British Airways is giving its A380 fleet a major makeover, with new cabins in every class, 106 Club Suites on the upper deck and extensive improvements planned at Heathrow.

For business travel, the new workspaces, showers and quieter areas could be just as valuable as the upgraded seats themselves.

Big changes are coming to the West Coast Main Line, with Avanti West Coast set to return to public ownership in March 2027 and investment promised to improve services.

For business travel, the hope is simple: more reliable trains, better connectivity and fewer disrupted journeys between London, Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool, Glasgow and beyond.

Etihad Airways has launched Corporate Care, offering eligible organisations and their travellers priority assistance with rebooking, disruption and other unexpected changes to their journeys.

The new service puts greater emphasis on support when business travel does not go to plan, including closer co-ordination between Etihad and travel management companies.

Global Travel Management has joined the Business Travel Association, strengthening its connections across the UK business travel industry and creating new opportunities to access insight, expertise and industry discussion.

What does BTA membership mean for customers? It will help us stay better informed, better connected and closer to developments affecting business travel.

United Airlines has introduced a new app feature allowing disrupted passengers to join standby lists for up to three earlier flights while retaining their confirmed booking.

For business travel, the technology could reduce time lost to disruption by automatically monitoring seat availability and giving travellers more flexibility when schedules change.