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BA chief says 'passengers love T5 now'
It might come as surprise to many of its passengers but British Airways has made an encouraging start to life in its new home at Terminal 5, the airline's chief executive Willie Walsh said on Friday.
Hero pilot who saved 152 lives in Heathrow crash landing flies again
By Christopher Leake and Polly Dunbar Last updated at 12:07 AM on 06th July 2008 Captain Peter Burkill was back at the controls two weeks ago and is currently on his third trip to the US east coast The British ...
BA purchases French airline L'Avion.
Saturday, 5th July 2008 Source : British Airways At a cost of 54 million . British Airways has reached an agreement to buy French airline L'Avion. The cost covers the purchase of the airline and 26 million of ...
Virgin rips 3 airlines' proposed alliance
LONDON - An alliance between British Airways PLC, American Airlines and Iberia SA should be blocked, competitor Virgin Atlantic Ltd.
BA to buy French airline L'Avion
British Airways is to buy French carrier L'Avion for 54m sterling to combine with its transatlantic OpenSkies operation.
BA chief in U-turn over airports sell-off
BRITISH Airways chief executive Willie Walsh has done a U-turn on his calls for the break-up of BAA's control of some of the UK's major airports - " demanding tougher regulation instead.
Thursday, 26th June 2008 Source : British Airways For the first time ever, the airline has flown directly between continental Europe and the US.
SITA chairman says surviving the crisis will depend on best use of airline IT
It's not too late for struggling airlines to shift to new technology and cut costs, according to Paul Coby, chief information officer of British Airways.
BA needs further action to cut costs but is playing a dangerous game
British Airways hopes that Operation Columbus will transport it to a new world of low costs in which it can survive, and even thrive, in an era of sky-high fuel prices.
Air chiefs tell Cameron: Heathrow must expand
The political row over Heathrow intensified today as two of the air industry's biggest figures turned their guns on David Cameron for opposing expansion.
BRITISH Airways is launching a new airline linking New York to continental Europe, making one of the most significant moves yet to capitalise on the recent deregulation of transatlantic air travel.
BA angry after 40 000 disrupted by Bush visit
British Airways has criticised Heathrow owner BAA for allowing United States President George Bush to fly into the United Kingdom's biggest airport, forcing the cancellation of at least 69 flights and ...
'Extraordinary circumstances' may make a court date necessary
We've had a problem with a missing flight segment that I've tried to resolve for the last six months.
BA launches new Open Skies airline
A subsidiary airline specially created by British Airways to take advantage of the transatlantic 'open skies' policy will start flights tomorrow.
British Airways plans company-wide ERP as profit margins tig...
British Airways is considering deploying a company-wide ERP system to help it cope with increasingly tighter margins in the air industry.
How to fight an airline when flight is canceled
Q: We've had a problem with a missing flight segment that I've tried to resolve for the last six months.
BA Back on Top After 6-Year Makeover
British Airways officials shamelessly promoted their carrier as "The World's Favourite Airline" until 2001, when it stopped being even Europe's biggest, arguing that even if U.S. carriers were bigger, theirs ...
Pay rise and new bonus target for BA's Walsh
British Airways' under-fire chief executive Willie Walsh is to get a 35,000 sterling pay rise and has seen his bonus target changed to focus more on customer service, it emerged today.
As fuel costs climb, European carriers press an advantage
PARIS : As U.S. airlines reel from soaring oil prices and a sinking domestic economy, most of their European rivals look much better placed to ride out the storm.
Airlines seen to lose $2.3B in '08 due to soaring fuel costs
The International Air Transport Association said Monday its member airlines faced losses of 2.3 billion dollars this year due to soaring fuel costs, dramatically reversing a forecast of profits nearly twice ...