The threat of strike action next month by British Airways’ cabin crew seems not to have fazed the airline’s chief executive Willie Walsh as he sealed the deal for a merger with Spanish carrier Iberia. Mr Walsh said BA had in place adequate contingency plans for any industrial action and that these plans would minimise [...]

The long-running fight between British Airways and its cabin crew looks set to continue as a latest peace deal is shot down. BA boss Willie Walsh and Unite union’s joint chief Tony Woodley have been working for months to come up with an agreement which is acceptable to all parties involved in the conflict. However, [...]

Passengers planning to travel with British Airways this Christmas could face disruption as a new cabin crew deal hits a militant stumbling block. The current agreement has been thrashed out by BA boss Willie Walsh and Toney Woodley, joint leader of the Unite union. However, leaders of the British Airline Stewards and Stewardesses’ Association, the [...]

Transport secretary Philip Hammond has said he will be looking at the regulations governing security checks at airports in the wake of BA’s attack on measures it claims have been imposed by the US. Martin Broughton, the airline’s chairman, said many of the checks passengers are forced to go through are pointless. Broughton claimed that [...]

A new deal is being offered by British Airways to its cabin crew in an effort to finally put an end to the long running dispute. So far this year, strikes by BA staff over working conditions, pay and the removal of travel perks have cost the airline £150 million. The most recent deal has [...]

American Airlines has said it will be recalling 800 employees to duty as it increases services to its long-haul destinations. The jobs were announced by the airline’s chief executive, Gerard Arpey, as he told a London news conference about American’s tie-up with British Airways and Iberia on transatlantic routes. The airline is also in talks [...]

British Airways is celebrating its highest closing share price in two years as its shares jumped by 6 per cent to 265 pence. The flag carrier said it had recently recorded a surge in passenger numbers. Traffic was up by 1.3 per cent last month, although this figure is compared to September 2009; which was [...]

British Airways has extended its Gatwick gataways with an increasing route network that has helped establish the company as the airport’s front-running long haul carrier. As BA celebrates a year of running their popular three-time-a-week service to Sharm el Sheikh in Egypt, it is also preparing to launch a brand new twice-weekly flight to Cancun [...]

British Airways has announced that it is to bring back into service two of the Boeing 747 jumbos it grounded when passenger traffic all but dried up during the recession. The two planes, each capable of carrying 350 passengers, have been retrieved from Victorville in California’s Mojave Desert, where the arid conditions help stave off [...]

Yesterday’s walkout by Spanish workers meant hundreds of flights had to be cancelled causing travel chaos for thousands. The 24-hour strike, a protest against the government’s austerity measures, is expected to continue to disrupt many people’s travel plans today. Ryanair said it had to cancel the majority of its flights to Spain and scrap all [...]