Economy Class & Beyond

British Airways begins preperations for its first A380

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With the first British Airways Airbus A380 almost complete and now running engine tests, the time for BA to get ready to operate the new bird in time for Summer 2013. Rolls Royce Trent 900 Engine being mounted onto British Airways first Airbus A380 - Image Airbus S.A.S. And that involves a lot of training. To assist, BA are commissioning a simulator at Gatwick to … [Read more...]

So you *really* want to know what happens on a 747 D Check?

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Earlier this year, the BBC ran a great documentary on how British Airways performed a D Check on one of its Boeing 747 aircraft - -  G-CIVX - as it is sent for a full strip-down, test, repairs and rebuild of the plane. Alas - the documentary was restricted to BBC iPlayer and has long since expired off the catchup TV service. Thankfully, the power of Youtube is here to the … [Read more...]

Tesco Clubcard current collection period – Ends 20th October

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For those of you who shop at Tesco and collect Clubcard points - a big heads up. The current period for collecting points is coming to an end on Saturday 20th October. If you're doing spending and want it reflected in this quarters statement, it needs to be done by the 17th October as Clubcard points take two days to process... and Tesco's IT can be variable at … [Read more...]

Airplane Art – British Airways Airbus A318’s

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It's Sunday so it must be time for some Airplane Art. This week, it's the "fleet" of British Airways Airbus A318's stabled at London City Airport after completing their legs from New York. Both will return to New York as BA1 and BA3 later that day. The image is clickable if you want to see a larger version – and yes you can keep them for your desktops! More … [Read more...]

It’s confirmed. Qatar Airways to join oneworld

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After much huffing and puffing, denials, it appears Qatar Airways is finally joining oneworld. Its membership status is member elect as it prepares to joying the alliance, with a time-frame to full membership in 12-18 months. British Airways will be mentoring Qatar Airways transition into oneworld. Qatar is the first of the big three Gulf Airlines to make an actual … [Read more...]

Approaching the end: BMI Diamond Club *UPDATED*

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With latest email from BMI, it seems anything useful with BMI Diamond Club is coming to the end. During the past few months, we have been in contact with you regarding a number of changes that have been made to the Diamond Club, following the sale of bmi to IAG, the owner of British Airways. Following a detailed review of the Diamond Club, we would like to announce a series … [Read more...]

Flying BA Club World… Fancy a free upgrade on one leg to BA First?

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It seems British Airways are running one heck of an offer for those who can take advantage of it, where you can upgrade one of your Club World segments to First. This offer has been run before, but this time, BA are allowing semi-flexible fares to be upgraded as well. If you're booking fares in the C, D or R fare buckets, you have to 2nd October to book, with all travel … [Read more...]