British Airways

British Airways shares turn higher, pilots union ends action

Market Watch (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Shares in British Airways turned higher on Thursday. The British Airline Pilots Association has dropped a court action seeking to secure the right to strike over the introduction of OpenSkies, Dow Jones Newswires reported. Shares were recently up 3.6% in London, shrugging off early weakness made amid record crude oil prices. Market Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short...

British Airways to Launch LEED at JFK with Terminal 7 Rehab

Green Bloggers Digest (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago

British Airways announced yesterday that it will spend $30 million over the next 18 months to refurbish its Terminal 7 out at JFK International Airport. The project is slated to break ground in June and will be designed by TPG Architecture (which executed the interiors for LEED Gold Court Square Two in Long Island City). BA plans to pursue first LEED rating to date for any facility at JFK....

British Airways to spend $30 mln on NY JFK terminal upgrade

Market Watch (Free subscription) | yesterday

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- British Airways said Wednesday it plans to spend $30 million to upgrade its terminal at New York's JFK Airport. The project, which will begin in June, will take about 18 months to complete. British Airways said it will create new premium check-in pavilions for preferred passengers, and renovate lounges to make them similar to those at London's Heathrow...

• British Airways Launches Major Redevelopment Project at JFK Airport - PR News Wire

Do you know who I am! Ladbrokes CEO bullies British Airways.

Beyond PR (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago

Bookmakers Ladbrokes has instructed staff not to fly with British Airways following an incident involving its chief executive's daughter who was on her way back from Barbados (the flight was overbooked and they offered a standard compensation for her and her friend to take the next flight). I am with BA on that one. The Daily Mash sums up my feeling in a hilarious article : "A JUMPED-UP bookie...

• Ladbrokes boss bumps BA flights off its books - The Telegraph

[Silly] Japanese women model old British Airways uniforms, including one that would give Don Cherry nightmares

Fark.com (Free subscription) | yesterday

You people have no clue what it's like working as Don Cherry's fashion consultant. You biatch about how long it takes to get him into a sweater that would make granny vomit from the eyes and you whine about how ANYONE could do the job. You are all idiots. Most of the people that walk through the door are washouts and can't hack it. I'd love to see some of you dopes try to do the job for six months....

British Airways To Spruce Up Amenities At JFK

WCBSTV.com: Your Source For New Yor (Free subscription) | yesterday

British Airways says it will spend $30 million trying to make its terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport a snazzier place for first-class passengers. Some of the new features to be installed at JFK's Terminal 7 over the next 18 months include an exclusive, curbside drop-off area.

BA's $30m revamp plan at JFK

Cheapflights.com Flight News (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago

British Airways, the British flag carrier, has announced plans to improve its passenger facilities at New York JFK. The airline will invest $30 million in the project, which will include a new check-in pavilion for Premium-Class passengers and renovated departure...

OpenSkies' new premium JFK-Orly tickets now on sale

NewYorkology: A New York Travel Gui (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago

Tickets are on sale as of today for OpenSkies, the new premium-class British Airways spin-off, with flights between JFK and Paris' Orly Airport with a launch-deal of $720 one-way in their premium-plus class. Flights start June 19. Economy-section seats are...

BA shares up as strike averted

Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

LONDON (Reuters) - The British Air Line Pilots' Association has withdrawn court action against airline British Airways , a BALPA spokesman said, signalling a potentially costly pilots' strike has been averted.

UPDATE 1-BA pilots' union ends court action, shares surge

Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

LONDON, May 22 (Reuters) - The British Air Line Pilots' Association has withdrawn court action against airline British Airways , a BALPA spokesman said, signalling a potentially costly pilots' strike has been averted.

I BET you look good on the dancefloor

Sleeping Like A Blog (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago

Personal gripe influencing business decisions #1: Chris Bell, the Chief Executive of Ladrbokes (the bookmakers) has instructed his staff not to use British Airways except where essential because BA tried to bump his 14 year old daughter from a flight! Personal gripe influencing business decisions #2: Stockport manager Jim Gannon refused to give a post-match interview to Sky after the playoff...

Ladbrokes gets angry with BA

Financial Time (Free subscription) | 17 hours ago

"The world's favourite airline", the self-annointed status of British Airways, transforms into a number of unflattering anagrams: "it is another awful ride, lover" or...

BA in overture to Continental

Financial Time (Free subscription) | 17 hours ago

Willie Walsh, British Airways' chief executive, said US rival Continental Airlines would make a "great addition" to its Oneworld alliance of global carriers. BA and...

BA shares fall below £2 on soaring oil prices

Times Online (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago

Shares in British Airways fell below £2 for the first time in almost five years today as the oil prices soared to record levels, raising fears about the UK flag carrier's fuel bill.

BA's Paris-New York service opens for business

Mail & Guardian (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago

British Airways risks further undermining its relationship with pilots on Thursday as it starts selling tickets for its transatlantic OpenSkies airline. The Paris-to-New York service will begin flying on June 19 with the threat of crippling industrial action still hanging over its owner.