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British Airways stories: 31 news summaries

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 Airlines Pledge to Halve 
 Emissions by 2050 

Industry makes vow to UN ahead of Copenhagen summit

Sep 22, 09 6:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - The airline industry is pledging to cut carbon emissions by 50% in 2050, reports the Guardian, in a reluctant concession meant to stave off more dramatic action—but one that will likely increase fares and trigger a race for new, greener technology. The plan will be presented at the... More »

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climate change • Greenpeace • airline industry • Kyoto Protocol • British Airways • airline • aviation • Copenhagen climate change conference • Willie Walsh

Brit Flights Will Bar 'Flu-ish' Passengers

Docs blast 'nonsense' plan to keep ill
off airplanes

Jul 20, 09 4:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - British Airways and Virgin Atlantic will refuse to check in passengers with symptoms of swine flu unless they have doctors' notes saying they're healthy, reports the Times of London. Passengers with runny noses, headaches, or sore throats will be told not to board their flights. The new policy has outraged... More »

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travel • airline industry • British Airways • Virgin Atlantic • air travel • influenza • swine flu • H1N1 virus

(AP) - Hundreds of passengers on a British Airways 747 flight to London used slides to evacuate the plane last night on the Phoenix Airport runway, the AP reports. The jumbo jet had just pushed back from the gate when smoke and an acrid odor was reported in the cabin. By the... More »

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Arizona • Phoenix • British Airways • evacuation • airport • Boeing 747

British Airways Asks Staff to Work for Free

BA boss vows to
forego a month of
his $1.2M salary

Jun 17, 09 4:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - Thousands of British Airways staff have been asked to help boost the airline's battered bottom line by working for free for up to a month, CNN reports. Chief executive Willie Walsh emailed workers urging them to help the company survive by taking several weeks of unpaid leave and considering doing... More »

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airline industry • British Airways • airline • Willie Walsh

EARNINGS REPORTS

 Virgin Soars 
 as BA Posts 
 Record Loss 

Branson's airline doubles profits year-on-year

May 26, 09 5:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - Virgin Atlantic announced today that its annual profits had nearly doubled to $109 million, while its rival British Airways posted a record annual loss of $638 million. According to the Times of London, Richard Branson's airline increased its market share and drew substantial revenue from its premium services. Virgin, which... More »

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Richard Branson • airline industry • profits • British Airways • Virgin Atlantic

MARKETS

 Swine Flu Sends 
 Travel Stocks Falling 

Airlines decline while drugmakers advance; Mexican peso tumbles

Apr 27, 09 6:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Stocks declined worldwide today, with travel companies leading losses as investors gave their first reaction to the outbreak of swine flu. Airlines took a pummeling—Lufthansa fell more than 12%, British Airways 8.7%—and tour operators like Carnival also suffered sharp drops. But pharmaceutical companies did well: drugmaker Roche,... More »

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Mexico • British Airways • markets • Lufthansa • European markets • outbreak • influenza • Tamiflu • Roche • foreign currency • swine flu • Mexican peso

Airline Promises Plane Crash for Paying Execs

Team-building exercise puts groups in simulated nosedives

Feb 1, 09 2:49 PM CST
(Newser) - British Airways is putting customers on a plane guaranteed to plunge 3,000 feet and fill with smoke—and companies are lining up to try it, the Times of London reports. The "crash courses" are staged on a plane simulator at Heathrow Airport to build team spirit. “The... More »

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British Airways • plane crash • team building • simulation

 British Air, Qantas 
 Merger Talks Crash 

$6 billion deal won't fly after airlines disagree on key issues

Dec 18, 08 8:13 AM CST
(Newser) - A $6 billion merger between British Airways and Qantas Airways that would have created a global carrier failed to fly after the two sides couldn’t agree on who would control the business, reports Bloomberg. The decision frees BA to pursue talks with Spain’s Iberia. Qantas is likely to... More »

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airline industry • Qantas • mergers and acquisitions • British Airways • Iberia

British Airways in Merger Talks with Qantas

Shares soar 12% on news

Dec 2, 08 10:15 AM CST
(AP) - British Airways is in talks with Australia's Qantas Airways about a potential merger, the firm said today, sending its shares soaring as it fueled expectations of consolidation in the hard-hit aviation industry. Already pursuing a revenue-sharing deal with American Airlines and Spain's Iberia SA, BA said it’s exploring a... More »

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Australia • airline industry • Qantas • merger • British Airways • Britain • stock price

 UK Cabin Crews Knock 
 Passengers Online 

Virgin and British Airways workers land in trouble for Facebook comments

Nov 2, 08 4:16 PM CST
(Newser) - Virgin Atlantic has fired 13 cabin staffers for mocking passengers and joking about engine safety on Facebook, the Guardian reports. The online messages quipped about cockroaches on planes and referred to passengers as "chavs," a British term for "white trash." The airline publicly chided the... More »

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airline industry • Facebook • British Airways • Virgin Atlantic • airline passengers

Stranded Brits Expected Home on Schedule

Up to 85K were
overseas when
holiday firm went bust

Sep 13, 08 11:49 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

BA, American Hope 3rd Time
Is the Charm

Carriers predict US antitrust approval for alliance first aired in '96

Aug 15, 08 6:48 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

 US Airlines 
 May Need Foreign Aid 

May find security if caps on foreign investment are eased

Jun 30, 08 8:43 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

Naomi Ducks Prison Time in Airline Assault

Diva faces community work, fine for kicking cops on flight

Jun 21, 08 2:09 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

Heathrow Boss Flies the Coop

Under fire from legislators, airlines for disastrous Terminal 5 opening, Bullock quits

May 13, 08 3:04 PM CDT
(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... More »

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British Airways • Heathrow Airport • Terminal 5 • Mark Bullock

 British Airways Bans Campbell 

Supermodel grounded after spitting and harassing airline staff and police

Apr 8, 08 10:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - A better punishment might have been a lifetime sentence to coach: Supermodel Naomi Campbell, who was hauled off a British Airways flight last week and arrested for spitting on a Heathrow Airport officer in a row over an overweight suitcase, has been permanently grounded by her favorite airline, the Mirror... More »

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London • British Airways • arrest • ban • assault • Heathrow Airport • Naomi Campbell • supermodel

Heathrow Fiasco a 'National Embarrassment'

British Airways reeling as terminal chaos continues

Apr 1, 08 7:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - The chaos is continuing at Heathrow's brand-new Terminal 5, with one British politician slamming the fiasco as a "national embarrassment," the Daily Telegraph reports. More than 50 flights were canceled yesterday and British Airways admitted that the mountain of stranded baggage contained as many as 28,000 bags,... More »

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United Kingdom • British Airways • airline • aviation • airport • airline delays • Heathrow Airport • Terminal 5 • lost baggage

 Chaos Continues at Heathrow 

Hundreds of volunteer staffers work to sort out baggage crisis

Mar 31, 08 3:33 AM CDT
(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... More »

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luggage • British Airways • Alitalia • Heathrow Airport • flight cancellation • T5 • IT • baggage handling • soft launch • Air France • stranded passengers • Open Skies Agreement • chaos • Terminal 5

Heathrow Mess Will Ripple Well Into Weekend

Reeling new Terminal 5 far short of capacity,
but full of irate travelers

Mar 28, 08 3:33 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

 Breakdown Snarls 
 New Heathrow Terminal  

New terminal opens with baggage meltdown, dozens of cancellations

Mar 28, 08 4:15 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

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