Weather Tonight: 3°c Partly Cloudy Night Morning: 6°c Cloudy

News

RSS

Keith Williams

Latest articles

End of British Airways strikes brings summer flight relief

22.06.11
The bitter British Airways dispute has finally ended after more than 10,000 cabin crew voted overwhelmingly in favour of a new deal over pay and working conditions... more

Holidaymakers breathe a sigh of relief as BA cabin crew lift strike threat

12.05.11
British Airways cabin crew have voted to end their long running dispute lifting the threat of summer strikes... more

Easter air travel chaos looms as BA cabin crew vote for strikes

28.03.11
British Airways cabin crew today voted overwhelmingly by eight to one in favour of more strikes... more

Overtaxing air travel will damage Britain's recovery

18.03.11
Aviation is the most undervalued and overtaxed industry in Britain... more

City Spy: Patten vs Agius in BBC power clash

14.03.11
New BBC Trust chairman Lord Patten showed a populist touch when, during his grilling by MPs, he lambasted high pay for the corporation's top executives - music to the ears of the politicians... more

BA chief meets union in bid to halt summer strike action

11.03.11
British Airways chief Keith Williams plans more meetings with union bosses in an effort to avert summer strikes ... more

Go-Ahead appoints Keith Down as new finance director

24.01.11
Keith Down, the JD Wetherspoon finance director who surprised the pub industry by quitting in October, gets a new job at bus giant Go-Ahead... more

BA’s Swift move poaches a new finance director

22.11.10
British Airways poaches finance chief Nick Swift from Go-Ahead Group to take over from Keith Williams, who is moving up to become chief executive when BA completes merger with Iberia... more

British Airways bosses pick up pay rises in Iberia merger

27.10.10
British Airways bosses will land hefty pay rises on taking up their new posts once the airline merges with Spanish partner Iberia... more

British Airways' ash cloud and strikes toll tots up to £250m

30.07.10
British Airways revealed the full £250 million cost of its 'perfect storm' spring when millions of passengers were grounded by the ash cloud and cabin-crew strikes... more

High hopes: The new towers of London

18.06.10
During the recession, construction of London's most grandiose building schemes ground to a halt. Now architects are dusting off their old plans and our skyline is once again being transformed. But is this era of austerity really the time for extravagant towers, asks Kieran Long... more

British Airways cost-cutting bears fruit with a rare £25m profit

05.02.10
Willie Walsh’s remorseless war on costs at British Airways has started to come good with the airline’s first operating profit for more than a year... more

BA’s battle with costs goes on as deficit spirals higher

06.11.09
Costs are falling and its aircraft are flying fuller, but British Airways said it has yet to turn a corner in the worst airline slump on record... more

Tories can't return to Eighties dogma

09.10.09
Suddenly, it’s starting to feel like old times. Royal Mail workers have voted to strike; British Airways cabin crew may follow... more

Are the clouds about to lift for beleaguered BA boss Willie Walsh?

16.09.09
Interview: After a bumpy recent ride, Willie Walsh reckons recovery is waiting in the wings — and his new London City-New York service will prove it... more

Hard-up BA grounds 22 jets after record losses

31.07.09
British Airways has been forced to ground 22 of its biggest planes and slash seven routes as it slumped to its first peak-season loss, dropping £148 million into the red... more

City Spy: New MPC man is ready to rumble

16.07.09
Adam Posen, who joins the monetary policy committee at the Bank of England in September, admits he is not yet up to speed on the state of the UK economy and promises to put this right ... more

BA dives into red but Walsh says job’s safe

22.05.09
The chief executive of British Airways admitted his gamble to focus on high fare-paying first and business class passengers has spectacularly backfired into a worse-than-expected £401 million loss... more

BA tempts top passengers with free ride in a black cab

14.05.09
British Airways is to lay on free London black cabs for passengers living within 100 miles of Heathrow... more

BA suffers worst winter as City flyers go economy

06.02.09
Aviation: British Airways is having its worst-ever winter, losing up to £3million a day - nearly £20million a week - as passengers refuse to pay its high fares to fly first or business class... more

BA hoisting fares 10% despite steep plunge in profits

07.11.08
A 10% increase in fares at British Airways sent shares in the flag carrier flying to the top of the FTSE 100 leader board... more

BA boss rejects £700,000 bonus

16.05.08
British Airways boss Willie Walsh has turned down a £700,000 bonus because of the Terminal 5 fiasco... more


Don't Miss