A glitch in the computer system which thousands of airline customers use to book tickets, reserve seats and check in caused frustration yesterday as it effectively closed down for three hours. The situation was also bad news for travel companies who use the Amadeus system to book flights.
Among the airlines hit by the problem were [...]

British Airways has announced that it will be returning to Libya. The flag carrier said it had been assessing the situation since the conflict ended in the North African country last October. However, the UK Foreign Office continues to advise that travel to the country be avoided unless it is strictly necessary.
BA’s chief executive Keith [...]

As part of its promotion of British talent, British Airways will repaint its planes with a dove design as a celebration of this summer’s Olympic Games in London. The artwork is the creation of Pascal Anson, a Brighton-based artist. BA also said that it would be redecorating some of its Boeing 747s and Airbus 319s [...]

On the eve of the introduction of the emissions trading scheme by the European Union, the heads of some of the country’s major airlines have teamed up to once again ask the government to scrap Air Passenger Duty. A joint statement has been issued by Willie Walsh, the chief executive of IAG, owner of British [...]

International Airlines Group, the mega-airline formed by the merger of British Airways and Iberia, has struck a deal with Lufthansa to take control of beleaguered British Midland International. The agreement is worth $172.5 million, but will be subject to approval by the competition authorities.
Virgin, which was also putting forward a bid for the Castle Donington-based [...]

The race is still on between British Airways owner International Airlines Group, and Virgin Atlantic, for the acquisition of troubled airline Bmi from present owner Lufthansa. In November, IAG signed an agreement with the German giant to work towards a deal. However, Lufthansa said that its dealings with IAG were not exclusive, and that it [...]

Flag carrier British Airways has said that it will not be able to hire as many staff next year as it had planned to. The airline claims that the decision to hike Air Passenger Duty next year is the reason it will have to reduce the number of new jobs from 800 to just 400. [...]

Air France has announced that it will not be allowing further maintenance work on its passenger jets by Chinese company Taeco. The decision was made after the French flag-carrier discovered that 30 screws on one of its ‘planes were missing. The incident occurred in the middle of last month.
The airline said that a protective panel [...]

Airlines in the UK and Ireland are asking the government to do away with Air Passenger Duty. British Airways, Virgin Atlantic, Ryanair and easyJet, have all said that the tax is damaging and that it is harmful to tourism. APD was first introduced in 1994, and has since risen sharply. What was between £5 and [...]

The Office of Fair Trading has confirmed that Virgin Atlantic, the whistleblower behind alleged airline price-fixing activities with British Airways, will remain immune from penalties. The OFT said in May 2010 that the airline’s immunity could be in danger after criminal proceedings against current and former senior executives at BA fell apart.
The four executives were [...]