British Airways News

British Airways owner International Consolidated Airlines Group SA said it will issue a convertible bond worth as much as 400 million euros to fund the takeover of Spanish discount carrier Vueling SA.

"The restructuring process at Iberia still remains a slow work in progress, whilst rivals such as Easyjet and Ryanair continue to take advantage of prohibitive work practices still being suffered by former state airlines," said Keith Bowman, an equity analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown Stockbrokers.

AS airport check-ins get stricter about luggage weight, the more important it is to think about the amount you take away on holiday with you.

British Airways parent IAG SA said its first-quarter loss widened on currency fluctuations, and took a 311 million-euro charge against job cuts at Spanish unit Iberia.

Simon Calder is Travel Editor at Large for The Independent, writing a weekly column, various articles and features as well as filming a weekly video diary.

Air passengers face paying more for their flights despite new caps on airport landing charges, the boss of British Airways' parent company warned today.

The fleet has been grounded for months after being beleaguered by technical problems but Boeing has announced that its ultra-green Dreamliner plane could finally be in operation in the UK "within weeks". Holiday airline Thomson had hoped to operate the ultra-green Boeing 787 Dreamliner from May, while next month would also have seen British Airways ... (more)

British Airways parent IAG SA acquired control of discount carrier Vueling Airlines SA for 123.5 million euros as Europe's third largest airline group seeks to stem losses in Spain.

Less than a year ago, Airbus SAS was struggling to secure orders for its biggest A350 variant as airlines decried the plane as flawed.