EghtesadOnline: British Airways and Air France said on Thursday they will halt flights to Iran from September for business reasons, months after US President Donald Trump announced he would reimpose sanctions on Tehran.

EghtesadOnline: British Airways canceled all its flights from London's two biggest airports on Saturday after a global computer system failure caused confusion and chaos, with thousands of passengers queuing for hours and planes left stuck on runways.

EghtesadOnline: The UK’s flagship airline, British Airways (BA), is set to resume direct flights to Iran for the first time in four years after sanctions against the Islamic Republic were lifted earlier in 2016.

EghtesadOnline: British Airways said on Monday it was experiencing a computer glitch with its check-in system that was reportedly causing delays at several airports in the United States.

EghtesadOnline: British Airways confirmed on August 23 that it would end its services to Iran, namely its five times weekly operation to Tehran’s Imam Khomeini International Airport, joining Air France and KLM which had both previously announced their withdrawal on their respective routes from Paris CDG and Amsterdam.

EghtesadOnline: British Airways , the UK’s flagship carrier, has opened a new office in Tehran, the head of Asia Pacific and Middle East Sales at BA said.

EghtesadOnline: British Airways was battling its third day of disruption on Monday after a global computer system failure stranded thousands of passengers over a holiday weekend and turned into a public relations disaster.

EghtesadOnline: The British Airways announced that the four-year suspended direct flights from London Heathrow to Tehran will be resumed late on Thursday.