Boeing 737-700WL OO-JAR ‘Enjoy’ of TUI fly Belgium (Credit: Wikipedia Commons) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES TUI Fly Belgium inaugurated its Brussels-Havana flight on Christmas Eve, Cuba’s Foreign Ministry reported on its website. The flight is an addition to the airline’s scheduled return to
British Airways first flight to the US since the lifting of restrictions for the majority of UK travellers departed for New York JFK at 0830 this morning in a synchronised take-off with Virgin Atlantic Nov. 8, 2021. (Credit: britishairways) DIPLOMATIC TIMES STAFF REPORT British
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES British Airways’ first Airbus 350, registration G-XWBA, touched down at London Heathrow this weekend, featuring the airline’s newest generation business class seat, Club Suite. The airline will take delivery of 18 A350s, with four of the new aircraft joining
Credit: BA Media / London Director Jamie Lloyd and British Airways Ambassadors By Gary Raynaldo / British Airways is supporting a new West End season of work by The Jamie Lloyd Company, the hugely successful partnership between the UK’s leading theatre company, Ambassador Theatre
Credit: vision-box.com / Amsterdam Schiphol Airport starts facial recognition boarding gates using Vision-Box platform By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Cathay Pacific passengers can now board flights by means of facial recognition in a pilot test of the biometric technology at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport. After check-in,
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES British Airways announced today it will be painting a Boeing 747 in the much-admired retrograde design of its predecessor British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC), as part of its 100-Year Birthday. The livery from the 1964 – 1974 BOAC era will adorn
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES British Airways has introduced a brand new and environmentally-friendly electric cab service at its London-Heathrow hub, the airline announced Thursday. BA rolled out iconic London taxis within Heathrow, giving customers the opportunity to experience travelling in the legendary English vehicle without leaving
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Air France-KLM flew over a milestone last year by transporting for the first time more than 100 million passengers despite labor strikes and the social movement “yellow vests” in the French Republic. The total number of passengers carried on Air France,
Credit: American Airlines / AA crew members and employees celebrate after the airline was granted authority in August 2016 by the U.S. DOT to operate five daily flights to Jose Marti International Airport (HAV) in Havana- four from Miami International Airport (MIA) and one from Charlotte Douglas
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES British Airways announced it will resume flights to Pakistan after a 10-year-absence, with service from Heathrow to Islamabad starting June 2, 2019. Tickets are currently on sale, the airline said. On Sep. 22, 2008, BA suspended all flights to Pakistan indefinitely following the suicide bomb attack on the Marriott hotel in Islamabad. The attack, killed more