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British Airways calls this the Galleries Club South Lounge. I call it: The Lounge That Time Forgot. Tucked away inside Heathrow Terminal 5, somewhere between modern premium travel and a particularly ambitious Debenhams café, you'll find grey carpets, grey furniture, scrambled eggs and a giant plastic horse. Nothing says British Airways quite like a giant plastic horse. Add in the faint aroma of polyester, scrambled egg and aviation fuel drifting in from the ramp and you've

British Airways Is Returning to Melbourne Out of nowhere, British Airways has announced it’s bringing back flights to Melbourne for the first time since 2006. Not Sydney. Not another US route. Melbourne. And not just a token flight a daily service from London Heathrow via Kuala Lumpur launching January 2027. If you’re into long-haul travel, Avios, or just love a new route announcement, this is a big one.

Flying British Airways Business Class from Gatwick to Jersey should be straightforward. It’s barely airborne before descent begins. Instead, this one came with fog in Jersey, hydraulic fluid on the runway, nearly two hours of ground delay and thankfully, champagne. This is my full BA Club Europe from Gatwick review, covering the lounge, the delay, the vegetarian ploughman’s, Avios earned, baggage perks and whether short-haul business class is actually worth paying for.

British Airways continues to expand its operations at Gatwick Airport, bringing travellers a range of both long-haul and short-haul destinations. Whether you're flying to a tropical getaway or a European city break, British Airways offers a convenient departure from Gatwick’s South Terminal.

British Airways once proudly called itself the ‘world’s favourite airline,’ but let’s be honest

This week I was due to fly with them to Doha. Luckily I was changed on to a Qatar Airways flight, although a few hours later !

I 'travel mathed' myself in to paying way more for this flight, considering it's the same seat had I flown economy.