British Airways has confirmed that the final signature needed for a revenue sharing agreement with Iberia and American Airlines is now drying on the dotted line. Commercial cooperation on all transatlantic flights operated by the three carriers could begin as soon as next week. The new agreement means that a share of the ticket price [...]

Bmi customers could soon be using the airline for services to and from Libya. The Lufthansa owned carrier has announced that as of 1 December it aims to challenge British Airways with its own daily service from Heathrow to Tripoli. The addition of another African route will complement Bmi’s services to other cities on the [...]

Airline passengers in the UK and across Europe face having their travel plans disrupted today as France’s air traffic controllers walk out on strike. Around 400 flights have been cancelled to and from Britain and delays are expected as airlines re-route flights to avoid French airspace. Ryanair said it has had to cancel around 200 [...]

British Airways’ cabin crew union Unite has said it will be returning to the courts as the battle over the removal of flight concessions with the airline rumbles on. Unite plans to appeal to the High Court on behalf of some 7,000 members and BA’s decision to punish those who took part in industrial action [...]

Irish carrier, Aer Lingus, is intensifying talks with British Airways as it tries to decide which airline alliance to join next year. BA is Aer Lingus’ sponsor from within the Oneworld alliance. However, KLM has said that it will act as an intermediary between Aer Lingus and Skyteam and United Airlines will fill a similar [...]

International Airlines Group, the airline giant created by the merger of British Airways and Spanish carrier Iberia, is keen to bring more names under its banner, according to BA boss, Willie Walsh. Announcing a new code share agreement with Kingfisher Airlines in Mumbai recently, BA’s chief executive admitted that a short list of 12 airlines [...]

A British Airways Boeing 777 has managed to take off from the wrong runway, sparking a demand by air accident investigators that the airline review the way pilots conduct their airfield inspections. According to a report by the Air Accidents Investigations Branch (AAIB) the incident, which took place at an airfield on the Caribbean Island [...]

A tie-up between British Airways and Spanish carrier Iberia is set to be completed before the year is out. The deal, which was agreed in November last year and signed in April this year, will create one of the world’s largest airlines. It is to be called International Airlines Group and its headquarters will be [...]

One of Europe’s leading car hire firms has announced that any customers affected by a possible strike by BAA workers will be able to cancel their car rental bookings without incurring a penalty. Sixt rent a car made the announcement at the end of last week after airport workers voted by 3 to 1 in [...]

Although no official announcement has been made, sources within China Eastern Airlines Corp have hinted that the country’s second largest airline is about to join the SkyTeam airline alliance. A spokeswoman for China Eastern, Liu Jiangbo, said that although she was not prepared to comment on any alliance tie-ups at present, an official announcement would [...]