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☆ Whatever happened to airline food? /// Why the golden age of airplane food disappeared /// Why you don’t get served full meals on flights anymore
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-11 | by ( Nathaniel Meyersohn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

New York CNN —If you took an American Airlines flight in the 1960s, you’d be wined and dined from the Coach-class “Royal Coachman” menu. “Meal service was once a point of pride,” said Henry Harteveldt, who covers the travel industry for Atmosphere Research Group. Meal service was a big focus of [competition] because entertainment options were more limited,” Harteveldt said. The September 11 attacks accelerated the decline of free airline meals. Airline meals had been the brunt of jokes and criticism for decades, but now people miss them.

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☆ A plane full of passengers was evacuated moments before takeoff after a bomb threat was emailed to air traffic control
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-07 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

A British Airways flight had to be evacuated when a bomb threat was emailed to Bermuda Airport. AdvertisementA bomb threat moments before takeoff saw nearly 200 British Airways passengers evacuated onto the tarmac at an airport on the Atlantic island of Bermuda. "Speedbird 18B cancel takeoff clearance, cancel takeoff clearance," the controller said. "We have received some information regarding a bomb threat." This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers.

Persons: — Organizations: British Airways, Bermuda Airport, Service, British, Boeing, Business Locations: Bermuda, London

☆ A British Airways flight to nowhere circled in the air for 4 hours after its weather monitoring system collapsed
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-23 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewAn already delayed British Airways plane that took off from Singapore landed back at the same airport five hours later after a technical fault forced it to turn back. British Airways Flight 12 circled Singapore for around four hours before landing back where it started. Advertisement"Planes are designed to land below certain weights," Business Insider previously reported. Advertisement"We currently do not have a revised departure time for your flight," British Airways said in an email to passengers at about 9:15 a.m. local time. However, that flight had to be canceled, as British Airways did not have any other aircraft available.

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☆ A passenger had to sit with an exposed bolt digging into his head for a 7-hour flight because his seat had no headrest
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-27 | by ( Alexandra Bacon | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A British Airways passenger says he had to sit in a seat with no headrest for seven hours. AdvertisementA British man said British Airways left him to sit in a seat with a missing headrest, leaving a one-inch bolt exposed, for a seven-hour flight, UK-based Kennedy News first reported. Last year, it was reported that British Airways was testing out not loading flights with meals for every passenger to avoid food waste. Previous catering issues have meant that one British Airways flight took off on a 12-hour journey without any meals and had to serve passengers KFC. A spokesperson for British Airways told Business Insider: "We are sorry for our customers' experience and have been in touch with them to apologise and resolve the matter."

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☆ Meet the heavy metal-drumming CEO bringing back cheap transatlantic travel, and learning from the mistakes of his airline's failed predecessors
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-10 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Birgir Jónsson is the CEO of Play, an Icelandic airline offering cheap transatlantic flights. Jónsson told BI how Play keeps costs low, and how important volcanoes are to Icelandic tourism. From 2014 to 2015, he was the deputy CEO of Wow Air, an Icelandic ultra-low-cost carrier that went bankrupt in 2019. AdvertisementHis foray into the sector began as CEO of Iceland Express, which was acquired by Wow. While other airlines had to avoid the country's airspace — lengthening journey times — Play got planes at discount prices.

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☆ A man managed to board a flight at a London airport without a ticket by tailgating through checkpoints, the 2nd similar incident in 2 months
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-20 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewA man boarded a plane without a ticket at the UK's second-busiest airport, a second such incident in under two months at London airports. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. In a statement shared with Business Insider, Sussex Police, which has jurisdiction over Gatwick, described the event as a "medical incident." The incident is the second time in under two months that a passenger has managed to board a plane at a London airport without a ticket. In December, a British man managed to fly without a passport from London Heathrow Airport to New York.

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☆ A pilot landed a plane in the wrong city, nearly 200 miles from where it was supposed to be: report
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-27 | by ( Marielle Descalsota | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A pilot landed a flight in a city some 198 miles from its intended destination. Passengers said the pilot announced he had received the wrong flight path. AdvertisementA pilot on a Nigerian airline landed a plane in a city nearly 200 miles away from its intended destination, local news outlet The Cable reported on Saturday. Apparently, our pilot was given wrong flight plan from Lagos," he wrote. And in 2019, a British Airways flight bound for Düsseldorf, Germany, mistakenly landed in Edinburgh, Scotland after the airline filed the wrong flight plan.

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☆ British Airways flight turns back to London just before landing in Tel Aviv
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Eve Brennan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —A British Airways flight from London to Tel Aviv made an abrupt U-turn shortly before it was due land in the Israeli city on Wednesday as the airline canceled all flights to the destination amid safety concerns. The airline said it had halted services to and from Tel Aviv as of late Wednesday. “Safety is always our highest priority and following the latest assessment of the situation, we’re suspending our flights to and from Tel Aviv,” it said in a statement to CNN. “We continue to monitor the situation in the region closely.” British Airways did not say when flights would resume. What other airlines are doingNumerous other international airlines with connections to Tel Aviv have suspended services as attacks have escalated.

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☆ Airline passengers delayed on a runway for 7 hours were only given one small bag of pretzels to eat, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Passengers delayed on the tarmac for seven hours were given a bag of pretzels instead of a meal. A passenger on board the plane told Belfast Live that the experience was "horrible." AdvertisementAdvertisementAirline passengers who were left on the tarmac for seven hours received a small bag of pretzels instead of a meal while they waited. One passenger, Gary Bell, told Belfast Live that the experience was "absolutely horrible." AdvertisementAdvertisementHe said: "The only food we were given was a small bag of pretzels, there are tired, screaming kids everywhere."

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☆ European airlines are adding up to 2 hours to flights to go around Niger after the African nation suddenly closed its airspace
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-07 | by ( Taylor Rains | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

This means airlines flying between Europe and southern Africa have to detour around the volatile nation. Carriers like British Airways and Air France are impacted, the latter adding up to two hours of flight time. Airlines like Virgin Atlantic Airways, Lufthansa, and Swiss International Airlines are also avoiding Niger. With the closure of Niger's airspace, airlines are now grappling with an even wider section of no-fly territory in north-central Africa. This map shows the African territories that European airlines cannot fly over.

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☆ I was scared of flying and took a course to help me. Here are 6 things every nervous passenger should know.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-17 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

I took British Airways' Flying with Confidence course to help me overcome my fear of flying. And I know I'm not alone: up to 40% of Americans have a form of aerophobia, otherwise known as the fear of flying. So, in an effort to face my fears head-on, I recently attended British Airways' Flying with Confidence course. But in the same way that pilots always prepare for the worst kind of turbulence, aircraft designers do too. Breathing is keyOne of the main takeaways from the course was how to control my fear of flying through breath control.

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☆ A flight attendant needed surgery and 4 others were also injured by severe turbulence on a flight from Singapore to London
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-17 | by ( Ryan Hogg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A British Airways flight turned around after encountering severe turbulence, The Sun reported. A source told Insider a crew member needed surgery on her ankle after the turbulence. The airline said the flight returned to Singapore as a precaution. The Sun first reported that BA flight 12 from Singapore Changi to London Heathrow Airport on Friday encountered severe turbulence over the Bay of Bengal, injuring five flight attendants. A person familiar with the incident told Insider that the flight returned to Singapore because of the turbulence.

Persons: We've Organizations: British Airways, Sun, London Heathrow Airport, Boeing, Pilots Locations: Singapore, Singapore Changi, London, Bengal

☆ A flight attendant accidentally activated an emergency slide just before takeoff, delaying departure by 6 hours
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-16 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A British Airways flight was delayed for hours after its emergency slide was accidentally inflated. The Sun reported that it was deployed by a flight attendant on her first trip on an Airbus A350. A similar incident affected another British Airways plane at Heathrow in January. A British Airways cabin crew member accidentally activated an emergency slide as the plane was heading for the runway, delaying passengers for hours. It's the second such incident affecting British Airways this year.

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☆ An all-Black crew operated a British Airways flight for the first time in the airline's history
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-18 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A British Airways flight was operated by an all-Black crew for the first time this month. The flights from Barbados to Heathrow and back came during the UK's Black History Month. The flights took place as the UK celebrates Black History Month. So grateful to have been apart of this," a British Airways employee tweeted along with the hashtags #WeMadeHistory #BlackHistory. "I was honoured to be a passenger on your first all Black crew flight from Barbados today.

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☆ Chaos erupts at JFK after British Airways flights were grounded en-masse due to technical issues
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-20 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Chaos erupted at JFK on Monday after British Airways grounded its flights out of the US. The airline told Insider the disruption was due to "a technical issue." In a statement to Insider, British Airways said: "We're experiencing delays to some of our flights due to a technical issue with our flight planning." British Airways also told Insider that the technical issue did not affect any flights that have already departed, and is not a safety issue. In a separate statement to the BBC, British Airways said the technical issue affected flights due to depart the US on Monday night.

☆ British Airways flights from the US delayed due to technical difficulties
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-19 | by ( Rob Mclean | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

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You can use British Airways Avios points for much more than just flights on British Airways. EQRoy/Shutterstock.comBritish Airways Avios is the rewards currency of British Airways, the UK's flag carrier. British Airways Avios points are extremely easy to collect, with an impressive seven transfer partners. $95 Apply now On Wells Fargo's website Apply now On Citi's website Apply now On Chase's websiteThankfully, British Airways now gives you the option to pay dramatically less in fuel surcharges — but there's a catch. British Airways introduces 'Reward Flight Saver' option for all flightsBefore this change, it wouldn't be uncommon to find round-trip transatlantic award flights on British Airways with between $550 and $1,900 in taxes and fees attached (depending on the cabin).

☆ Flight carrying Boris Johnson lands at London's Gatwick airport
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

LONDON, Oct 22 (Reuters) - A flight believed to be carrying former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has landed at London's Gatwick airport, according to flight-tracking website Flightradar24. Sky News reported that Johnson was on the plane back to Britain as he considers an attempt to win a second term as prime minister after Liz Truss quit last week. According to Flightradar24 data, the British Airways flight he is believed to be on, BA2156, was the most tracked flight on the website with 6,800 people viewing it at 0910 GMT. The plane was also shown landing at the Gatwick airport on Sky News. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Muvija M; Editing by Kirsten DonovanOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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☆ A British Airways flight was forced to make an emergency landing after its windshield 'broke' mid-air, passenger says
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-25 | by ( Ryan Hogg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A British Airways flight made an emergency diversion after its windshield shattered mid-flight. BA told Insider the flight diverted to Athens due to a technical issue. A BA spokesperson told Insider in an email: "Due to a technical issue, the flight diverted to Athens and landed safely. British Airways told Insider it was operated by a different aircraft. In April, a Delta flight from Salt Lake City to Washington, DC, was forced to make an emergency landing in Denver when the windshield cracked in mid-air.

☆ You can transfer Chase points to 14 airline and hotel partners, and it's one of the best ways to get maximum value from your Ultimate Rewards
▼ + stars: | 2022-01-05 | by ( David Mcmillin | Read More | Read Less | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +27 min

Transferring to partners is one of the best ways to get the maximum value from your Chase points. How to earn Chase Ultimate Rewards pointsTo be able to enjoy transferring Chase Ultimate Rewards points, you'll first need to earn them. Iberia PlusNot one, not two, but three different programs allow you to turn your Ultimate Rewards points into Avios points. The Saver option is, naturally, the lowest cost in terms of points and the best way to maximize the value of your Ultimate Rewards points. How to transfer Chase Ultimate Rewards pointsOnce you've found a great redemption through a Chase Ultimate Rewards airline or hotel partner, your next step is to transfer your points from Chase to the loyalty program where you want to make a booking.

☆ London Heathrow opens Amex Centurion Lounge
▼ + stars: | 2021-10-12 | by ( Emily Mcnutt | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

On Tuesday, Oct. 12, the iconic blue doors to the American Express Centurion Lounge opened to passengers for the first time at London’s Heathrow Airport. Heathrow Centurion Lounge locationThe brand-new Centurion Lounge at Heathrow Airport is located within the recently reopened Terminal 3, home to carriers such as Virgin Atlantic, Delta Air Lines, Qantas, KLM, Finnair, Emirates and some British Airways flights. Inside the Amex Centurion Lounge at HeathrowOnce you’ve located the lounge, you’ll need to either walk up the stairs or take the elevators up to the second level. Despite their name, you don’t need to hold the exclusive American Express Centurion Card to gain access to Amex Centurion Lounges. Emily McNuttOverall, the new Amex Centurion Lounge in London has a lot going for it.

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