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In its milestone year, British Airways is partnering with more great British brands than ever before with the introduction of limited-edition food, drink and gifts that customers can enjoy. From today (1 May 2019) coffee lovers can go plastic free with an organic, fully compostable coffee bag from London based roasters, CRU Kafe, who have developed an exclusive three bean blen ...

This summer, British Airways customers are set to enjoy access to new partner lounges across a number of European destinations. The use of the third-party owned partner lounges, exclusively for the airline’s customers travelling in Club Europe and eligible cardholders, is part of British Airways multi-million pound investment, with the aim of offering access to more lounges ac ...

British Airways is partnering with The Diana Award as part of its commitment to making a positive impact in local communities, with a particular focus on supporting children and young people living challenging lives in the UK and overseas. Established in memory of Diana, Princess of Wales, and her belief that young people have the power to change the world for the better, The ...

British Airways has opened its doors to the highly-anticipated new Club lounge at New York’s JFK airport.  It completes a £50 million investment, following the unveiling of a plush new space for First customers in autumn last year. Customers at JFK Terminal 7 have also seen changes to the public areas and gate spaces to make them more appealing, welcoming and comfortable. As B ...

British Airways and Marmite have teamed up to create a limited-edition jar to celebrate the airline’s centenary, launching on 1 May 2019. As Marmite is the most confiscated brand at airport security, the centenary jar is conveniently sized to fit within the liquid allowance.For Brits travelling abroad, it is clear they cannot go without the British spread that has divided the n ...

More than 250,000 British Airways customers have experienced a glimpse of the journey of the future by using their face as their identity to board a flight from the US in the last 18 months. The introduction of new biometric facial recognition technology has transformed the airport experience for customers travelling from Orlando, Los Angeles and New York, JFK by streamlining ...

British Airways and their Atlantic Joint Business (AJB) partner airlines have launched their Deferred and Semi-Deferred fares; creating a new dual structure to their Inclusive Tour fare grouping.  These fares cater to both customers who prefer to pay most of their holiday cost early, and those who prefer to pay closer to departure. Please refer to the emails sent by Lime on 17 ...

For the first time, British Airways has brought together its four heritage liveried aircraft which were repainted to mark the airline’s centenary this year, alongside an A319 in the current Chatham Dockyard livery, to capture a rare image of some of the airline’s most iconic designs together. The photos captured today also mark the fact that 50,000 customers have already flown ...

British Airways has been voted the number one British brand in both the consumer and business Superbrands lists for 2019. Over 1,500 brands were included in both surveys and British Airways was voted in fourth place in the Business Index and fifth place in the Consumer Index. The airline also secured the number one spot in the ‘Travel – Airlines’ category in the consumer surve ...

British Airways and Scottish craft brewery, BrewDog, have teamed up to create a transatlantic IPA to celebrate the airline’s centenary, and in a world first brewed beer at 40,000ft.With the help of British Airways cabin crew, BrewDog founders Martin Dickie and James Watt, started the brewing process on board one of the airline’s Boeing 787 Dreamliners, while cruising 500mph ove ...