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British Airways is strengthening its New Distribution Capability (NDC) platform with significant new initiatives which will enable agents to better integrate and manage NDC in the operational environment. The initiatives will accelerate the benefits available to customers who book through NDC enabled travel agents. Booking via Lime's Flights system allows you access to British ...

British Airways today announced a new target to remove more than 700 tonnes of single-use plastic on board its flights in 2020, amounting to more than a quarter of a billion individual items of plastic and equivalent to more than 30,000 suitcases full of single-use plastic, even more than the number of bags customers check in with the airline at Heathrow on an average day.  Th ...

HRH The Prince of Wales has toured British Airways engineering base in Cardiff, seeing first-hand the changes, large and small, which the airline is making as it works towards more sustainable flying. In front of more than 400 BA staff, His Royal Highness was shown the nose-to-tail focus on sustainability from the heavyweight investments in new fuel-efficient aircraft, to the ...

British Airways is adding more flights to some of its most popular destinations in the US and South Africa from April. The airline will be increasing its services from Heathrow to Miami, Seattle and Cape Town, offering those customers who want to travel during the busy spring period more flexibility. Cape Town will increase by three services a week from 30 March until 19 Apri ...

British Airways and Royal Air Maroc have announced a new codeshare agreement which will open up new routes across Morocco including Casablanca and Agadir. It will also give customers more flight flexibility between London Heathrow and Marrakesh. Customers will be able to book from 13 February when the new agreement takes effect and codeshare flights will operate from 20 Februa ...

British Airways customers travelling to hotspots St Lucia, Cape Town and Cancun from London Gatwick will have even more flights to choose from next winter. British Airways is set to be the only airline with a regular multi-weekly scheduled service between the UK and St Lucia, following Virgin Atlantic’s decision to stop serving the route after 8 June 2020. Customers will now ...

British Airways is launching a summer route between London Heathrow and Newquay, creating the only direct route to Heathrow. This adds to the new routes the airline has already announced for summer 2020 to Greece, Italy, Kosovo, Montenegro and Turkey. Seats are available to book from today with flights operating on Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday between 2 July a ...

Our office will be open on Sunday 9 February 2020 to support customers with bookings affected by weather disruption. Information below reflects British Airways most recent advice:   Advice for British Airways-125 ticketed customers whose BA, AA, IB or AY flight is still OPERATING   Rebook onto Any BA, AA, IB or AY Joint Business service Airports affe ...

In view of the recent Coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, some countries have imposed entry restrictions on anyone who has recently visited China.   Country Foreigner Resident India Anyone that has entered China in the last 14 days must undergo screening prior to immigration clearance Anyone that has entered China in the last 14 days must undergo screening prior to ...

British Airways is exclusively trialling an automated cocktail maker in its San Francisco and Newark lounges. Cocktails are dispensed in under 45 seconds, adding a new dimension to the food and drink available for customers. Available until March 2020, British Airways First and Club World customers travelling from San Francisco and Newark will be able to choose from a selectio ...