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Thousands of British Airways passengers across US are hit by canceled flights and delays of 23 hours

Thousands of British Airways passengers across the US and around the world have been affected by canceled flights and delays of up to 23 hours after a 'technical issue'.




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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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'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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Passenger tries to open the door on British Airways jet from Heathrow to Saudi Arabia

A man suffering a panic attack tried to open the rear door of British Airway flight 263 from Heathrow to Riyadh on Monday night, before 6ft 7ins Dean Whyte (right) rushed to subdue him.




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British Airways staff surprise passengers flying into Heathrow with a festive performance of carols

The 15-strong choir cheered Heathrow arrivals with a unique rendition of the festive hit Deck the Halls. West End musical director Richard Beadle trained the choir.




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British Airways pilots reported smelling fumes in their cockpits five times in just seven weeks

Two of the incidents required BA flight crew to wear oxygen masks, a report by the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) revealed.




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British Airways passenger tells police she saw a drone flying at 30,000ft

Sarah Baker from Cambridge was on a British Airways flight from Tokyo when she saw the device 30 minutes before landing at Heathrow Airport, London.




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Frequent flyers vote British Airways' 'Club Suite' the world's best new business class seat

Frequent flyers voted in the UK's biggest frequent flyer website's airline awards, with the site - www.headforpoints.com - saying BA's new business class seat represents 'a genuine step forward'.




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Flying with BA can increase emissions by 46% per passenger compared to rival airlines, Which? claims

The consumer champion looked at six popular international routes from London, which are well served by a variety of carriers, to compare CO2 emissions.




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Billie Faiers slams 'fun sucking' BA staff as she is reprimanded for making noise

The former TOWIE star has flown to the states after her sister Sam, 29, gifted her with the trip, however the ladies and their mum Sue, were left with a sour taste in their mouths




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Women are more willing to pay extra for greener air travel with lower greenhouse emissions

US experts surveyed nearly 1,200 people and found that, on average, people were more willing to cover small increases in costs for flights with smaller emission levels.




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BA cabin crew who battled to save 170 passengers from a burning plane are suing company for £110,000

Marie Dyos (left), Lynette Robinson (right) and Suely Goncalves-McLoughlin say they were left mentally scarred after helping evacuate 170 passengers at Las Vegas McCarran Airport.




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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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Former British Airways steward reveals cabin crew secrets in book Journey Of A Reluctant Air Steward

In Journey Of A Reluctant Air Steward, Simon J Marton, from Wiltshire, produces a Jumbo-sized volume of revelations from his time in the skies.




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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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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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Author Anthony Horowitz, 64, says British Airways left him 'stranded' in Essex

The writer was supposed to fly from Geneva to London City yesterday. But the flight was delayed, meaning London City had closed and the flight had to be diverted to Southend, 35 miles away.




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Anger for British Airways passengers as IT meltdown leaves them unable to access bookings online

British Airways customers are reporting error messages when attempting to log in and access new or existing bookings, with issues beginning at around 6.30am this morning.




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Rapper Tinie Tempah slams British Airways for condition of his 'disgusting' seat

Tinie Tempah slated British Airways for the condition of his 'disgusting' plane seat. The musician filmed two videos which he posted on his social media accounts.




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Coronavirus UK: People returning from Italy NOT told to self-isolate

Francesco Stabile told MailOnline at Stansted today that he had 'no idea' about the Government diktat to self-quarantine immediately for a fortnight. after visiting his girlfriend in Italy.




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Britain's usually busy nightlife strips resemble ghost towns amid coronavirus outbreak

Main nightclub streets in Leeds and Birmingham were deserted last night as most revellers chose to stay home in a bid to avoid catching the Covid-19 coronavirus.




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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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Ministers draw up plans to part-nationalise BA and other struggling airlines

Easyjet and Virgin Airlines have also been pounded by global travel bans, and BA is reportedly burning £200million each week as 75 per cent of its fleet is grounded.




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NHS nurse at Conquest Hospital in Hastings stuck in Cambodia back in UK after Go Fund Me

Respiratory nurse Cheryl Baxter and her husband Ivon were on holiday in Cambodia when Britain went on lockdown and were due to fly home on March 22. Four days later they are now home.




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Cruise ship dancer slams BA and American Airlines as passengers were forced to sit together

Alice Percival, 26,was shocked to discover upon boarding her American Airlines flight from Miami to London on Saturday that social distancing measures were not taking place.




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British father faces having to sleep rough in Texas after being marooned because of the coronavirus

British man Daniel Lawrence, 40, from the UK is trapped in Texas after flights home to the UK have been grounded because of the coronavirus. He has four children waiting for him.




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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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Mother of quadruplets, 39, who died of coronavirus feared she was infected by Chinese passengers

Shabnum Sadiq, 39, was employed as a customer care relations manager for BA at Heathrow's Terminal 5. Before falling ill she had told her husband of her fears about catching the virus from passengers.




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British Airways sends its planes to France's 'airport graveyard'

British Airways is set to move its Airbus A380 aircraft to France's Chateauroux Centre Marcel Dassault Airport as the company tries to reduce its operations amid the coronavirus pandemic.




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Confused about what airlines are doing during the coronavirus crisis? We give you the plane talking

With the Government now advising British nationals to avoid all non-essential journeys 'for an indefinite period', here's the latest information for air travellers caught up in the chaos.




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The Manga exhibition at the British Museum isn’t going to satisfy an enthusiast

It’s quite hard to say just what manga is. The attempt to define it has defeated many observers.




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Jared Kushner accuses Palestinians of 'failing to help their own people' as peace conference fizzles

Jared Kushner presented his Peace to Prosperity plan in Bahrain on Wednesday, but the event was skipped by both Israel and Palestine while many Arab states sent only junior ministers to attend.




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Mohamed Salah: Amr Warda 'should not be sent to guillotine' after 'sending inappropriate messages'

Mohamed Salah has slammed his Egypt team-mate Amr Warda after he was accused of sexual harassment, insisting 'no means no', but added he 'shouldn't be sent straight to the guillotine'.




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School teacher, 54, collapsed in Egyptian hotel after eating final holiday meal

Alison Sonnex, 54, and husband Clive Eversfield, 60, of Ramsgate, Kent, fell ill after dining at the Royal Tulip beach resort at Marsa Alam in April 2018 and Ms Sonnex later died in hospital.




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Wilfried Zaha refuses to rule out Arsenal transfer

Crystal Palace winger Wilfried Zaha has broken his silence on a potential £40million move to Arsenal and refused to rule out the prospect of joining the team he supported as a boy.




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Mother, 51, stripped naked and nearly paralysed in TUI Sharm El Sheikh waterpark wave machine

Tracy Turner says her 'life has changed forever' after she sustained crushed bones, back and neck fractures on the machine at the waterpark attached to the Coral Sea Aqua Club Hotel in Egypt.




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Traveller almost loses her hand after suffering horrific injuries from a $5 henna tattoo in Egypt 

Brooke Crannaford, 26, from Melbourne was visiting a village off the Nile River when she got the tattoo. She was rushed to hospital after she lost feeling in her hand and her tattoo grew blisters.




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Consultant surgeon, 62, accused of molesting three schoolgirls in front of their mothers

Magdy Eskander, 62, is accused of placing his hands on the girls' private areas while blocking their mothers' view at Darlington Memorial Hospital. In 2017 he was cleared of all charges.




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Archaeologists discover a sunken ancient settlement underwater

Lost city of Heracleion was lost around 800AD due to flooding and earthquakes and its relics are now submerged under the sea off the Egyptian coast.




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Arsenal footballer Mohamed Elneny 'is shocked after dead body is found on patio of Egyptian home'

The midfielder's father reportedly found the corpse at his home, which is under construction, in the city of Mahalla Al-Kubra in Egypt on Friday.




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Swashbuckling soldier accused of plotting to kill the King is at the centre of the new Poldark

Colonel Edward Marcus was at the centre of murderous plans to assassinate King George III and he has found fresh fame on televison today - in Poldark.




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Pennsylvania Uber driver is convicted of raping intoxicated passenger

Ahmed Elgaafary (pictured) raped a drunk passenger after picking her up at a casino near Philadelphia. He charged her an extra $150 for vomiting in her car and the extra journey fee.




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Family of four 'fell seriously ill with food poisoning' on Egypt break

Sarah McCormick, 37, a bookkeeper from Wimborne, Dorset, feared her ex-Army corporal husband Thomas, 42, would die after being so badly affected by salmonella and shigella.




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Arsenal transfer news: Bordeaux looking at Mohamed Elneny

Ligue 1 side Bordeaux are reportedly monitoring the situation with Arsenal midfielder Mohamed Elneny. The Egyptian has fallen out of favour under Unai Emery and will be allowed to depart.




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Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders set to reunite in Death On The Nile

The comedians, both 61, are set to reunite on the big screen for the first time in four years for drama film Death On The Nile.




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Egypt speaker praises Hitler in bizarre attempt to back President's building plans

Ali Abdel Aal said: 'Hitler had his mistakes but he created a strong infrastructure.' He made the comments while defending Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.




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Liverpool reassured Mohamed Salah will not be used for propaganda in Qatar for Club World Cup

AHEAD OF THE GAME: Liverpool have received assurances that Mo Salah's presence in Qatar during December's Club World Cup will not be used for propaganda purposes.




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Alicia Keys' savvy son Egypt, 9, sells cardboard box homes to Michael B Jordan and Zoe Saldana

In a hilarious video shared by the singer, the child is seen making a mini home complete with an elevator out of a cardboard box when he is bored on the set of her music video for Show Me Love.