british airways
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Watch the Supersonic XB-1 Take Its First Flight
Private aerospace company Boom Supersonic got its XB-1 demonstrator aircraft in the air and back down again last week, completing the carbon fiber plane’s first successful flight. It hasn’t broken the sound barrier yet, but the new plane is notable for setting the stage for a fuel-efficient supersonic passenger airliner Boom is hoping to launch…
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British Airways Is Rolling Out Self-Driving Wheelchairs
FlyBe might have driven itself off a cliff, but good ol’ British Airways is doing well enough to be trialling self-driving wheelchairs at London Heathrow airport.
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How Hackers Compromised 380,000 British Airway Customer Payments
A British Airways data breach that exposed as least 380,000 card payments was caused by a card-skimming malware that customers were inadvertently exposed to through the airline’s website and mobile app, according to research from security firm RiskIQ.
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British Airways Grounds Flights Following Global IT Problems [Updated]
It’s a holiday weekend, but British Airways passengers aren’t getting the relaxing time off that they’d hoped for. Following a “major IT system failure” that “is causing very severe disruption to our flight operations worldwide,” the airline says that flights will have to be grounded until the problems are resolved.