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News and updates about British Airways

Due to 'security concerns'

British Airways halts Israel flights through July

British Airways suspends all flights to Israel until at least August 1, citing "security concerns" after Houthi missile hit near Ben Gurion Airport.

British Airways halts Israel flights through July

British Airways extends suspension of Israel flights until March

British Airways extends the suspension of its flights to Israel until the end of March 2025.

British Airways extends suspension of Israel flights until March

US to citizens:

Do not travel to Lebanon

The US State Department raised its advisory level to 4 citing 'rising tensions between Hezbollah and Israel.' United Airlines, Delta, and British Airways have canceled flights to Israel.

Do not travel to Lebanon

British Airways refuses to air Jewish sitcom until after war

Airline says airing 'Hapless,' a show about a Jewish journalist in the UK, would violate 'neutrality' standards during Israel-Hamas war.

British Airways refuses to air Jewish sitcom until after war

British Airways planes divert from Israel over securiy situation

1 plane returns to London overnight, leaving passengers on board for 12 hours, another diverts to Cyprus during rocket barrage.

British Airways planes divert from Israel over securiy situation

Spain: British Airways flight evacuated after smoke fills cabin

Passengers complain staff did not update them, say fire broke out just prior to landing.

Spain: British Airways flight evacuated after smoke fills cabin

British Airways to resume flights to Cairo

British Airways to resume flights to Cairo following a week’s suspension due to security issues.

British Airways to resume flights to Cairo

British Airways cancels flights to Cairo

British Airways suspends flights to Egyptian capital for one week as a 'precaution.' Lufthansa flights to Cairo are also canceled.

British Airways cancels flights to Cairo

Passenger plane lands safely - in the wrong country

British Airways passengers shocked to find out they had landed in the wrong country on Monday.

Passenger plane lands safely - in the wrong country

British Airways unveils 'clown' plane

UK airline teams up with 'Comic Relief' medical aid group, giving passenger plane a clown nose for 'Red Nose Day' fundraiser.

British Airways unveils 'clown' plane

British Airways, Air France scrap all Iran-bound flights

Airlines say direct flights to Iran 'not commercially viable.'

British Airways, Air France scrap all Iran-bound flights

Watch: British Airways' observant Jewish pilot

At British Airways celebrations for 85 years of UK-Israel flights, Arutz Sheva hears from a religious pilot who addresses flights in Hebrew.

Watch: British Airways' observant Jewish pilot

Watch: British Airways celebrates 85 years of flights to Israel

British Airways CEO: 'The State of Israel is an important milestone in the history of the airline.'

Watch: British Airways celebrates 85 years of flights to Israel

British flight held on Paris tarmac over terror threat

Security forces surround plane, search passengers and baggage after reports of 'direct threat.'

British flight held on Paris tarmac over terror threat

Stowaway Survives 11 Hour Flight in Airplane Wheel Recess

Two stowaways cling on amid lethal cold at dizzying heights in flight from South Africa to UK; one falls to death in London, other lives.

Stowaway Survives 11 Hour Flight in Airplane Wheel Recess

Activists Thank British Airways for Continuing Flights to Israel

Bnei Akiva activists in Israel show British Airways crew members their appreciation for flying to Israel when others cancelled.

Activists Thank British Airways for Continuing Flights to Israel

Arab Threatens Passengers on BA Flight

Plane landed at Ben Gurion Airport. Security men handcuffed the man, who was unarmed.

Arab Threatens Passengers on BA Flight

Video: British Airways Marks 80 Years in Israel

British Airways first landed in Israel with seaplanes in the Kinneret in 1932. Now it flies Boeings twice a day to Tel Aviv.

Video: British Airways Marks 80 Years in Israel

El Al Computer Failure Grounds Planes

A computer systems failure temporarily grounded flights from two airlines Monday at Ben Gurion Int'l Airport -- but the cause is unknown.

El Al Computer Failure Grounds Planes