British Airways launched a bold new advertising campaign in the UK on the British Airways Facebook Page. Then on TV during the Euro 2012 game where UK plays one of the hosts (Ukraine). The campaign encourages people to NOT fly! This may seem a strange thing for an airline to do, but it is a…
Bathsheba Barbados I adore the exotic and beautiful Barbados, in the Caribbean. An island I have been to 3 times to date. One of the most easterly of all the Caribbean islands, it is also one of the most stunning. The island itself is pretty small. It’s only about 20 miles by about 14 miles.…
Travel pods at London Heathrow T5 These nifty and clever innovations are fully operating at London Heathrow Terminal 5 (the main BA terminal at the airport). They are small travel pods that carry a few people and whisk you from the car park to the terminal, and vice versa.They run to the car park that…
British Airways New First Class Cabin The new British Airways First Class seats and cabin is being rolled out across the entire fleet, although it is not on every plane and so if you are lucky enough to be flying in BA First, you may or may not be on the new seats.There is a…
See my review and photos of the British Airways First Class having travelled on it: click hereBritish Airways are rolling out a new First Class seat and cabin, and have been starting to let travellers and journalists look at the mock-ups. The setas will be rolled onto the 777 Fleet starting on the New York route.It…
Pam Ann Global Alliance VideoAll her air hostess characters in this short video, which looks was used as part of one of her shows.Click here to watch on YouTube, or watch on the blog posting: Pam Ann: Official British Airways Cabin Crew promo video Loved by many of the cabin crew when she performed a…
No-one can forget the fiasco that was the opening of British Airways Terminal 5 at London Heathrow. The baggage system went into meltdown and hundreds of flights were cancelled.At the time BA came under pressure for their poor and sloppy ability to inform and keep passenger briefed.Today I experienced how poor they are at this.I…
The Duxford Air Museum about 50 miles from London is a MUST SEE! Concorde at Duxford Air Museum Cambridge – Imperial War Museum, originally uploaded by garybembridge. Duxford Air Museum Cambridge – Imperial War Museum (8), originally uploaded by garybembridge. A visit to the Duxford Air Museum about 50 miles from London is a must…
In the last month I had the opportunity to sample a number of airline lounges on my travels to and from Southern Africa. It got me thinking to what makes a good lounge. I had tried out- – Virgin Atlantic lounge at Heathrow (probably the best airline lounge anywhere in the world!)– British Airways lounge…
I have written about this topic before, but as I sat on a series of flights (BA from Heathrow to Paris, Paris to Malaga on Air Europe, BA from Malaga to London Gatwick) the whole process and ordeal reminded me again of why it is so much better to go by Eurostar if you can.…
So less than a week after the disastrous opening of the highly trumpeted T5 at Heathrow, I had to travel through it and, ominously, on the very first Monday morning. I was somewhat nervous about what I would experience, and with the many flight cancellations if I would actually get my flight any way.. T5…