An agreement for British airways to pass through Asia as it flew to Australia which was operated in partnership with Quantas is set to change after 18 years. Markets have evolved over the years and British airways will be moving to change its Asian network. This follows the weakening and collapse of the joint services agreement. Back in the year 2000 British airways had most of its Asian and Australian flights covered by the agreement commission (JSA). The case is not the same this year as British airways has teamed up with Finnair and Japan airways controlling only 8% of its total flights.
Though BA seeks to maintain stops from point to point in Asia there are some stopover that have to be made from time to time. After terminating its operations with the joint services agreement, British airways has reduced its flights to Bankok, China. There have also been notable changes in its flights to Hong Kong and Singapore. The airline has reported improvements in most of its routes including Sydney. They however state that this doesn’t necessarily have to do with termination of JSA, but more to do with the team of qualified and experienced crew members. The airline also attributes its success to the fleet of airbus.
This report comes after a Singapore airline A380 bus on Monday hit an air bridge at Sydney airport. It is reported that the airport had already landed before the incident occurred; it was only parking when one of its engines hit the gate. All the 285 passengers and 25 crew members were still on board when the accident happened but nobody was injured. The Singapore airlines flight SQ231 was flying from Singapore into Sydney, Australia on Monday morning. The airport has however confirmed that there were no serious damages to the bridge.