BA pledges to run 65pc of flights in spite of strike March 17, 2010 BRITISH Airways said yesterday extra staff will allow it to run 65 per cent of flights during the intended strikes this coming weekend, rather than the 60 per cent it initially forecast. BA said that the number of staff offering to step in as cabin crew has increased. And in response to fears over background [...]
PM brands BA strike plans “deplorable” March 15, 2010 A PLANNED seven-day strike by British Airways cabin crew is “unjustified and deplorable” and should be called off, Prime Minister said. Gordon Brown condemned the seven days of planned walkouts as BA and the Unite union met in a last ditch bid to avert the action. He said: “It’s the wrong time, it’s unjustified, it’s [...]
BA extends talks over strikes March 9, 2010 Unions have agreed to extend a deadline for talks aimed at averting a British Airways cabin crew strike. Unite union and BA will continue talks until noon today. Union members have voted twice for strike action in a row over pay and working practices. The extension to the TUC-chaired discussions has raised hopes that a [...]
THE TIPSTER May 19, 2010 THE airline that once billed itself as the world’s favourite is set to report fourth quarter results on Friday, but it has hardly been an upbeat few months for British Airways. Although these profit figures will not include the disruption caused by the volcano in Iceland, the carrier has been mired in an industrial dispute [...]
Unite to give BA staff cash March 29, 2010 THE UNITE union has pledged to raise £700,000 to pay striking British Airways (BA) cabin crew, in a move designed to show it has the stomach for more walkouts. It will impose a two per cent levy on each of the local Unite branches in the next quarter, and will use the cash to pay striking [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING May 5, 2010 FINANCIAL TIMES XEROX CHIEF SETS OUT THE BIG PICTURE Ursula Burns, chief executive of Xerox, has been working overtime to justify an acquisition designed to transform one of the most famous names in corporate America. The $6.4bn purchase last September of ACS, an IT services company, was guaranteed to get Wall Street’s attention. Coming only [...]
OFT: BA made millions from price fixing April 26, 2010 BRITISH Airways (BA) made back hundreds of millions of pounds a year following a price-fixing scheme on its fuel surcharge, the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) said yesterday in court. Richard Latham, the OFT’s prosecutor, told a jury at Southwark Crown Court the airline colluded with rivals Virgin Atlantic to increase passenger fuel surcharges at [...]
BarCap hired to find buyer for Liverpool April 11, 2010 LIVERPOOL’S embattled owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett have hired Barclays Capital to find a buyer for the club. The co-owners, who were involved in a bitter spat over the Anfield club, are ready to cash in on their ill-fated reign. Likely buyers include Rhone Capital, the private equity vehicle that had a £116m bid [...]
BA rejects last minute Unite offer March 15, 2010 BRITISH Airways (BA) last night rejected a last-minute offer from trade union Unite to suspend strikes set to affect thousands of passengers this weekend. Unite joint general secretary Tony Woodley said that if BA reinstated last week’s offer “there would be no reason why the strikes could not be suspended”. BA had offered to save [...]
Network Rail, British Gas set to strike March 23, 2010 NETWORK Rail and British Gas joined the ranks of British Airways (BA) yesterday after staff at the two companies voted in favour of a strike action. Network Rail sat down with the Rail, Maritime & Transport (RMT) union yesterday to come to an agreement over a proposal by the rail operator to cut 1,500 maintenance [...]