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  • September 2008

    • Stranded Brits Expected Home on Schedule

      Times (UK)  |  Sep 13, 08 11:49 AM CDT

      Stranded Brits Expected Home on Schedule

      (Newser) - The  sudden collapse of XL Airways left as many as 85,000 passengers marooned in foreign lands, but they're now expected to get home on schedule, or at least only a little late, the Times of London reports. Aviation authorities plan a vast airlift to take home the stranded, but industry-watchers warn that the industry's woes are far from over. More »

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      United Kingdom  • airline industry  • airline  • bankruptcy  • vacation  • holiday  • British Airways  • air travelers

  • August 2008

    • BA, American Hope 3rd Time Is the Charm

      New York Times  |  Aug 15, 08 6:48 AM CDT

      BA, American Hope 3rd Time Is the Charm

      (Newser) - American Airlines and British Airways are making a third stab at a joint business agreement—and this time, reports the New York Times , the deal might actually go through. American, BA, and the Spanish carrier Iberia are applying for antitrust approval to form a global network. The CEO of American's parent company today predicted that the arrangement would win "swift approval" amid loosened regulations in a collapsing industry. More »

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      airline industry  • airline  • merger  • American Airlines  • British Airways  • Open Skies Agreement

  • June 2008

    • US Airlines May Need Foreign Aid

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jun 30, 08 8:43 AM CDT

      US Airlines May Need Foreign Aid

      (Newser) - Troubled US airlines could be looking to Congress to ease foreign ownership laws, as financial woes push them into the arms of new investment partners, the Wall Street Journal reports. Overseas companies, barred from holding more than 25% of the voting stock of US carriers, are eager to relax the rules. "It could be the financial exigencies of the day that finally make for a breakthrough," British Airways Chairman Martin Broughton tells the Journal. More »

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      Bush administration  • airline industry  • United Airlines  • British Airways  • Lufthansa

    • Naomi Ducks Prison Time in Airline Assault

      Times (UK)  |  Jun 21, 08 2:09 PM CDT

      Naomi Ducks Prison Time in Airline Assault

      (Newser) - Naomi Campbell was sentenced to 200 hours of community service and about $5,600 in fines yesterday for her tantrum on a British Airways flight, the London Times reports. She pleaded guilty to assaulting two police officers and berating the pilot after the airline lost her luggage. "You are not leaving until you find my f***ing bags," she allegedly told the captain. More »

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      crime  • police  • assault  • British Airways  • supermodel  • Naomi Campbell

  • May 2008

    • Heathrow Boss Flies the Coop

      Guardian (UK)  |  May 13, 08 3:04 PM CDT

      Heathrow Boss Flies the Coop

      (Newser) - Mark Bullock, managing director of London's Heathrow airport, has stepped down in the wake of the disastrous opening of the airport's new terminal. Hundreds of flights were canceled after the March 27 debut of Terminal 5, due to a malfunctioning baggage-handling system, the Guardian reports. London Underground chief Mark Brown will take over at the end of the summer. More »

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      British Airways  • Heathrow Airport  • Terminal 5

  • April 2008
  • March 2008

    • Chaos Continues at Heathrow

      Guardian (UK)  |  Mar 31, 08 3:33 AM CDT

      Chaos Continues at Heathrow

      (Newser) - Hundreds of volunteer British Airways staffers spent their day off yesterday helping to return some of the 15,000 pieces of luggage lost when the state-of-the-art baggage system failed at the airline's new terminal at London's Heathrow airport last week. Scores of tech specialists have also been deployed to fix the computer problems, the Guardian reports. More »

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      British Airways  • luggage  • flight cancellation  • Alitalia  • Terminal 5  • stranded passengers  • Air France  • Open Skies Agreement  • baggage handling

    • Heathrow Mess Will Ripple Well Into Weekend

      Times (UK)  |  Mar 28, 08 3:33 PM CDT

      Heathrow Mess Will Ripple Well Into Weekend

      (Newser) - Logistical disasters continued today at Heathrow airport's new Terminal 5—and flight cancellations, delays and luggage losses will likely continue all weekend, the Times of London reports. British Airways, the facility's sole airline, said it hoped to run 80% of planned flights today, the terminal's second. "I am a frequent traveler," one passenger said, "and this is the worst experience ever." More »

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      Great Britain  • London  • airport  • airline delays  • Heathrow Airport  • British Airways  • luggage  • flight cancellation  • Terminal 5

    • Breakdown Snarls New Heathrow Terminal

      Times (UK)  |  Mar 28, 08 4:15 AM CDT

      Breakdown Snarls New Heathrow Terminal

      (Newser) - The gleaming new Terminal 5 at Heathrow airport had a disastrous opening yesterday as its state-of-the-art baggage handling facility crashed and 34 flights were canceled. British Airways, the only airline flying out of the new terminal, suspended baggage check-in by the afternoon, and arriving passengers were forced to wait up to four hours for their luggage. "This is real British organization for you," one stranded German traveler told the Times of London. More »

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      London  • airport  • Heathrow Airport  • British Airways  • luggage  • Terminal 5

  • February 2008

    • Plane Crash? C'mon. It Was Fun: Survivor

      Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Feb 8, 08 1:30 PM CST

      Plane Crash? C'mon. It Was Fun: Survivor

      (Newser) - The British Airways flight that crash-landed at Heathrow last month certainly looked terrifying, but one passenger recalls the ordeal as "a fantastic experience" that has made her "the center of attention at dinner parties." Passengers had no indication the plane was in danger, Francis Charig writes in the Telegraph ; the landing was "a little heavy" but "insufficient to stop me working on my Sudoku puzzle." More »

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      plane crash  • Heathrow Airport  • British Airways

    • Euro Jet Aims to Fly at Mach 5

      Guardian (UK)  |  Feb 6, 08 6:53 AM CST

      Euro Jet Aims to Fly at Mach 5

      (Newser) - A futuristic hypersonic passenger plane that could carry 300 passengers at five times the speed of sound—more than 3,000 mph—is already on the drawing board in Britain. The A2, whose design is funded by the European Space Agency, could be in the air in 25 years if there is a demand, reports the Guardian . It's even environmentally friendly, running on a green fuel, liquid hydrogen. More »

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      British Airways  • European Space Agency  • Virgin Galactic  • Concorde

  • January 2008