Boston’s calling July 10, 2011 CAPE ANN: SMALL-TOWN BEAUTY MANCHESTER-by-the Sea is a little town about 30 miles north of Boston. It’s got white picket fences, a harbour, a tiny train station, two ice cream shops and an old diner called the Coffee Cup that’s recently been bought by a plucky, Italian-American mother and daughter called Christine and Kathy DeSalvo, [...]
CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS April 4, 2011 Stamford Associates The investment consultant has appointed Sir Mark Weinberg as senior adviser, with the aim of expanding Stamford Associates’ investment strengths and expanding its pool of institutional investors. As the founder of life insurance provider Abbey Life, Weinberg will bring 40 years’ business and investment experience to the firm. He is also the chairman [...]
BA union to reballot over strike February 22, 2011 The biggest union representing British Airways cabin crew said yesterday it will re-ballot members over strike action saying it feared a recent vote may be invalid. Cabin crew voted last month to hold further strikes in the long-running dispute which has already cost BA £150m. But, BA argued that the ballot, the third held by [...]
EasyJet bets sales on business travellers March 28, 2011 EASYJET will target business customers to boost sales, according to chief executive Carolyn McCall. The second largest budget airline in Europe is testing a Flexifare system, which offers business travellers preferential boarding, free hold luggage and the ability to change planes just two hours before flight time. “We have been testing this since November and [...]
British Airways sees its July passenger traffic fall August 4, 2010 British Airways (BA) carried 2.6 per cent fewer passengers in July compared with the year before and said it expected summer traffic volumes to be lower than last year. BA carried 3.19m passengers last month, down from the 3.21m in July 2009, while its load factor — a measure of how well it fills its [...]
British Airways sees its July passenger traffic fall August 4, 2010 British Airways (BA) carried 2.6 per cent fewer passengers in July compared with the year before and said it expected summer traffic volumes to be lower than last year. BA carried 3.19m passengers last month, down from the 3.21m in July 2009, while its load factor — a measure of how well it fills its [...]
BAA to spend £50m to tackle snow March 24, 2011 Airports operator BAA said it would invest £50M in better winter defences after a report criticised its response to the snow-induced chaos at London’s Heathrow airport last year. An inquiry into BAA’s handling of last year’s big freeze, which closed runways in the week before Christmas, said BAA had to prove it can keep Heathrow [...]
EU tells UK to relax liquids on planes ban April 25, 2011 BRITISH airports face disastrous consequences if they fail to agree to the lifting of a ban on carrying liquids onto aeroplanes, the EU has warned. The warning comes after Philip Hammond (pictured), the transport secretary, refused to go ahead with the first phase of relaxing liquids restrictions, which is due this week. From 29 April, [...]
THE TIPSTER AIRLINES, ENERGY, NEWS AND BOOKIES April 11, 2011 RISING fuel prices and the ongoing threat of industrial action at its British Airways division is making it a difficult time for International Consolidated Airlines, despite last week’s encouraging traffic figures. Clearly any progress in the Libya situation may help ease oil prices and in turn give the sector as a whole something of a [...]
Unite union to ballot BA staff February 8, 2011 The union representing British Airways cabin crew said yesterday it planned to ballot members again on taking strike action after saying a recent vote was potentially invalid. Cabin crew voted last month to hold further strikes. The dispute has cost the airline some £150m.