BRITISH AIRWAYS NEWS

UK Supreme Court rules Heathrow can have third runway

AIR TRANSPORT | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Thu, Dec 17^th 2020 |

Britain's Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that Heathrow, one of the world's busiest airports, can build a third runway, overturning a legal decision to block the pla...

IAG flies into a 1.3 billion euros loss in the third quarter

AIR TRANSPORT | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Thu, Oct 22^nd 2020 |

IAG, the owner of British Airways and Spanish carrier Iberia, dived into a loss totalling 1.3 billion euros ($1.52 billion) in the third quarter on coronavirus fallou...

British Airways announces shock CEO departure

AIR TRANSPORT | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Mon, Oct 12^th 2020 |

British Airways, which is slashing thousands of jobs as coronavirus decimates demand for air travel, announced Monday that CEO Alex Cruz is stepping down "with immediate effect" but gave no reason for his unexpected ...

Heathrow takes third runway challenge to Supreme Court

AIR TRANSPORT | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Thu, Oct 8^th 2020 |

London Heathrow airport headed to Britain's highest court Wednesday to challenge a ruling made earlier this year to block a third runway at Europe's busiest hub on en...

Willie Walsh leaves IAG amid pay protest

AIR TRANSPORT | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Wed, Sept 9^th 2020 |

Willie Walsh bowed out Tuesday as chief executive of airline giant IAG amid a protest over executive pay and as the industry struggles with disruption from the coronavirus pandemic.IAG, which owns British Airways, Ib...

British Airways parent dives into huge quarterly loss

AIR TRANSPORT | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Thu, May 7^th 2020 |

British Airways owner IAG said Thursday it plunged into the red in the first quarter as the coronavirus pandemic grounded planes, adding that pre-crisis passenger dem...

South African airline Comair placed under business rescue plan

AIR TRANSPORT | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Thu, May 7^th 2020 |

Embattled South African airline Comair on Tuesday announced it had entered a voluntary bankruptcy protection process -- as the COVID-19 suspension of commercial fligh...

Heathrow sees expansion delay of at least two years

AIR TRANSPORT | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Mon, May 4^th 2020 |

London's Heathrow airport on Friday said the building of a third runway at Europe's busiest hub would be delayed by at least two years for legal reasons and the coron...

British Airways set to cut up to 12,000 jobs

AIR TRANSPORT | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Wed, Apr 29^th 2020 |

British Airways is set to slash up to 12,000 jobs as part of a restructuring plan as the carrier grapples with the fallout of the novel coronavirus pandemic, its parent company IAG said Tuesday.The firm said it was s...

BA says axes Italy flights for Tuesday

INDUSTRY / TECHNOLOGY | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Tue, Mar 10^th 2020 |

British Airways said it has cancelled its flights to Italy on Tuesday after the country implemented a lockdown to control the deadly coronavirus epidemic.Asked by AFP to confirm reports that it had axed all of its It...

British Airways suspends China flights over virus

AIR TRANSPORT | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Wed, Jan 29^th 2020 |

British Airways on Wednesday said it had suspended all its flights to and from China owing to the deadly coronavirus."We have suspended all flights to and from mainland China with immediate effect following advice fr...

British Airways-owner files EU complaint over Flybe rescue

AIR TRANSPORT | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Wed, Jan 15^th 2020 |

British Airways-parent IAG on Wednesday filed a formal complaint to Brussels over the UK government's last-minute financial rescue of struggling no-frills carrier Fly...

British Airways-owner slams Flybe rescue

AIR TRANSPORT | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Wed, Jan 15^th 2020 |

British Airways parent IAG on Wednesday attacked the UK government over its last-minute rescue deal of no-frills carrier Flybe.Employing around 2,000 people, British airline Flybe has failed to turn around its fortun...

BA-owner IAG says quarterly profits hit by strikes

AIR TRANSPORT | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Thu, Oct 31^st 2019 |

London-listed airline giant IAG admitted Thursday that recent historic strikes by British Airways pilots had hurt its performance in the third quarter.Net profit sank...

Boeing lands huge British Airways order after A380's demise

INDUSTRY / TECHNOLOGY | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Thu, Feb 28^th 2019 |

British Airways announced a multi-billion dollar order for up to 42 Boeing 777 fuel-efficient passenger jets on Thursday, just two weeks after Airbus said it would no...