EasyJet and Virgin Atlantic ban alcohol on all flights to limit contact amid coronavirus Some major airlines will not alcohol on certain flights due to coronavirus EasyJet and Virgin Atlantic say no alcohol will be sold on all flights this summer British Airways will keep selling it on long-haul flights but not on short-haul ones … Read more
British Airways’ treatment of staff ‘is a national disgrace’, claim MPs as they accuse airline of a ‘taking advantage’ of coronavirus crisis by cutting up to 12,000 jobs The Commons Transport Select Committee announced BA have cut 12,000 jobs The aviation company also received £35million from furloughing 22,000 staff Tory MP Huw Merriman said it … Read more
It is early afternoon on Day One of the Government’s new quarantine plan and confusion and chaos are unfolding in front of me at Heathrow Terminal 5. Touching down after a two-and-a-half hour British Airways flight from Lisbon, myself and up to 100 passengers are among the first to arrive in the UK with the … Read more
Priti Patel has insisted that the government’s plans to quarantine overseas passengers is ‘not my plan’. The Home Secretary shared her stance on the matter as Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary today said he believed the rule will be struck down by the courts or dropped by the end of this week. The 14-day quarantine for … Read more
British Airways, Ryanair and easyJet SUE the government over ‘irrational and disproportionate’ 14-day quarantine rules Ministers have been hit with an unprecedented joint legal action by UK airlines British Airways, easyJet and Ryanair have joined forces to argue that the measure is illegal on the grounds that it is discriminatory and irrational Airlines argue … Read more
From a helicopter hovering high above the Surrey countryside, it feels like I’m looking down on the biggest, most elaborately laid-out collection of Airfix model planes ever assembled. Directly below me, eight miniature British Airways jets encircle a hub. Beside them, dozens more tiny aircraft from the nation’s flagship carrier are parked in zigzag formation, … Read more
The boss of British Airways may launch a legal challenge against the government’s ‘irrational’ 14-day quarantine. Chief Executive of IAG Willie Walsh said there had been no consultation with the industry prior to the rule change and he was reviewing possible action with lawyers. It comes after BA boycotted a meeting between the Home Secretary and the … Read more
In an explosive leaked email seen by the Daily Mail, Mr Cruz (above) claims Left-winger Mr McCluskey, the leader of Unite, is wasting members’ subscriptions on an anti-BA campaign which trashes the brand The boss of British Airways has accused Len McCluskey’s Unite union of snubbing more than 165 invitations to meetings about the airline’s … Read more
Heathrow’s chief railed against the quarantine place today warning there is a danger of the ‘health pandemic becoming an unemployment pandemic’. Home Secretary Priti Patel today insisted that a 14-day quarantine for UK arrivals is ‘essential to save lives’ – but confessed it would hit businesses hard. She defied a significant Conservative revolt to tell … Read more
Ministers have been sent a list of 45 countries to prioritise for quarantine-free ‘air bridges’, it emerged last night. Airlines drew up the index last week at the request of the Government amid mounting fury over ‘unenforceable’ plans for a 14-day quarantine imposed on all arrivals. The list, agreed by airlines including British Airways, Easyjet … Read more