British Airways and Lufthansa given Skytrax Covid-19 safety rating

British Airways and Lufthansa become first airlines to gain a Covid-19 safety rating from Skytrax, with both awarded a ‘commendable’ four stars The rating is based on a ‘detailed investigation’ of Covid-19 safety measures  It covers ‘customer risk and concern elements in the airport and onboard’  BA’s airport standards were based on its operations at Terminal … Read more

British Airways and Lufthansa become first airlines to gain a Covid-19 safety rating from Skytrax

British Airways and Lufthansa become first airlines to gain a Covid-19 safety rating from Skytrax, with both awarded a ‘commendable’ four stars The rating is based on a ‘detailed investigation’ of Covid-19 safety measures  It covers ‘customer risk and concern elements in the airport and onboard’  BA’s airport standards were based on its operations at Terminal … Read more

British Airways suspends Gatwick flights, will furlough more staff

British Airways suspends ALL flights from Gatwick airport and will furlough ‘many more’ staff as new Covid lockdown bites BA said it will be ‘moving many more colleagues’ onto Job Retention Scheme  Second shutdown of BA flights at Gatwick after one that followed first lockdown The airline said it will massively scale back all flights … Read more

British Airways suspends all flights from Gatwick airport and will furlough ‘many more’ staff

British Airways suspends all flights from Gatwick airport and will furlough ‘many more’ staff as new Covid lockdown bites BA said it will be ‘moving many more colleagues’ onto Job Retention Scheme  Second shutdown of BA flights at Gatwick after one that followed first lockdown The airline said it will massively scale back all flights … Read more

HMRC refuses name companies who benefited from £41billion furlough cash during first lockdown

HMRC has refused to name all of the companies who benefited from £41bn in furlough cash support during the first lockdown, citing confidentiality laws. A Freedom of Information request to name each company to use the wage support scheme in the first six months of the Covid-19 pandemic has been refused. Business giants including McDonald’s, … Read more

Can we visit Sri Lanka? The Holiday Guru answers coronavirus-related traveller queries 

We’re due to pay £27,000 for a January Sri Lanka trip – but can we visit? The Holiday Guru answers coronavirus-related traveller queries By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 09:08 GMT, 3 November 2020 | Updated: 09:08 GMT, 3 November 2020 The Holiday Guru is always on hand to answer your questions. This week, he offers … Read more

Boris’s lockdown batters the stock market with shares in BA and Wetherspoons among those nose-diving

Boris Johnson‘s new lockdown plan sent shares in retail and leisure firms plummeting today as the stock market reacted to his hastily released plans.  British Airways owner IAG, Wetherspoons, Cineworld, JD Sports, EasyJet and pub and restaurant owner Mitchells and Butlers all saw heavy falls in their share price this morning. Airlines, pubs and non-essential retail … Read more

British Airway’s steward films himself telling passengers to ‘f*** off’ as they left plane

British Airway’s steward films himself telling passengers to ‘f*** off’ as they left plane after flight from Heathrow to Tel Aviv Connor Scanlon, 28, posted footage taken at an airport in Israel a few weeks ago He can be heard muttering curses at families as they disembark the BA flight  Customer services manager had submitted … Read more

British Airways’ owner suffers £5.1BILLION loss this year due to coronavirus pandemic

British Airways’ owner suffers £5.1BILLION loss this year due to coronavirus pandemic as IAG boss blasts ‘constantly changing government restrictions’ The huge losses were accrued over the first nine months of the year IAG chief executive Luis Galleg said coronavirus was to blame for fall But he also laid the blame at constantly changing travel … Read more

BA captain’s children’s books about Pilot Polly & Pilot Ollie has become a YouTube cartoon series

BA captain’s charming children’s books about the adventures of two pilots, written to reduce fear of flying, has now taken off as a YouTube cartoon series Long-haul pilot Rob Johnson penned kids books about pilots Ollie and Polly h He invented them to help his sons understand his job as a BA Captain  Rob says the … Read more