his...

UK flights delayed by computer problems

Update: The problem with the air traffic control computer has now been fixed, but flights continue to be delayed as the backlog is still clearing.Earlier: Flights into and out of the UK are suffering delays and...

A monopoly made in the heavens?

Two of the world's biggest airlines have announced that they are to form an alliance, that they say will allow them to offer lower prices, but their rivals are saying that this is nothing short of a...

British Airways boots off 135 economy class Nigerian passengers on a single f...

SOURCE:  http://www.nigeriavillagesquare.comOn the 27th of March 2008, 137 passengers boarded flight BA075 bound for Lagos, Nigeria. On this same flight, the British Immigration Authorities were deporting a...

British Airways Flying Ghost Planes

This is very interesting...rather than lose precious gate times at Heathrow, BA is flying empty planes across the Atlantic. Why wouldn't they offer the space to lower income families...do something good for...

BA backs down on £240 bag charges

The first day of British Airways' new excess baggage charges created confusion among passengers today. The airline said that because of the uncertainty, check-in staff were told to be "lenient" about extra fees that can add up to £240 extra on some...

UK airports chaos enters sixth day

"Passengers at Britain's three busiest airports today faced a sixth day of cancellations and delays as travel disruption continued. British Airways cancelled 41 flights from Heathrow and 11 from Gatwick, while the...

BA flight to US makes U-turn

"London - A British Airways (BA) flight from London to New York turned around mid-flight and returned to London's Heathrow airport after a cellphone started ringing, the airline said. "Flight BA179 has returned to...

British Airlines jet left L.A. for London with one downed engine (USA Today)

A British Airways jumbo jet that left Los Angeles International Airport en route to London continued on the 5,400-mile trip after ...

British Flight Forced to Turn Back

According to AP: "A British Airways flight from London to New York was forced to turn back Wednesday after U.S. authorities refused to allow one of the passengers to land, saying he posed a terrorist threat, the airline said."

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