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Boozy smell in cockpit; British Airways pilot arrested on 'drunk at controls' charge
Sussex police boarded a British Airways plane and arrested the pilot after crew noticed he smelled of alcohol and contacted authorities.
Man tried to board planes wearing eight pairs of trousers and 10 shirts to avoid excess baggage fee
A London man was denied entry on two planes after wearing all his clothes in a bid to avoid extra fees.
Man kicked off 2 flights for wearing 8 pairs of jeans and 10 shirts to avoid excess luggage fee
Overdressed passenger ejected by airlines on Iceland-UK flights for trying to dodge baggage fees at Keflavik airport.
British Airways business class passenger bitten by bedbugs 150 times on flight from London
Mike Gregory, 35, said he had an 'itchy waist, torso and hands' after £4,000 flight to Cape Town over the New Year
British Airways scraps reclining seats on short flights in bid to slash ticket prices
British Airways' CEO Alex Cruz under fire for seemingly turning flagship airline into a no-frill carrier.
Spies for hire: BA, Porsche and others hired intelligence firms to 'join protest groups'
A new leak from inside the murky world of corporate intelligence has revealed how major companies hire private spies to infiltrate groups of activists and protesters.
It took this plane 7 hours to wind up right where it started
A plane from Berlin to London was stranded for five hours on 10 December. When it finally took off, it ended up making a U-turn only one hour away from its destination.
Black musicians 'made to give up seats for white woman' on British Airways franchise flight
Thabo Mabogwane and Bongani Mohosana – aka Black Motion – bought business class tickets on a Comair flight – which flies under the British Airways brand in South Africa.
British Airways scoops up Monarch's runway slots at Gatwick
British Airways' parent company IAG understood to have paid around £50m for slots at London's second airport.
British Airways pilot and crew 'attempt to catch hotel koi carp' during drunken layover party
Airliner insiders claim cabin crew drink excessively and party at five-star hotels during layovers between long-haul flights.
Russian hackers are stealing UK air miles to go on luxury holidays
Russian hackers are using the dark web to go on luxury holidays that are heavily subsidised by air miles stolen from UK residents.
BA passengers suffer through 10 hours of buzzing faulty speaker on hellish Vegas flight
Passengers received an ear-splitting start to their holidays after being forced to endure a faulty speaker that buzzed for most of their ten-hour flight from London to Las Vegas.
British Airways vs Virgin Atlantic – One is a top 10 airline, the other is a complete loser
Popular website airlineratings.com has named the world's 10 best airlines. Virgin Atlantic makes the cut, but the same cannot be said about British Airways.
Sharing economy for convenient luxury: How Surf Air is shaking up short-haul business travel
Company's CEO Simon Talling-Smith tells IBTimes UK its 'membership driven' air service will change the lives of frequent flyers.
British Airways' only father-daughter pilot team flies together for final time
David Woodruffe's final flight with his daughter Kat, 35, landed at London Heathrow airport after completing his retirement flight from New York.
British Airways owner's profits soar 22% despite IT meltdown
Airline giant benefits from falling fuel costs and lifts interim dividend by 13% to 12.5 euro cents per share.
British Airways apologises for bed bugs that family endured on overnight flight
BA has apologised to a family that got bitten by bed bugs on an overnight flight from Vancouver to London.
Monarch Airlines collapse should only hit UK airports in short-term
Fitch Ratings believes long-term impact on airports could be modestly positive if they are able to fill vacated landing slots with more lucrative long-haul flights
R.I.P. Monarch Airlines: Why lack of innovation meant gradual oblivion
When rivals carried more passengers in a month than Monarch managed in a year, the end was all but inevitable.
British Airways parent targets Monarch assets as airline ceases operations
International Airlines Group reportedly interested in acquiring Monarch's take-off and landing slots, fleet and crew.
I am Nigerian and wasn't offended by the BA stewardess rant. But here's what did offend me
We have become judge and the jury in this orgy of excoriation meted out to those who speak out of turn.
Air hostess filmed ranting about the size of Nigerian passengers' penises
The woman, who appears to work for British Airways, said she was about to work on a flight bound for Nigeria.
Isis claim they planted bombs in Charles de Gaulle Airport leading to evacuation of UK-bound jet
On 17 September, a Heathrow-bound British Airways flights was grounded after a 'direct security threat'.
British Airways unveils plan to power jets with used nappies
Airline partners with renewable fuels company to turn household rubbish into jet fuel.
Couple restrained to seats on flight to Heathrow following their explosive mid-air fight
The couple were screaming at each other before verbally abusing passengers and crew members.
British Airways passenger outraged after being charged double for stronger tea
The businessman was travelling from the UK to Oslo when he asked for an extra bag so that he could have a stronger drink.
British Airways passenger says he had to sit on urine-soaked seat for 11-hour flight
Andrew Wilkinson says he was given wet wipes to clean up the mess himself.
How Bing, British Airways and others made a sandy penis famous
Beach balls.
European markets dragged lower by airline stocks following Barcelona terror attack
Leading regional indices clobbered by intraday sell-off as terror attack in Spain and US political uncertainty knock market confidence.
Lightning strike riddles BA plane with 46 holes but doesn't stop 787 from reaching destination
The plane was on a nine-hour flight to India.