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WTM report: BA cabin crew stuck in bygone era
World Travel Market 2009 drew to a close with British Airways’ cabin crew accused of not moving with the times or helping Chief Executive Willie Walsh cuts costs at the beleaguered flag-carrier. Speaking at the WTM Vision Global Economic Forum on the Day 4, aviation consultant Jonathan Strickland said: “Cabin crew still think that things have not changed.”
British Airways increases flights to St Kitts and Nevis
British Airways is increasing the frequency of its flights to St Kitts and Nevis from March 2010 from one to two services a week due to ever increasing demand on the route since its launch in 2009.
BA concedes record losses
British Airways has unveiled its first ever summer losses as it presented its interim management report for the six months to the end of September. The report revealed an operating loss of £111 million (2008: profit of £140 million) and a pre-tax loss of £292 million.
Cabin crew dispute heads for High Court
The ongoing row over new employment contracts for thousands of British Airways cabin crew is set to switch to the High Court as the Unite union begins its legal action against the airline but lawyers are suggesting that it is unlikely the court will grant the orders because of the precedent it would set for public policy.
BA fined again for price fixing
British Airways has been fined almost £3m after pleading guilty to taking part in a cartel that fixed prices on air cargo in Canada. The carrier was fined £121.5m in July 2007 for a separate price-fixing cartel with Virgin Atlantic involving surcharges on passenger fares.
BA strike could cause Christmas misery
The Unite union will announce the results of its strike ballot on December 14th and if 14,000 British Airways cabin crew have voted in favour of a walk out then the possibility of massive Christmas disruption looms.
Beachcomber Tours & British Airways offering guests complimentary upgrades for bookings
Beachcomber Tours and British Airways have teamed up to offer guests a fantastic free upgrade offer from Economy to World Traveller Plus on all new bookings made by 24th November 2009 to the exclusive Dinarobin Hotel Golf & Spa and Paradis Hotel & Golf Club, Mauritius.
BA holds talks on check-in staff
Following this week’s decision to hold a strike ballot among British Airway’s cabin staff, Unite is now holding talks with BA management aimed at averting a dispute with a second group of workers, check-in and customer service staff.
BA to battle on despite strike threat
British Airways has vowed to press on with cost-cutting plans after the Unite union called 14,000 cabin crew to ballot on industrial action over new contracts. It is also looking to assure customers that there will be no disruption over the Christmas period.
BA warned on tie-up plans
The European Commission has told British Airways, American Airlines and Iberia that they may have to give up take-off and landing slots to press ahead with a transatlantic tie-up but BA says it’s ready to refute antitrust concerns.
Union calls BA cabin crew to strike ballot
Thousands of British Airways cabin crew will be asked whether they should strike in a row over new contracts, following an announcement by the Unite union.
Walsh holds ‘frank’ union talks
British Airways chief executive Willie Walsh has held “open and frank” talks with union leaders to try to avoid the strike threat which hangs over the airline in relation to its plans for cabin crew redundancies.