LONDON—British Airways PLC’s cabin crew began a three-day strike on Saturday after union talks with management collapsed Friday. More BA’s Walsh Seen as Formidable Negotiator The Source: BA’s Press Blackout May End in Tears Iain Martin: More Strikes, Last Thing Brown Needs Willie Walsh’s [...]
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Sun Country Airlines, a small discount carrier that hopes to move out of bankruptcy-court protection within a few months, said it plans to operate a weekly flight between Minneapolis and London’s Stansted Airport from mid-June through mid-August. Most U.S. and European budget airlines stick much closer to home, although Icelandair has offered inexpensive connections [...]
They’ve allowed management to take the moral high ground with boardroom efforts to keep 60pc of customers flying, come what may. Naturally Willie Walsh, BA chief executive, cannot admit to wanting to provoke a strike. But things are certainly going his way as far as the long term aim of ending the union’s [...]
Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Willie Walsh, BA chief executive: "We’ll do whatever we can to keep BA flying" [...]
Which way Carlo? Joe Cole warms the bench for Chelsea as Ancelotti gives out instructions to the team Photo: GETTY IMAGES Cole, whose deal expires on June 30, and his advisers were under the impression that all contract talks were on hold until the summer. Not [...]
The bank has been split in two as a precursor to one part being sold Northern Rock has said that it made "good progress" in 2009, as it reported a sharp fall in its annual losses.The bank lost £257.4m last year, compared with [...]
Balfour Beatty The country’s biggest construction company said underlying pretax profit rose 7pc to £267m last year, beating a forecast of City analysts of £266m. The company, whose activities span engineering, construction, road and rail transport, said its order book rose 10pc year-on-year to £14.1bn. “The breadth of our [...]
AP - Japan appeared largely relieved Thursday that much-anticipated testimony by Toyota’s chief executive before U.S. lawmakers was finally over, though analysts said the company’s recall woes are no closer to being solved.[Read more...]
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