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Strategic Alliance Signed With LOT

15 January 1998 Press Release Airline News

British Airways today unveiled plans for a strategic alliance in Central Europe. Chief Executive, Bob Ayling signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the President of LOT, Jan Litwinski, in Warsaw this morning.

Traffic And Capacity Statistics

6 January 1998 Press Release Airline News

British Airways mainline scheduled passenger traffic growth, measured in revenue passenger kilometres (RPKs), rose by 1.6 per cent against last year. With mainline scheduled passenger capacity (measured in available seat kilometres - ASKs) growing by 8.7 per cent, this resulted in a 4.6 point decline in passenger load factor to 64.5 per cent, compared against last year`s record level for the month of December.