Times Online (Free subscription) | 06/27/2008
British Airways hopes that Operation Columbus will transport it to a new world of low costs in which it can survive, and even thrive, in an era of sky-high fuel prices. But it threatens to plunge it into the all too familiar old world of industrial confrontation.
Sky News (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
British Airways' under-fire chief executive Willie Walsh is to get a £35,000 pay rise and the chance of a bonus of up to 150% of his salary.
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008
British Airways chief executive Willie Walsh will get a £35,000 pay rise and could add a bonus of over £1million if he makes its customers happier.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
You report that BA and Rolls-Royce are teaming up to research alternative fuels which will then be tested on a 747 engine (Rolls-Royce and BA to test for greener fuel, July 11). Would this be the very same BA whose chief executive, Willie Walsh, recently told the Guardian that Virgin Atlantic's demonstration flight using alternative fuels on a 747 was a PR stunt? Mr Walsh also...
Financial Time (Free subscription) | 06/06/2008
Pressure on British Airways' beleaguered chief executive, Willie Walsh, eased yesterday after the much-delayed transfer of additional long-haul flights to Heathrow's...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 06/05/2008
British Airways chief executive Willie Walsh faces his next big test today when the airline moves a further 30 daily flights to Terminal 5 at Heathrow, including its flagship service to New York JFK.
Travel Weekly Blog (Free subscription) | 06/05/2008
Our stablemate Flightglobal has posted a video interview with British Airways boss Willie Walsh from the IATA AGM in Istanbul (more video coverage on online editor Michale Targett's blog). (Update - the video embed code isn't working, so until I...
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 06/04/2008
Willie Walsh became chief executive of British Airways in 2005, bringing with him decades of experience in the airline industry.
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 06/03/2008
People are beginning to openly question the levels of remuneration for top executives, writes Paul Sweeney.
Manchester Evening News (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
... rise in the oil price cuts the company's profits by about £16m.Last week BA's chief executive Willie Walsh told shareholders he was "reviewing our mainline flying programme to see where it is prudent to reduce capacity in the current economic climate".A number of US airlines including United Airlines and Continental have made substantial capacity cuts this year. as fuel prices have...
Times Online (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
Willie Walsh, the chief executive of British Airways, and other leaders in the aviation industry have called on the European Union to scrap its plan to introduce an emissions trading scheme for airlines.
asap news (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
British Airways chief executive Willie Walsh said recently that it is “inevitable” that airfares will increase. The carrier will be cutting capacity by around 5% on the upcoming winter schedule, and institute a partial hiring freeze, at the same time announcing that it would be a “considerable achievement” for the airline to avoid ending the [...]
The Independent (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
British Airways endured a bumpy ride at its annual general meeting in London yesterday, after shareholders voiced a series of grievances including the airline's ban on the supermodel Naomi Campbell, and called for chief executive Willie Walsh's head over Terminal 5's troubled opening.
Times Online (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
Apologies are easy, especially if, like British Airways, you are repeatedly in the public relations dog house. And at yesterday’s annual meeting, both Willie Walsh and his chairman Martin Broughton were quick with the guilty pleas on a range of mishaps and cock-ups — most notably Terminal 5 — in the hope, no doubt, of receiving a lighter sentence.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
Chief executive Willie Walsh warned it was 'absolutely inevitable' that fares would go up. Photograph: Martin Godwin will cut capacity by up to 5% over the winter and impose a partial hiring freeze after admitting that it will be a "considerable achievement" if it avoids plunging into a loss this year.BA will reduce the amount of flights on routes and drop services to some destinations...
