London | 5 days ago
Pilot presses wrong button causing mid-air scare
London, Aug 27 - A British Airways - pilot caused a mid-air scare when he pressed a wrong button, triggering an announcement that the aircraft was about to make an emergency landing on water.The mistake activated an automated female voice that said: 'This is an emergency announcement. We may shortly need to make an emergency landing on water.' The Sun Friday that there were 275 passengers flying f ... read more

London | 15 days ago
Strikes at British airports averted
London, Aug 17 - Strikes that threatened to paralyse air traffic in Britain at peak holiday time were averted late Monday after airport operator BAA and the union came to an agreement.Details of the deal between BAA and union Unite would be made public Tuesday. If the strikes had gone ahead, two of London's main airports, Heathrow and Stansted, would have been affected, as well as Southampton and ... read more

London | 22 days ago
Emergency landing didn't scare Victoria
London, Aug 9 - Singer Victoria Beckham was not scared when the jet she was travelling in had to make an emergency landing.The 36-year-old was on her way to Los Angeles on British Airways Saturday when the fuel system developed a fault. According to the report, hundreds of passengers were terrified but Victoria changed her outfit during that time. 'There was no risk at any time to the customers o ... read more

London | 1 month ago
British Airways crew vote on new offer
London, July 6 - British Airways - cabin crew began voting Tuesday on a new offer by the airline aimed at averting fresh strikes over the management's cost-cutting decisions.The management made the offer last month when the crew went on a strike disrupting BA's flight schedules leading to a 11.1 percent fall in passenger numbers. The offer addresses the crew's concerns about future earnings and i ... read more

New Delhi | 2 months ago
Court relief for British Airways
New Delhi, June 23 - Providing relief to the British Airways -, the Supreme Court Wednesday said the airline could not be held guilty of indulging in unfair trade practices over alleged delay in delivery of cargo sent from India to Paraguay.The court was hearing a matter related to alleged loss of a cargo consignment and delay in the delivery of another sent from India to Paraguay. The apex court ... read more

London | 2 months ago
British airways tries saving merger deal with Iberia
London, June 23 - British Airways - has inched closer to a merger with Spanish national carrier Iberia after striking a deal with its pension trustees to neutralise its pensions deficit of Pound3.7 billion.The deficit was said to be the last stumbling block holding up the merger talks. BA's two final-salary pension schemes have a combined deficit of Pound3.7bn, which it needs to cut. Last month, t ... read more

London | 2 months ago
British Airways to cut pension deficit
London, June 22 - British Airways - said Tuesday that it has reached agreement on a plan to cut its massive pension deficit of 3.7 billion pounds -, which would pave the way for its planned merger with Spain's Iberia airline.The embattled British airline said its agreement with pension trustees would avoid the closure of its two company pension schemes, which together serve nearly 100,000 members. ... read more

New Delhi | 2 months ago
Kingfisher member-elect of Oneworld global airline alliance
New Delhi, June 7 - The Vijay Mallya-led Kingfisher Airlines Monday inked a formal pact with which it has moved closer to becoming a member of Oneworld, the commercial alliance among 12 international carriers.The contract to become member-elect of the alliance was signed by the airline's chairman and chief executive Mallya and his counterparts from all the 12 of Oneworld existing partners, a state ... read more

London | 2 months ago
British Airways cabin crew to begin new strike Saturday
London, June 5 - Cabin crews of Britain's largest air carrier, British Airways -, will go on another five-day strike Saturday.Tensions between BA and the Unite trade union began in 2009, when the company said it would reduce cabin crew for long-haul flights from 15 to 14, making 1,000 full-time cabin crew staff redundant. The airways also announced salary growth would be frozen through 2010. The t ... read more

Paris | 3 months ago
French Concorde trial closes
Paris/Pontoise, May 28 - A court trial resulting from the July 2000 crash of an Air France Concorde aircraft came to an end Friday in France, with a verdict expected in December.The American airline Continental and five people face charges of manslaughter in connection with the crash, which killed 113 people. The four-month long trial ended in the suburb of Pontoise with the defence for Continenta ... read more