British Airways: News

22 Jan 2024

Europe

Fumes in cockpit: British Airways flight makes emergency landing

A British Airways flight bound for Prague from London had to make an emergency landing at the United Kingdom (UK)'s Heathrow Airport after "fumes were detected in the cockpit".

15 Jul 2022

London

London's Heathrow Airport caps daily passenger limit. Here's why

With London's Heathrow Airport capping passenger numbers to 1,00,000 per day, the travel plans for many have gone awry.

16 Jan 2020

Anand Ahuja

Sonam Kapoor had the "scariest experience" with Uber in London

Bollywood actress Sonam Kapoor, who keeps shuttling between Mumbai and London, on Thursday took to Twitter to share that she had the "scariest experience" while traveling in an Uber cab in London.

21 Sep 2019

India

Faf du Plessis to miss flight to India: Here's why

South African Test skipper Faf du Plessis is all set to miss his connecting flight to India ahead of the Test series after a delay by British Airways in Dubai.

09 Sep 2019

United Kingdom

Nearly all British Airways flights cancelled amid two-day strike

British Airways (BA) pilots went on a 48-hour strike on Monday in an ongoing dispute over pay and conditions.

Hackers can copy credit cards of online shoppers: Here's how

Just as technology improves, those who swear to break it, aka cybercriminals, also continue to evolve.

#BritishAirwaysHack: All it took was 22 lines of code

Following a massive security breach that left the data of 380,000 British Airways customers compromised, cybersecurity firm RiskIQ has now found that it took hackers a mere 22 lines of code to steal the data.

British Airways hacked with details of 380,000 bank cards stolen

British Airways said that the personal and financial details of customers who made bookings between August 21 and September 5 had been stolen in a data breach involving as many as 380,000 bank cards.

British Airways offloads Indian family over crying 3-year-old son

In a shocking case, an Indian family has alleged their three-year-old child was threatened by a crew member of British Airways because he was crying.

12 Feb 2018

London

London City Airport shut down after World War-2 bomb discovered

The London City Airport was shut down after a World War II (WW-II) bomb was discovered in the nearby Thames river.

13 Dec 2017

Mumbai

Arundhati Bhattacharya sleeps on Baku Airport floor amid 19-hour delay

Former SBI chief Arundhati Bhattacharya was one of the dozens of Indians who reached Mumbai from London after a delay of about 24 hours.

21 Oct 2017

India

Google, Microsoft, Amazon are considered most authentic brands in India

Google is considered the most authentic brand in India, claims a recent report by New York-based global communications firm Cohn & Wolfe.

01 Oct 2017

Chennai

Flight services disrupted in Chennai due to heavy rain

Heavy rain in the early hours of Sunday morning, and the resultant low visibility in Chennai has disrupted both domestic and international flight services to and from the city.

26 Jul 2017

India

Amul Girl: One of the longest and cheapest ad campaigns

When the Women in Blue lost the World Cup, Indians showered praises on the players.

20 Apr 2017

Delhi Police

Delhi: NDMC gets SC nod for auctioning Taj Mansingh hotel

The Supreme Court allowed the North Delhi Municipal Corporation to e-auction Taj Mansingh Hotel, the five-star run by Tata Group firm Indian Hotel Company Ltd (IHCL).