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Chaos for BA passengers after flight planning computer crashes

Thousands of British Airways passengers have been stranded after the airline's flight planning computers crashed with some passengers returning to the UK 24 hours late.




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Chaos as computer glitch grounds BA flights

Thousands of British Airways passengers are stranded after the airline's flight plan management computer crashed, with flights from the US to Gatwick and Heathrow worst affected.




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'I don't want to put baby on floor' says mother who booked a premium BA flight seat

Kate Haussauer, 34, is due to travel with her baby son and husband from Heathrow Airport to Toronto on Saturday. She was told that the planes would not have safe baskets for babies.




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Mother who launched terrifying attack on long-haul flight faces jail

Boozy Emma Langford boasted that air crew couldn't afford the £4,000 she'd paid for her seat before launching the horrific attack on from London Heathrow to Cape Town last year.




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British Airways reveals new menu on flights from London Gatwick and it includes caviar

The new food has a focus on provenance and BA says the provider, Newrest, has been 'working closely with suppliers in the south of England to source the best quality ingredients'.




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Drunk engineer avoids jail after touching two teenage girls on a British Airways flight 

Craig Wylie, 28, pleaded guilty to two charges of assault by beating of two girls, aged 17 and 16, on a British Airways flight from Ghana to London Heathrow but was spared jail.




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BA flight attendants killed in New Year's Eve lorry crash were due to fly to Las Vegas next day

Dominic Fell, 23, Joe Finnis, 25, and Rachel Clark, 20, were killed when the car they were travelling in collided with a HGV at a junction in Stanwell, Surrey, at 11.39pm on New Year's Eve.




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Meghan Markle sneaked back to Vancouver island mansion on £134 budget flight

To their new Canadian neighbours, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex seemed 'just like regular guys'. They were friendly, and, said one, 'went to the Fickle Fig farm shop just like everyone else'.




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British Airways flight BA4473 diverts 'due to smoke in the cabin

The Embraer E190LR was en-route between Dublin and London City when it turned off course while passing Wrexham. The aircraft was due to depart Dublin at 7.15pm but left the Irish capital at 7.40pm.




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Qantas will NOT ban flights to China amid coronavirus outbreak

Qantas will NOT ban flights to China amid coronavirus outbreak




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British Airways cancels all flights to and from China until MARCH over Coronavirus fears

All flights to Beijing and Shanghai have been cancelled today and tomorrow. Flights after this are being reviewed. Bookings have been suspended until March.




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Coronavirus fears on British Airways flight from Hong Kong

The doors were kept sealed when the overnight flight landed at Heathrow from Hong Kong at 5am this morning. Crew were overheard saying: 'Oh sh**, two passengers have got coronavirus.'




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Heathrow passengers fume as thick fog grounds flights

British Airways said the fog shrouding West London meant air traffic control had imposed a reduction in the number of flights that could take off and land at Heathrow.




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British Airways records its fastest ever transatlantic flight as Storm Ciara blows jet from the US

The Boeing 747 hurtled across the Atlantic before touching down in Heathrow after just four hours and 56 minutes in the air. Its time exceeds the 2018 record of five hours and 13 minutes.




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Drunk Polish passenger, 39, admits threatening air hostess on British Airways flight from Singapore

Daniel Ksiazek, 39, yelled 'c***' and 'f***ing a**hole' at British Airways cabin staff on the Heathrow-bound plane from Singapore on October 12 last year.




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British Airways flight to Florida makes emergency landing in Bermuda as phone starts smoking 

British Airways flight 2167 from Gatwick to Tampa, Florida, on Saturday February 5 when the captain took a decision to divert it to Bermuda when passengers in business said a phone was smoking




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BA flight to Milan delayed at Heathrow after a passenger got off the plane over fears of coronavirus

A passenger due to fly from London Heathrow to Milan today refused to board a British Airways flight at the last minute, amid fears they would contract the deadly coronavirus.




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Mummy Diaries: Billie Faiers sets record straight over her 'fun-sucking' NYC flight after complaints

The reality stars, aged 29 and 30, spoke exclusively to MailOnline ahead of the new series of her hit ITVBe show Sam and Billie Faiers: The Mummy Diaries, which hits screens on Wednesday.




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Coronavirus: millions of trips are at risk as BA cancels flights

The holiday plans of millions of Britons could be at risk after the number of coronavirus cases around the world overtook China for the first time.




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Former British Airways steward Simon J Marton reveals his top tips for getting a flight upgrade

Want to know how to snare that golden seat with a cattle class ticket? Then heed the counsel of former British Airways chief steward Simon J Marton, author of Journey Of A Reluctant Air Steward.




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Why the coronavirus crisis is your best chance to bag a business-class flight with BA and Virgin

Gilbert Ott, who runs the flight tips site God Save The Points, said that the global crisis means that 'up to 50 to 60 seats on every flight that would usually be filled are currently going empty'.




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Coronavirus UK: Flights to and from Italy cancelled until 4 April

Thousands of Britons are now believed to be stuck in Italy, including Leah Washington, pictured in Rome, the woman who lost her leg in the 2015 Alton Towers Smiler rollercoaster disaster.




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Coronavirus UK: British Airways admits job cuts will happen as travel companies ground flights

BA has warned it will make job cuts in the 'short term, perhaps long term' as airline companies ground flights following a drop in demand, Virgin Atlantic, said it would ground 75% of its fleet by March.




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Sean Bean 'hurled a glass at his wife after she poured wine in his lap during BA flight'

The actor is said to have become enraged with his partner Ashley Moore, 33, after the pair downed free alcohol on a nine-hour flight from Vancouver to Heathrow over the weekend.




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BA accused of 'deliberately blocking online cash refunds for flights' amid coronavirus crisis

The UK's biggest frequent flyer website, Head for Points, alleges that customers trying to cancel bookings made with Avios have not been given an online option to claim a refund.




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Flights from Italy, Iran and China still landing in Britain despite UK coronavirus lockdown

Passengers from Italy, China and Iran have arrived a Gatwick and Heathrow this week, even as the UK went in to lockdown. Planes from Rome, Beijing and Shanghai have landed.




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Brits stranded abroad with no money food medication after flights cancelled

Frontline healthcare worker Cheryl Baxter, who is stuck in Cambodia, issued a heartbreaking video message today saying she was 'near meltdown' and begged the Prime Minister for help.




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Sam and Billie Faiers appear VERY giddy as they are filmed on THAT flight to NYC

The incident will be shown on Wednesday's episode of the family's hit ITVBe show, which sees the sisters confess to being 'a bit merry' during the transatlantic flight to NYC.




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BA grounds ALL flights to and from Gatwick due to coronavirus

The airline, which jets to Europe, America and the Caribbean from Gatwick, has already mothballed many planes across its UK bases - but is still running from London Heathrow with a reduced schedule.




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Billie Faiers' husband Greg Shepherd playfully scolds wife over THAT flight to NYC

Billie Faiers was playfully told off by her husband Greg Shepherd during the latest episode of Mummy Diaries, which showed their reaction to the incident.




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British Airways 'to suspend 36,000 staff days after grounding ALL flights to and from Gatwick'

Madrid-based International Airlines Group proposed a dividend of around 17p per share in February, when the ravages of the killer virus on society and the global economy were already apparent.




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Airlines including BA and Easyjet are selling tickets for flights in April and May despite lockdown

Airlines including British Airways and EasyJet are selling tickets for flights in May despite health officials warnings a global lockdown could last for months (stock photo of a woman on a beach).




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Drunk couple downed duty-free vodka on Thomas Cook flight

James Petford, 39, and Margaret McGuigan, 38, of Birmingham, were separated on the packed flight after they were caught downing vodka from their duty free stash and causing mayhem.




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Sharm El-Sheikh offers superb diving - and with direct flights from next week it is back in business

After four years of negotiations and a huge investment in security, Sharm El-Sheikh airport is preparing for direct flights from the UK. Mark Jones went and found some amazing bargains.




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Russian actress dragged off flight after branding fellow passengers 'plebs'

Russian actress Lidiya Velezheva, 53, was manhandled off a Russian plane by police after a 'brawl' during which she labelled her fellow passengers "plebs".




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Homeward bound! British tourist, 19, arrives for flight to UK

The 19 year old was photographed before she was due to board a British Airways flight with her mother from Larnaca airport in Cyprus and was mobbed by supporters.




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The terrifying flight paths that show how two planes were on course to crash after they took off

Four people were killed after two light planes smashed into each other 4,000 feet above sea level over Mangalore airport in northern Melbourne on Wednesday morning.




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Korean Air attendant with coronavirus possibly on LAX flights

Los Angeles County officials are awaiting confirmation that a Korean Air flight attendant diagnosed with the coronavirus may have serviced a flight to Los Angeles last week.




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Chris Hemsworth and Elsa Pataky line up for a domestic flight

They're usual mode of air travel is via private jet. 




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Cheryl wears Disney T-shirt and poses for a snap on Ibiza flight

Cheryl, 35, happily obliged a fan who asked for a selfie during her flight back to London from Ibiza. 




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The reason a Virgin Australia flight attendant was moved to give a passenger a free bottle of wine

In what may be his final flight, Jay Hill, 24, talked to a passenger, known as Mr Douglas, travelling from LAX to Perth, who told him he had retired from work because he had terminal cancer.




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Passenger on a packed Qantas flight from Sydney to Brisbane was infected with coronavirus

Queensland Health warned other passengers of the diagnosis by text and then a phone call before directing them to self-quarantine in an email on Thursday.




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Qantas scraps the middle seat after damning photo of a packed flight during the coronavirus crisis

The airline announced the changes after a photo surfaced of a packed plane flying from Townsville in far north Queensland to Brisbane last Monday.




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The new Qantas flights from Australia to the US and UK 

Australians hoping to fly home during the coronavirus pandemic have been given new options with Qantas announcing limited flights to Melbourne from Los Angeles and London.




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EasyJet charging passengers up to £860 for return flight from Birmingham to Belfast

The airline is charging customers up to £860 for a return flight from Birmingham to Belfast next weekend. But long haul flyers can currently get to Australia and back for just over £600.




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Jet2 passengers were 40 minutes away from Alicante when their flight had to turn around

EXCLUSIVE Beryl Carrick, 78, flew from Leeds for a holiday in Benidorm. Her and her family were mid-flight when they were told they weren't allowed to enter the country 'because of coronavirus'.




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Woman whose flight was diverted after going into labour 10 weeks early is back in UK with son

Lauren McLean gave birth to Oscar in the most traumatic circumstances at the beginning of March and her ordeal only ended when they flew back home to Birmingham at the end of April.




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Corporal sacked from British army after £15,000 flight fraud

Corporal Audrey Urbina, pictured, was today dismissed from the British Army and ordered to serve nine months detention after she was found guilty of fraud at a military tribunal in Wiltshire.




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Six tricks to land a cheap flight

Complex airline economics mean that on most planes, almost every passenger will have paid a different fare. Here are six ways to get a cheap seat, according to the Holiday Hero.




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Ryanair tells outraged customers they cannot get flight refunds until coronavirus crisis is over

Customers wanting a full refund will be put in a queue until the pandemic passes. Ryanair has recommended customers use a refund voucher which are 'readily available.'