Tag: British Airways
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British Airways retires entire 747 fleet ‘with immediate effect’
British Airways is to retire its fleet of Boeing 747 with immediate effect due to the effects of the COVID-19 crisis. The airline has used the craft since July 1989 and is currently the world’s biggest operator of the 747-400 model. It was planning to retire the fleet of 31 craft in 2024 but its…
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JUST IN: 321 British Airways passengers stranded in Abuja
Some passengers of British Airways enroute London and United States of America (USA) to Lagos, Nigeria have called for compensation from the airline for abandoning them in Abuja. Some of them who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Thursday, described the development as `unacceptable’. Mrs Chinelo Etiaba, a passenger from…
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Coronavirus: British Airways, others suspend flights to China
Some foreign airlines suspended flights to and from China on Wednesday as global fears mounted over a coronavirus epidemic that has killed 132 people and infected nearly 6,000. The announcements came hours after countries began airlifts to evacuate foreigners trapped in Wuhan, the quarantined central Chinese city of 11 million people at the epicentre of…
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British Airways flight makes emergency landing
A passenger plane of British Airways from London to Islamabad on Friday made an emergency landing with no passengers injured, local airport authorities said in a statement. The Boeing B787-8 Dreamliner’s pilots requested permission to land at Heydar Aliyev International Airport amid warnings of heavy fog in the Pakistani capital. According to the airport officials,…
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Pay dispute: British Airways cabin embark on two-week strike
British Airways cabin crew launched a two-week strike on Saturday as part of a long-running pay dispute with the airline. The “Mixed Fleet’’ crew, who worked on long- and short-haul flights and are based at London’s Heathrow airport, are set to stay off the job until July 16. The strike came after a recent breakdown…
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Qatar Airways hit by airspace ban as Gulf diplomatic row intensifies
Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have cut military and diplomatic ties with Qatar, alleging the country has been supporting extremist groups. Airlines including Emirates and Etihad have been told to stop flying to Qatar. Emirates announced: “As instructed by the UAE government, Emirates will suspend its flights to and from Doha,…
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British Airways IT shutdown emerging reports
Emerging reports reveal a contractor doing maintenance work at a British Airways data centre inadvertently switched off the power supply, knocking out the airline’s computer systems leaving 75,000 people stranded last weekend. The Times newspaper, reporting this on Friday and quoting a BA source, the newspaper said the power supply unit that sparked the IT…
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British Airways owner loses £500m in value after IT meltdown
IAG shares plunge amid fears for airline’s reputation after IT failure stranded 75,000 passengers on busy holiday weekend, The Guardian reported. Half a billion pounds has been wiped off the market value of the British Airways owner, IAG, after computer system outages grounded hundreds of flights over the weekend. IAG shares fell more than 4%…
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Abuja airport closure: International carriers to halt flights to Nigeria
Ahead of plans by the federal government to close the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport by March 8, TheNewsGuru can authoritatively confirm that major international airlines have refused to redirect their Abuja flights to Kaduna over security concerns. As at the time of filing this report, TheNewsGuru.com gathered that three international carriers have already announced that,…