British Airways has announced a new route to Chengdu in China, just weeks after starting services to Seoul in South Korea. The flight number for the inbound service is BA88 and BA89 for the London outbound flight.

With the first of the airline’s new long-haul aircraft only six months away from delivery, British Airways has announced the cabin design and layout for its Boeing 787 and Airbus A380 aircraft. Two hundred and fourteen customers will enjoy the comforts of the new British Airways Dreamliner and the A380 will be the largest aircraft in the British Airways fleet, with 469 customers.

British Airways has become one of the first airlines in Europe to launch an app for Windows 8. Customers can swipe from one feature to the next, as well as select and read destination reviews, view local weather temperatures, search locations via interactive maps, view user generated destination guides through the Perfect Day service, book flights via ba.com and be inspired by cabin product films.

British Airways and Solena are gaining momentum in their goal of producing sustainable jet fuel with technology partners for their GreenSky London initiative now in place and British Airways confirming its financial commitment.

British Airways has confirmed it will launch a new route to Seoul, capital of South Korea. The airline is delivering on its promise to increase long haul flying to Asia following parent company, IAG’s, purchase of bmi.

Unite has said “significant progress” has been made in moving towards Unite becoming the recognised union for British Airway’s mixed fleet cabin crew. The development brings a positive closure to a chapter in relationships between the airline and the union which saw cabin crew challenge operational changes that they feared would destroy the airline’s reputation for world class customer care.