Qantas released the first part of its international restructuring this morning, cutting its frequencies into London Heathrow by almost half in favour of handing Bangkok and Hong Kong services to British Airways, and says this will save it the need for four Boeing 747-400s and about 1000 jobs.
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Air NZ in no-lose situation after move on Virgin
If the Air NZ purchase of 14.9% of Virgin Blue is a blocking move to prevent, say, Etihad from acquiring a significant interest in the carrier, it may well be thwarted by “unintended consequences”.
Business As Usual: Myer sales flat … Doubts on US consumer-led recovery … Euro hits another low …
Doubt on the strength of the US consumer-led recovery … US interest rates still falling … The euro hits an 18-month low … Spain looks inflation in the eye … More US banks bite the dust … British Airways cops it in the neck …
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How British Airways pulled a wet Willie
Infuriated British Airways CEO Willie Walsh, sick of waiting for clearance after the Iceland volcano, played a game of chicken and sent BA planes to Heathrow, daring the UK government to send them back. They chickened out.
Speculating on the Cathay Pacific near-disaster
Ben Sandilands offers his expert eye on Tuesday’s very hard landing of a Cathay Pacific A330-300 at Hong Kong’s airport and its similarities to a British Airways incident in 2008.
Who cares if BA goes on strike, or disappears?
For a text book case study in how to screw a brand into oblivion, British Airways in Australia is irresistible. It has shrunk to triviality thresholds in this country, writes Ben Sandilands.
“Shit for fuel” turns British Airways green
Although cynics said it would never work, British Airways has signed up for a revolutionary biomass-for-jet-fuel process which will power part of its fleet from 2014, reports Ben Sandilands.
Qantas gets the Willies on BA tie-up
There is no compelling business case for a merger between Qantas and British Airways — but don’t tell the The Australian Financial Review, writes Glenn Dyer.
Qantas dodges BA-Iberia tie-up
The proposed 4.4 billion pound merger between British Airways and Iberia of Spain is so full of holes that it could very well sink without a trace at the slightest bit of opposition.
Has British Airways lost its number 1 UK spot?
The classic British aviation brand British Airways may soon lose its title as the UK’s most popular airline as budget airline Ryanair grows its flights and passengers. But will Ryanair be able to continue its double digit growth?
British Airways: still ‘the world’s favourite airline’?
It’s British Airways’ 90th birthday, and the company is feeling a bit shaky. Passenger numbers have dropped, it’s facing losses of hundreds of millions of pounds in the last year and there are fears of a workers’ strike.
Death of a salesman’s wings
British Airways is trying to revive the business trip, as international networking becomes grounded in technology. It argues that “face-to-face interaction fuels business.” Well, it would.
British Airways staff volunteer to work free
1200 British Airways staff have agreed to work free, and a further 7000 have agreed to take a pay cut to help the company weather the storm of financial crisis.
Qantas’ lucky escape from a British Airways merger
Qantas’s infatuation with a merger with British Airways late last year has been shown up as the aviation equivalent of buying the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
Desperate British Airways chief: what if you worked for free…?
BA chief exec Willie Walsh, in an article in the airline’s staff newspaper, BA News, has suggested that staff should consider working for free. Hard sell. Walsh earns £700,000 a year.
Qantas-BA deal ruffles feathers at Iberia
There’s news from London that BA’s other potential partner, Iberia, is upset and will tell BA it’s either them or us, writes Glenn Dyer.
