Raj Thackeray kin’s check-in baggage goes missing

Mumbai: Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray's daughter lost a laptop and camera as her check-in baggage went missing when she flew to New York via London on British Airways in July.

The airline last Thursday sent an email to Dr Sanjay Borude, the senior-most member of the travelling group that included Raj's children, Urvashi and Amit, acknowledging the items were missing and suggesting they "claim directly from their travel insurance policy".

British Airways offers up to 50% off on select flights from India

Mumbai: British Airways today joined its peers in offering limited period discounted tickets to air travellers, rolling out up to 50 per cent lower fares on its flight from India to select global destinations including London, New York and San Francisco.

The airline has already commenced the bookings under the offer from yesterday, which is applicable for the business, premium economy and economy class, British Airways said in a release.
British Airways has provided a nearly four-month window, from September 8 to December 31, for the travel period while the tickets under the discounted scheme can only be booked up to September 30, it said.

Drunk British Passenger Dances Naked at Delhi Airport, Creates Ruckus

A 45-year-old drunk British man broke a fire alarm, ran onto the runway area, stripped himself naked and danced in front of other travellers at the Delhi airport on Saturday.

The transit passenger arrived at Terminal 3 of the Indira Gandhi International Airport from London and was supposed to board a flight to Tokyo. Since he had a little time between the two flights, he went to one of the terminal's restaurants and had alcohol, according to the Hindustan Times.

Why Lufthansa and British Airways are professing love for India

They are the latest Indophiles. Only that they happen to be brands. In recent times, there have been two noteworthy cases of international airlines that have tried to appeal hard to the Indian psyche.
One of them, the German carrier Lufthansa, would like you to believe that the brand is ‘more Indian than you think’.
The other, British Airways, tries to lure the pardesi (Indian expat) back into his mother’s arms, never mind if this is a scene one is used to seeing in Hindi films. But when British Airways launched a big digital campaign, less than a year back, it was Maa ke haath ka khana (mum’s cooking) that was the biggest emotion it played upon.

Over 300 BA passengers stuck for hours in Ahmedabad

Ahmedabad: More than 300 international passengers of the British Airways got stuck at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport for hours after their flight was diverted from Mumbai due to bad weather on Wednesday. After hours of negotiations, the passengers were shifted to the nearby hotels till Thursday morning.
After landing at the airport, the flight couldn’t take off as it was found that the Flight Duty Time Limitation (FDTL) of the pilot and the crew members got over, airport sources said. They said that the delay in reaching the destination caused frustration among the passengers. The airline officials refused to comment.

"I dont want any compensation my sarod is priceless"

Mumbai: Ustad Amjad Ali Khan's worst fears about his sarod being 'handled without care' by airline staff when he travels for concerts came true for the second time in four years on June 28 when the instrument went missing during a British Airways flight from London to Delhi.

Earlier, the sarod maestro's instrument had been damaged after it was poorly handled during an Ahmedabad-Mumbai Air India flight on January 14, 2010. Given that it was Khan's sarod that was damaged, the then Union civil aviation minister Praful Patel stepped in and tendered an apology.

In the latest incident, Khan told Mirror that he was touring London, Devon and Wiltshire from June 21 for solo and joint performances with sons Amaan and Ayaan Ali Khan. The Padma Vibhushan awardee was returning to Delhi on June 28 along with his wife Subhalaxmi. "The going was smooth and the performance at Dartington Hall at Devon to celebrate the life of Rabindranth Tagore went as planned," Khan said.
Read news in full 01/06/14 Aditya Anand/Mumbai Mirror

Ustad Amjad Ali Khan's sarod goes missing on British Airways flight

New Delhi: Classical musician Ustad Amjad Ali Khan's sarod, which he has been playing for the last 45 years, has gone missing while he was returning to Delhi from London by a British Airways flight.
The Padma Vibhushan sarod maestro had gone to London along with his wife Subhalaxmi for a performance at Dartington College to celebrate the life of Rabindranth Tagore on June 21 and returned on the night of June 28.
Read news in full 30/06/14 PTI/India Today