British Airways has operated a total of 101 Boeing 747s over its history, and, today, it continues to operate the world's second-largest fleet of Airbus A380s, with 12 examples in service.

History: Although its origins date back to 1919, British Airways as an entity was formed in 1974 following the merger of four UK airlines, including British Overseas Airways Corp. and British ...

British Airways traces its history back over a century. Comparatively, Virgin Atlantic is a relative youngster, having just been founded in 1984. While the two airlines may have different branding ...

A Airbus A380 with more than 400 passengers on board turned back to Johannesburg airport due to a warning of smoke on board. On Friday 1 August flight BA56 took off from South Africa’s main airport at ...

The backstory: I had paid £266 for the early evening British Airways flight to Turkey’s largest city. There was an afternoon ...

British Airways is cancelling more flights scheduled for the summer holiday season, it said on Tuesday, at a time of widespread disruption at airports caused by staff shortages and a surge in ...