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The Unite trade union threatened to deepen its industrial dispute with British Airways if the airline cuts more jobs following a £4.3bn merger with Iberia. The union, which launches a ballot for industrial action over cost-cutting measures next week...
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Iberia and British Airways have approved an agreement establishing the basis for a merger, the Spanish carrier said late Thursday. Iberia called it a "binding agreement" aimed at creating one of the world's largest airline groups, with a fleet of 419...
Tags: Iberia Merger Deal Imminent, British Airways PLC, largest airline, Madrid
Even when items such as pension costs are excluded BA made a loss of £111 million, against a profit of £140 million a year earlier. The industry as a whole is expected to lose 11 billion US dollars (£6.65 billion) this year as a result of the recession's...
Tags: British Airways Plc, tax loss, Willie Walsh
Workers spoke of their "anger and frustration" at the planned imposition of new employment contracts from 16 November on top of thousands of job cuts and a pay freeze. One cabin crew worker said before the meeting, held at the Sandown Park racecourse...
Tags: cabin crew, Unite, airways cabin, strike action, mass meeting, British Airways PLC, industrial action
R Corp, and British Airways to deepen their ties poses serious competition concerns, two senior U.S. senators said on Tuesday. Herb Kohl and Orrin Hatch, the chairman and ranking member, respectively, of the antitrust subcommittee, said the deal merited...
Tags: British Airways PLC, American Airlines Inc., merits close
British Airways today announced changes to the way its cabin crews worked, under continuing plans to cut costs. Union sources said the changes included job cuts and a two-year pay freeze, complaining the changes were being imposed on staff...Thousands...
Tags: cabin crews, British Airways PLC, Heathrow Airport, ba cut, crews change, Las Vegas, job cut, United Kingdom, London
Narita International Airport Corp President Kosaburo Morinaka said Thursday the airport’s landing-fee revenues may fall about 1.5 billion yen short of the some 50 billion yen estimated for the year to next March as Japan Airlines Corp and others are planning...
Tags: Qantas Airways Ltd., Japan Airlines Corp., JAL, Democratic Party of Japan, prime minister, American Airlines, British Airways Plc, Barack Obama, korean leaders, airline corp
British Airways PLC Friday said its first-quarter net loss widened, though Chief Executive Willie Walsh said traffic has now stabilized and may improve slightly during the peak summer months. The U.K.-based carrier reported a net loss of £106 million...
Tags: British Airways PLC, visible signs, 148m loss, tax loss
The telecoms group announced a restructuring with new spending and cost saving targets at its year-end results in May after two profit warnings at the multinational Global Services division prompted a massive writedown, a cut to the dividend and 15,000...
Tags: pensions deficit, British Airways PLC, operating loss, profits fall, BT Group, BT Global Services, bt pensions
Vazquez, a 57 year-old from Spain's southernmost Andalusia region, stepped in on Thursday to replace Fernando Conte, news of whose departure coincided with a report -- denied by the airline -- of shareholder pressure on Iberia to step up the pace of talks.
Tags: Antonio Vázquez Iberia, Fernando Conte, Antonio Vázquez Romero, British Airways PLC