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British Airways plc is a UK based airline company that holds the title of largest airline in the United Kingdom due to the size of its fleet, as well as international flight destinations and frequencies. However, when measured by number of passengers carried, British Airways ranks 2nd after EasyJet. The two main hubs for British Airways are London Gatwick, and London Heathrow – the only airports in the UK out of which BA runs international flights. The BA fleet is made up of Airbus and Boeing aircraft, the most frequent of which is the Boeing 747-400.

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BA cabin crews vote on strikes in time for Christmas

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Commodities in demand as battered dollar keeps on diving

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British Airways announces first ever summer loss

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British Airways remained deep in the red after announcing a record pre-tax loss of £292 million for the six months to the end of September... more

British Airways faces second walkout threat

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Now BA plans to axe 1,300 ground staff

13.10.09
British Airways is planning to axe up to 1,300 more jobs in addition to the 1,700 revealed last week... more

British Airways to slash 1,700 cabin crew jobs

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How airline is cutting services

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Hopes raise for BA and Union deal

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Union warns of BA cabin crew strike

04.09.09
British Airways cabin crew may launch a strike before Christmas, trade union bosses said today ... more

BA strike threat as crisis talks fail

24.07.09
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Bosses are called 'lemmings' in cliffhanger crisis

14.07.09
Trade union activists paraded two cages full of lemmings outside British Airways' shareholder meeting in protest at its swingeing demands on workers' pay and conditions... more

BA pilots agree pay cut to keep airline flying

13.07.09
British Airways pilots have voted overwhelmingly to accept a 2.6 per cent pay cut to save the struggling airline £26 million a year... more

British Airways execs in court over price fixing

13.07.09
Three former British Airways executives and the firm's sales and marketing director denied in court allegations of price fixing... more

BA staff vote for pay cut, not strikes

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Deadline for crucial BA talks

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BA plummets £150m into the red

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British Airways has admitted that it expects to lose £150million this year... more

Flights will cost £35 less as BA cuts fuel charge

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British Airways will drop its fuel surcharge by as much as a third on long-haul flights, the airline announced... more

BA chief: It's time to charge for sports kit

25.09.08
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Comment: Lost luggage

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  • Facts
  • As of July 2009, the current CEO of British Airways is Irish businessman Willie Walsh. He emailed many BA employees in 2009 asking them to work without pay for lengths of time between a week and a month in an attempt to cut costs. Walsh himself has said that he will work for a month (July 2009) without salary.
  • In March 2008, Heathrow’s new Terminal 5 was opened, after being built specifically for the use of British Airways
  • For BA international flights, there are four classes available, World Traveller (lowest), World Traveller Plus, Club World, and First (highest).
  • In 1976, BA along with Air France inaugurated the first Concorde – an passenger aircraft that could travel at supersonic speeds that was retired in 2003 due to safety concerns after a crash in 2000, and poor economic conditions
  • In 1993, Richard Branson (owner of Virgin Atlantic) took British Airways to court for libel, after BA allegedly tried to spread potentially discrediting rumours about Branson and his airline. BA ended up apologising for its ‘dirty tricks’ and paid Branson’s legal fees, as well as compensation to both Branson and Virgin Atlantic

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