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Britain’s national airline, British Airways is expected to reveal which flights may be cancelled due to an upcoming strike by cabin crew expected next weekend.
The airline’s cabin crew are striking over pay cuts and reductions in staffing levels at the airlines, with the initial stop-work to take place on the 20th of March.
Meanwhile, a source [...]

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12th Mar 10

BA worker accused of terrorism

by Sally Davies

An IT expert working for British Airways planned to carry out a suicide attack by using a strike by cabin crew as a cover.
A court was told that Rajib Karim, 30, incidacted that he could be trained to cover for cabin crew during an upcoming looming strike, and volunteered his use as a possible terrorist.
Colin [...]

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5th Mar 10

Deal almost reached between BA and Unite

by Natasha Redman

Many passengers booked on flights aboard British Airways will today find out if their travel plans will be disrupted by a planned strike by cabin crew.
The union representing cabin crew of British Airways, Unite, said that they are close to brokering an agreement with the airline that could avert any strike action, but also hit [...]

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2nd Mar 10

Cabin crew arrested for prostitution

by Harry Oldfield

Just days after images of British Airways cabin crew end up on a hardcore porn website, hosties from the airline and Indian airline Jagson have been arrested over a multimillion-dollar prostitution scandal.
Authorities claim that Shiv Myra Dwivedi, a Hindu swami, used his temple in the south of Delhi as a front to provide as many [...]

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15th Feb 10

BA closer to American dream as regulator give green light to alliance

by Paul Russell

British Airways has moved a step closer to its ambition of joining forces with American Airlines after US regulators gave the go ahead to an alliance on the eve of crucial talks over a full liberalisation of the transatlantic air travel market.
Just two days following the commencement of talks in Madrid, in which European negotiators [...]

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12th Feb 10

30 BA cabin crew suspended

by Adam Richards

UK flagship airline British Airways has suspended 15 cabin crew staff who posted comments on social networking website Facebook and sent emails about a name and shame list of pilots to volunteered to help break any strike.
The carrier has also demanded that unions release the identities of another 32 members of flight attendants who are [...]

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28th Jan 10

Ireland’s flagship airline to rebrand

by Harry Oldfield

Irish flagship carrier Aer Lingus has unveiled itself as the new ‘civilised’ airline of Ireland in a bid to create a difference in branding between low-cost competitor Ryanair and full-service airlines such as British Airways.
Shares in the beleaguered carrier went up initially as the airline’s new CEO spoke to investors in London of plans to [...]

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18th Dec 09

BA passengers to fly as strike deemed illegal

by Paul Russell

As travellers celebrated the decision and flight attendants resigned themselves to work over Christmas, Unite’s joint general secretary, Derek Simpson vowed to continue fighting.
With defiance, he rallied supporters and threatened a long-term battle with the airline, saying that the union will fight back and that members would be incensed by this.
British Airways, which prior to [...]

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17th Dec 09

Alternative travel companies benefit from British Airways strike

by Harry Oldfield

The price of airfares over the peak Christmas travel period continued to rise today as passengers whose travel plans were under threat due to the British Airways cabin crew strike booked with other carriers.
A return economy class flight from London to New York leaving on the 22nd of December, the first day of the proposed [...]

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16th Dec 09

12 chaotic days of Christmas for British Airways passengers

by Natasha Redman

Over a million passengers face Christmas travel chaos after cabin crew from British Airways announced a 12-day strike in a bitter dispute over job cuts, pay and working conditions.
The Unite union shocked the airline by announcing a walkout from the 22nd of December to the 2nd of January following a 9 to 1 vote in [...]

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