British Airways owner IAG secures £900m loan from Spanish government – but it can’t be used to help stricken UK airline which is cutting 12,000 jobs amid coronavirus crisis International Airlines Group has received a £900m loan from the Spanish govt IAG is the parent company of British Airways which is loosing 12,000 jobs The … Read more
The Queen has her throne. Trump has his Oval Office chair. I have seat 2A in first class on a British Airways A380. Yes, it feels that epic. And so it should. This is, after all, BA’s top offering. The biggest and poshest suite in its fleet. Before sitting down in it on a flight … Read more
British Airways plans to cut the jobs of a quarter of its pilots and could abandon Gatwick Airport altogether in a bid for post-coronavirus survival, it was revealed today. The news was revealed in a memo, written by the head of BA’s Gatwick operation and seen by BBC News. This comes as it was revealed … Read more
Letter to colleagues from Alex Cruz, Chairman and CEO at British Airways Yesterday, British Airways flew just a handful of aircraft out of Heathrow. On a normal day we would fly more than 300. What we are facing as an airline, like so many other businesses up and down the country, is that there is … Read more
British Airways planning 12,000 redundancies after owner IAG racks up losses of £466m in the first quarter By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 23:40 BST, 28 April 2020 | Updated: 23:40 BST, 28 April 2020 Up to 12,000 British Airways staff will be made redundant after its owner IAG racked up losses of … Read more
British Airways will make up to 12,000 workers redundant as owners IAG say it will take airline years to recover from coronavirus crisis Madrid-based IAG says portion of BA’s 45,000 staff now face redundancy News of redundancies comes weeks after owners aced £300mn payout scheme British Airways previously axed all flights in and out of … Read more
Passengers hit out at British Airways for serving a £5 afternoon tea… that does not come with tea British Airways added the afternoon tea item to its short-haul menu this month The afternoon tea costs £5 and it includes a scone, clotted cream and jam Passengers were stunned to find they must pay an extra … Read more