A community portal about British Airways with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: British Airways is the largest airline of the United Kingdom and the third largest in Europe, with more flights from Europe across the...
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A community portal about British Airways with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: British Airways is the largest airline of the United Kingdom and the third largest in Europe, with more flights from Europe across the Atlantic than any other operator.Its main hubs are London Heathrow and London Gatwick, with wide-reaching European and domestic shorthaul networks, including smaller hubs at other UK airports including Manchester, from which some longer-haul flights are also operated.
The US Justice Department said Tuesday an airline tie-up involving British Airways and American Airlines, among others, would lead to "competitive harm" and called for restrictions on the deal. The Justice Department's antitrust division made its recommendation to the Transportation Department, which will make a final ruling on closer cooperation between BA, American, Iberia and other carriers in the "oneworld" alliance. The request for antitrust immunity, which would allow closer... Read Full Story
The trade union representing British Airways workers said Friday it would hold a fresh ballot on strike action early next year after BA secured an injunction preventing a planned Christmas stoppage. Plans for a 12-day walkout by cabin crew over the festive season had to be scrapped Thursday when the High Court ruled that the ballot was invalid because it included workers who had already accepted voluntary redundancy. This time, the Unite trade union has asked BA to provide it with the names... Read Full Story
British Airways won a High Court battle on Thursday for an injunction to stop cabin crew staging a 12-day walkout over the busy Christmas and New Year festive break. Judge Laura Cox granted the order to BA, which had argued that trade union Unite's ballot of staff was invalid because it contained irregularities and included workers that accepted voluntary redundancy. BA cabin crew had voted overwhelmingly on Monday to strike over job cuts, conditions and pay between December 22 and January 2... Read Full Story
British Airways launched legal action on Tuesday to prevent cabin crew striking for 12 days over Christmas and the New Year, with up to one million travellers facing festive travel chaos. Britain's biggest trade union, Unite, had announced Monday that its members planned to strike in a row over working conditions, threatening misery for passengers flying over Christmas to visit friends and family. However, BA fought back on Tuesday, saying in a statement it was "seeking an injunction" to... Read Full Story
British Airways on Tuesday launched legal action to stop cabin crew striking for 12 days over the extremely busy Christmas and New Year period in a row over working conditions. United, Britain's biggest trade union, said on Monday its members planned to strike, threatening misery for potentially one million passengers who plan to fly with BA over Christmas to visit friends and relatives. BA said in a statement on Tuesday it was "seeking an injunction to prevent the strike going ahead," one... Read Full Story
Results were expected Monday of a vote by 14,000 British Airways cabin crew on a Christmas walkout that could disrupt holiday travel and make the money-losing airline's financial state even worse. Britain's leading union, Unite, is due to announce the results of the vote at a meeting of workers Monday. A walkout would underline worker opposition to layoffs and changes in work practices. The struggling carrier has announced sweeping changes as part of its bid to cut costs, including axing 1... Read Full Story
Hundreds of thousands of British Airways passengers face travel misery over the busy Christmas and New Year period after cabin crew voted Monday to strike over job cuts and pay. Britain's biggest union Unite said its members planned to strike for 12 days between December 22 and January 2 -- a decision BA chief executive Willie Walsh described as "senseless", while also vowing to stand firm over job cuts. The industrial action comes at a critical point for loss-making British Airways, which... Read Full Story
Hundreds of thousands of British Airways passengers face travel misery over the busy Christmas and New Year period after cabin crew voted Monday to strike over job cuts and pay. The industrial action comes at a critical point for loss-making British Airways, which is slashing costs and attempting to merge with Spanish carrier Iberia in a fight to stay competitive against its rivals. "After long discussions... we are planning to withdraw our labour for a period of 12 days starting 22nd... Read Full Story
London's High Court will rule Thursday over the legal action brought by British Airways to prevent a damaging cabin crew strike during the busy Christmas and New Year period. Judge Laura Cox began hearing BA's application on Wednesday for an injunction to block the planned industrial action by cabin crew between December 22 and January 2, in a deepening row over working conditions. British Airways had said Tuesday that it would mount a legal challenge to trade union Unite's strike ballot of... Read Full Story
London's High Court will rule Thursday over the legal action brought by British Airways to prevent a damaging cabin crew strike during the busy Christmas and New Year period. Judge Laura Cox began hearing BA's application on Wednesday for an injunction to block the planned industrial action by cabin crew between December 22 and January 2, in a deepening row over working conditions. British Airways had said Tuesday that it would mount a legal challenge to trade union Unite's strike ballot of... Read Full Story
