Unite to sue British Airways over removal of employee travel perks July 26, 2010 UNITE, the trade union representing 11,000 British Airways (BA) cabin crew, will launch a legal attack over the airline’s removal of travel perks from striking staff. The union said yesterday it believed BA management was “breaching European human rights legislation” when it cut travel concessions from cabin crew in March. BA and Unite have been [...]
IAG unveils maiden numbers February 3, 2011 International Airlines Group (IAG), formed by the merger of British Airways and Iberia, carried 4.5 per cent more passengers in January than the two carriers combined flew a year earlier. IAG said it carried 3.75m passengers last month, up on the 3.59m carried by BA and Iberia in January 2010. However, its passenger load factor [...]
IAG unveils maiden numbers February 3, 2011 International Airlines Group (IAG), formed by the merger of British Airways and Iberia, carried 4.5 per cent more passengers in January than the two carriers combined flew a year earlier. IAG said it carried 3.75m passengers last month, up on the 3.59m carried by BA and Iberia in January 2010. However, its passenger load factor [...]
Amsterdam steps out of the shadows June 19, 2011 AMSTERDAM is undergoing an image change. Earlier this month the Dutch government announced plans to ban foreigners from using the city’s coffee shops (the coy name for bars in which you can legally smoke marijuana), turning such places into members’ clubs for permanent residents only. It’s a controversial move designed to make Amsterdam a less [...]
Caribbean Travel March 21, 2011 Jamaica BEST BEACH Jamaica is one of the few Caribbean islands that is blessed by being totally surrounded by the warm Caribbean sea. That said, the choice of beaches is unending and in Montego Bay, one of the best to experience is the Doctors cave Beach. Celebrating over 100 years as a bathing beach, it [...]
Broughton secures backing for Tote bid February 13, 2011 THE deputy chairman of British Airways’ newly formed owner, Sir Martin Broughton, has lined up support for his bid to buy state-owned bookmaker the Tote. The former Liverpool football club chairman, who has been a racehorse owner for many years, has received backing from Penta Capital, a buyout firm. The Glasgow-based investor, which has stakes [...]
Broughton secures backing for Tote bid February 13, 2011 THE deputy chairman of British Airways’ newly formed owner, Sir Martin Broughton, has lined up support for his bid to buy state-owned bookmaker the Tote. The former Liverpool football club chairman, who has been a racehorse owner for many years, has received backing from Penta Capital, a buyout firm. The Glasgow-based investor, which has stakes [...]
FTSE buoyed by upbeat corporate results April 26, 2011 Strong corporate results and positive broker research buoyed the FTSE today, leading the market to its highest close in more than two months. The FTSE 100 closed 0.9 per cent higher at 6.069.36 in low volumes following the long Easter weekend and ahead of a second four-day weekend to celebrate the Royal wedding and Mayday. [...]
Rolls-Royce is boosted by BA engine order January 6, 2011 ROLLS-ROYCE enjoyed a boost to its shares yesterday after signing a £3.2bn contract with British Airways for its Trent 900 and Trent 1000 engines. Confirmation of the deal, which was first mooted in 2007, will allow Rolls-Royce to book the orders on its balance sheet. Rolls-Royce chief executive Sir John Rose said: “We are pleased [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING April 17, 2011 FINANCIAL TIMES EU TO PROBE DATA TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT Regulators are to launch the first pan-European investigation into telecoms companies’ controversial data traffic management practices, in an attempt to safeguard so-called net neutrality principles. European regulators will scrutinise whether fixed-line phone and mobile operators are giving consumers enough information about their traffic management policies. ACTELION GAINS [...]