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A retired British Airways Concorde supersonic aircraft is transported by barge on the East River, Wednesday, March 13, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Peter K. Afriyie)

Concorde supersonic jet will return to New York’s Intrepid Museum after seven-month facelift

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Terminal 5 at Heathrow Airport in London, which handles British Airways flights, stands virtually empty of passengers as staff standby to help during a British Airways pilots' strike, Monday, Sept. 9, 2019. British Airways cancelled dozens of flights on Friday, May 26, 2023, due to computer problems, disrupting the plans of thousands of travelers at the start of a busy holiday weekend. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)

Flight cancellations, strikes raise fears of new summer travel chaos in Europe

By Kelvin Chan and Danica Kirka - Associated Press

Travelers at Heathrow airport, in London, July 13, 2022. British Airways said Tuesday,Aug. 2, 2022, that it's suspending sales of short-haul flights from London's Heathrow Airport for about a week, a response to the airport's request to limit bookings to help ease travel disruptions caused by booming demand and staff shortages. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali, File)

Heathrow airport says passenger cap has eased travel chaos

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BA parent company books huge loss, pushes for digital passes

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A man wearing a protective mask to prevent the spread of the coronavirus walks beside a mural of health workers outside the Mission Hospital in Pasig, Philippines, Monday, Feb. 22, 2021. Delays have hounded the delivery of COVID-19 to the Philippines, with officials saying the scheduled arrival on Tuesday of 600,000 doses of donated vaccine from Sinovac Biotech Ltd. may be delayed because the China-based firm still lacks an authorization from Manila's Food and Drug Administration for the emergency use of it's vaccine. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

The Latest: Mexico receives shipment of Sputnik V vaccine

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FILE - In this June 2, 2014 file photo, Willie Walsh, chief executive officer for International Airlines Group, speaks during a panel discussion of the 70th International Air Transport Association (IATA) in Doha, Qatar. The International Air Transport Association said Monday, Nov. 23, 2020, that Alexandre de Juniac will leave as CEO and director general next March 31. The group's governors plan to recommend de Juniac be replaced by Walsh. A resolution naming Walsh to the job is expected to be presented at the airline group’s annual meeting this week. (AP Photo/Osama Faisal)

Ex-British Airways CEO poised to lead airline trade group

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FILE - In this Monday, Sept. 9, 2019 file photo, a British Airways plane, at left, is towed past other planes sitting parked at Heathrow Airport in London. British Airways said Tuesday Nov. 17, 2020, that it will start testing passengers flying from the U.S. to London’s Heathrow Airport for COVID-19 in an effort to persuade the British government it should scrap rules requiring most international travelers to quarantine for 14 days. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)

BA, American Airlines plan voluntary COVID-19 testing plan

By DANICA KIRKA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sunday, Oct. 11, 2020 file photo, retired British Airways Boeing 747-400 parked at Cotsworld Airport in Kemble, England. British Airways said Monday Oct. 12, 2020, that CEO Alex Cruz has been replaced after 4 1/2 years on the job as the COVID-19 pandemic pummels airlines around the world. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)

British Airways CEO replaced as company fights for survival

By DANICA KIRKA - Associated Press

Aircraft G-CIVY, one of the last two British Airways Boeing 747-400 aircraft takes off for its last flight departure from London's Heathrow Airport, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2020. The retirement of the fleet was brought forward as a result of the impact the Covid-19 pandemic had on the airline and the aviation sector. ( Steve Parsons/PA via AP)

Nice knowing you: London Heathrow’s farewell to BA’s jumbos

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Thousands of British Airways employees face job losses

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Passengers wearing face masks to prevent the spread of coronavirus queue prior to departure to London at a British Airways check-in desk at Adolfo Suarez-Barajas international airport, outskirts Madrid, Spain, Sunday, July 26, 2020. Britain has put Spain back on its unsafe list and announced Saturday that travelers arriving in the U.K. from Spain must now quarantine for 14 days. The move by the UK taken without forewarning has caught travelers off guard. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

British Airways owner books loss as pandemic stalls travel

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Airlines call for testing to restore transatlantic travel

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UK’s Royal Mail to slash 2,000 jobs in pandemic cost-cutting

By PAN PYLAS - Associated Press

An Indian policeman wearing a virus themed helmet rides on a horse during an awareness rally aimed at preventing the spread of new coronavirus in Hyderabad, India, Thursday, April 2, 2020. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)

Outbreak: bankruptcies, layoffs, quiet skies and empty rails

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Qatar Airways ups stake in British Airways parent firm, IAG

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British Airways flight crosses Atlantic in less than 5 hours

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FILE - In this June 26, 2015 file photo, European Council President Donald Tusk, left, speaks with British Prime Minister David Cameron during a summit of EU leaders in Brussels at which Cameron sought some changes in Britain's terms of membership of the bloc. They didn't prove to be enough as Britain voted in June of that year to leave the EU. It is finally scheduled to actually leave on Jan. 31, 2020 after 47 years of membership. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert, File)

UK investigates after ex-PM bodyguard leaves gun on plane

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A man wears a masks following the outbreak of a new virus as people arrive from the International terminal at Toronto Pearson International Airport in Toronto on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)

Coronavirus forces airlines to suspend China flight

By Adam Schreck and Elaine Kurtenback and David Koenig - Associated Press

British Airways, Lion Air and Seoul Air suspend all flights to China; others cut back service as vir

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Philadelphia International Airport to test new screening

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