British Airways

Over 40 Schiphol flights scrapped in British Airways pilot strike

Sep 9 '19 10:10

A two-day strike by the Balpa labor union for pilots in the UK has led to at least 44 flight cancellations at Schiphol Airport, according to information provided by the Amsterdam airport. Pilots for British Airways walked off the job on Monday, leading to about 1,700 canceled flights in total.

Of British Airways flights originating in Amsterdam, eight flights to Heathrow and three flights to Gatwick were canceled on Monday and again on Tuesday. The figures were the same also for flights destined for Schiphol.

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Dutch boy, 12, slips past Heathrow airport security, boards plane to Los Angeles

Jul 15 '19 08:14

Weird Top Stories

A 12-year-old Dutch boy with no ticket and no boarding pass managed to board a British Airways plane to Los Angeles at Heathrow Airport in London on Sunday afternoon. He was caught out shortly before the plane took off, when a stewardess asked to see his ticket so she could show him to his seat, The Telegraph reports.

Low cost airline Level to fly from Schiphol, angering Green party

Mar 19 '19 10:50

Business

Airline Level, a low-cost sister of British Airways, is opening a base at Schiphol in early April. The airline will offer cheap flights to destinations like London, Rome and Vienna. GroenLinks parliamentarian Suzanne Kroger is baffled by this decision, given that all Level destinations are already offered by other airlines flying from Schiphol, AD reports.

British Airways plane makes emergency landing at Schiphol

Sep 13 '17 08:41

Technology

A British Airline plane on its way to London made an emergency landing at Schiphol Airport on Tuesday night. Emergency services responded to the airport en masse because of a report that one or more of the plane's engines failed, local broadcaster NH Nieuws reports. The plane landed safely.

The Airbus A321 was on its way to Heathrow Airport in London. Exactly what caused the problems with the engines is unclear.

Passenger jets still flying over conflict zones

Jul 14 '15 09:43

Dozens of passenger planes are still flying over war zones and conflict areas - such as Mali, South Sudan and Sinai - on a daily basis. This includes airlines KLM and Air France as well as other European airlines such as Lufthansa and British Airways.

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Vueling Airlines creating base at Rotterdam airport

Nov 10 '14 10:53

Business

From April next year, the Spanish budget airline Vueling will fly between Rotterdam The Hague Airport and its own home base Barcelona four times a week.

Heineken pulls Sierra Leone staff on Ebola risk

Oct 20 '14 08:35

Business Health

Heineken has sent their staff of a subsidiary in Sierra Leone home due to the Ebola epidemic.