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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 Ł148 million into the red... 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

White House apology after their jets spark 9/11 panic

28.04.09

The White House was forced to apologise after a government exercise in which a passenger jet flew low across Manhattan caused panic in the city... more

The 2004 Olympic legacy that London must avoid

06.02.09

A diving pool with four inches of stagnant water, brand new stadia mothballed and derelict, an Olympic complex all but abandoned and strewn with litter and graffiti — this is the legacy from the Athens Olympics in 2004... more

London jumbo plunges 20,000 feet after hole is ripped in its fuselage

25.07.08

Passengers on a packed jumbo jet flight from London described their terror after a gaping hole was punched in the plane as it headed for Australia... more

Barrister jailed over Ł17.5m Boeing fraud

01.07.08

A barrister has been jailed for five years for attempting to con the taxman out of Ł17.5 million... more

Ranting Naomi claims racist 'golliwog' insult led to her assaulting two police officers

20.06.08

Naomi Campbell last night blamed apparent racism for her outburst on a British Airways jet, claiming she had been called 'a golliwog supermodel'. In an interview with Sky News, Miss Campbell said she was not going to apologise to BA as they were 'disgusting.'... more

Plane mad Naomi Campbell escapes jail

20.06.08

Naomi Campbell avoided jail despite admitting kicking and spitting at police on board a plane at Heathrow... more

All-day flights threat across London

19.05.08

Parts of London face overflying passenger jets throughout the day after ministers backed a decision to increase the use of Heathrow runways to deal with delays... more

I'd like a few short, sharp words with Willie Walsh

15.04.08

The day I flew out of Terminal 5 bound for Paris is a day I would gladly forget. I was with Sara Fox, an American project director known as the "Queen of the Gherkin" for delivering that iconic building on time and on budget. The plan was that she would cast her forensic eye over every detail of the £4.3 billion Terminal 5 on behalf of the Evening Standard... more