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A Qatar Airlines flight prepares to land in London.

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I took a plane and a train on the 330-mile London to Edinburgh route. The race was closer than you might expect.

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Business Insider's Pete Syme takes a selfie in front of an LNER Azuma train, and a British Airways Airbus A320
The author next to an LNER train, and a British Airways Airbus A320.

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Airlines sometimes turn their planes around and fly thousands of miles home when they have problems. Here's why.

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A British Airways plane is taxiing to take-off as a United Airlines plane lands at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) in San Francisco, California, United States on September 15, 2022.
Jets operated by British Airways and United Airlines.

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The Concorde made its final flight over 20 years ago and supersonic air travel has yet to return. Here's a look back at its incredible history.

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A British Airways Concorde takes off from JFK International Airport in New York for the final time on October 24, 2003.

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A British Airways flight to nowhere circled in the air for 4 hours after its weather monitoring system collapsed

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A British Airways Airbus A380 flies across a blue sky with the trail of a smaller plane visible in the far distance
A British Airways Airbus A380.

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I flew 2 European airlines across the Atlantic in economy. The seats were similar, but the food was night and day.

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Selfies of the author on British Airways and Finnair.
Between mid-February and early March, I flew on British Airways and Finnair on flights across the Atlantic.

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A British Airways jet came 'extremely close' to a drone that was flying 24 times above its legal maximum altitude, report says

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A collage of a British Airways Airbus A321 and a quadcopter drone against blue skies.
A British Airways aircraft and a drone.

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A passenger had to sit with an exposed bolt digging into his head for a 7-hour flight because his seat had no headrest

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A close-up of the front of a British Airways Airbus A320 landing at at Schiphol International Airport in The Netherlands.
"It was a major safety issue. If I had hit my head on the bolt in the seat it would have cut my head," the passenger said.

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I flew in economy on British Airways' Boeing 777 from New York to London. It was a fine option for crossing the Atlantic, but the food needs work.

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Selfie of author in pink sweater on daytime flight stitched with a photo of a British Airways 777 at the gate at JFK.
I flew on British Airways' Boeing 777 in economy from New York to London. It was fine, but I'd bring my own food next time.

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2 British Airways flight attendants were fired after a video of them appearing to mock Asian passengers circulated on social media

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A close-up of the front of a British Airways Airbus A320 landing at at Schiphol International Airport in The Netherlands.
A British Airways plane.

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