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Sabre and British Airways sign new long-term global distribution agreement
Sabre Travel Network, the world’s leading provider of high performance solutions for the travel industry, and British Airways, the UK’s leading international airline, have signed a new three-year global distribution agreement, providing agencies and corporations around the world with continued access to the airline’s full content and inventory via the Sabre global distribution system
Strike-hit BA bosses scoop shares windfall
Cabin crew union Unite has reacted angrily to news that British Airways has awarded seven senior executives windfall share options worth almost £3 million despite the on-going strike troubles.
BA and Iberia miss merger deadline
British Airways’ merger with Iberia will not take place in the first quarter of this year as planned because of “technical issues”. However BA has quashed speculation that this was due to the disruption caused by the cabin crew strikes.
St. Kitts welcomes the second British Airways inaugural
On Tuesday 30th March 2010, St. Kitts proudly welcomed the much anticipated second British Airways inaugural flight from the UK, complementing the current weekly Saturday service to RLB International Airport, which commenced operations just over one year ago
BA bearing up to cabin crew strike
British Airways has declared that the second strike is inflicting less financial and operational damage than the first, with losses of £5.5m a day compared to £7m of the original three-day strike. This puts the total cost of the two strikes by cabin crew at around £40m.
travelsupermarket.com offers advice to British Airways customers
Bob Atkinson, travel expert at travelsupermarket.com offers advice to British Airways customers…
More than 75% of British Airways customers to fly through strike
British Airways will fly more than 75 per cent of customers booked to travel between tomorrow and March 30, despite these four days being targeted for strikes by Unite.
Where next for British Airways?
Where next for British Airways? Andy Cook, CEO, Marshall-James, employee relations advisory firm examines the options…
Japan Airlines and British Airways strengthen codeshare cooperation
Japan Airlines (JAL) and British Airways (BA), both members of leading quality airline alliance oneworld®, have reached an agreement to expand their codeshare partnership.
No talks planned ahead of BA strike
No further negotiations are planned between British Airways and the Unite union ahead of a strike by cabin crew at the airline, both parties have confirmed. Staff will walk out at midnight as part of four days of industrial action, with severe disruption expected across the British Airways network.
BA accused of attempting to ‘break’ Unite
A number of leading employment relations experts have written to a leading British newspaper accusing British Airways chairman Willie Walsh of attempting to “break” Unite. However, the airline has fiercely rejected the accusations, arguing Walsh has been directly involved in intense negotiations with the union.