British Airways cabin crew members voted overwhelmingly Friday to go on strike -- again.
CNN's Allan Chernoff reports on yet another worry for air security experts.
The European Commission Tuesday fined 11 air-cargo carriers for price-fixing, a statement from the commission said.
CNN's Richard Quest asks British Airways' CEO about the airline's first half profit and view on the economic recovery.
British airlines should stop "kowtowing" to American security demands like making passengers take off their shoes and remove laptops from carry-on bags, the chairman of British Airways argued at an industry conference.
CNN's Mallika Kapur talks to British Airways CEO Willie Walsh about the airline's association with Kingfisher in India.
British Airways on Friday announced a pre-tax loss of 164 million pounds ($256.5 million) for the three months ending June 30.
Federal authorities granted antitrust immunity Tuesday to five airlines from five countries, allowing them to collaborate on transatlantic flights.
Brussels competition officials have formally cleared the global tie-up between British Airways, American Airlines and Spain's Iberia as well as giving a green light to the merger between BA and Iberia, saying it would not significantly impede competition in Europe.
A second five-day strike by British Airways cabin crew members started Sunday after talks between the union and the airline failed.
British Airways and the union representing its cabin crews will hold talks Friday morning ahead of two planned strikes in coming weeks, a spokeswoman for the group mediating the talks said.
British mediators said Thursday they are trying to restart talks between British Airways and the union representing its striking cabin crews after negotiations adjourned overnight.
British Airways has hinted at possible legal action over the strike by cabin crew, saying Wednesday it had written to remind their union to "retain all relevant paperwork."
CNN's Jim Boulden reports that BA faces 20 more days of strikes in a tough year for the legacy carrier.
British Airways took out full-page ads in newspapers Tuesday saying it managed to fly almost all of its routes despite a strike this week by the union representing its cabin crews.
Now that a planned cabin crew strike against British Airways is under way for the May 24-29 period, what should you do if you're holding a BA ticket and planning to fly?
British Airways cabin crews began a five-day strike Monday after talks with the airline over pay and working conditions failed over the weekend.
British Airways CEO Willie Walsh on the possibility a deal could be done to halt next week's planned walkout.
British Airways cabin crew are now on strike, Unite union spokeswoman Pauline Doyle told CNN, after BA and union officials failed to reach a deal Sunday.
British Airways and the union representing its cabin crew were holding talks Saturday aimed at heading off a series of three planned strikes, the group mediating the talks said.
British Airways on Friday announced a record annual pretax loss of $765 million, the biggest loss since the airline was privatized in 1987.
British Airways' bitter battle with the nation's largest union is bruising the balance sheet of the UK's flagship carrier, leaving the airline -- once the envy of the industry -- with a tarnished reputation amid record losses.
British Airways cabin crews plan to go on strike for five days beginning Monday if a dispute with management is not settled, the union said.
The union representing British Airways cabin crew planned Tuesday to appeal a ruling that prevents them from going on strike.
CNN's Jim Boulden reports on a judge's order preventing British Airways flight crews from going on strike.
A British Airways employee strike planned for midnight Monday (7 p.m. ET) cannot proceed, a judge has ruled.
Two Canadian fighter jets are scrambled after a bomb threat to a Cathay Pacific flight is reported.
Britain's new transport secretary plans talks Monday with British Airways and the union representing its cabin crews to try to avert a series of four planned strikes.
British Airways said Thursday it plans to fly more than 70 percent of its customers during the first of four planned strikes starting next week.
A British Airways flight from Vancouver, British Columbia, landed at London's Heathrow airport late Tuesday, the first commercial airliner to do so in five days after ash from a volcano in Iceland disrupted air travel across Europe.
British Airways has many plans in place to minimize a strike, as CNN's Jim Boulden reports.
Now that a planned cabin crew strike against British Airways is under way for the March 27-30 period, the airline has confirmed "a number of cancellations for flights," according to its Web site.
British Airways was able to get three out of four planes to their destination this weekend despite the ongoing strike by cabin crew, the airline's CEO, Willie Walsh, said Sunday.
British Airways CEO Willie Walsh tells CNN the airline has coped well during the strike.
British Airways cabin crews were set to start a second wave of strikes at midnight Friday over the airline's planned changes to pay and working conditions.
The joint general secretary of the Unite union alleges that British Airways does not want to negotiate.
CNN's Atika Shubert has the latest on the British Airways strike and how the airline plans to keep planes flying.
A hearing in London sheds more light on the alleged terror plans of a former BA employee. CNN's Paula Newton reports.
British Airways Chief Executive Willie Walsh says he "deeply regrets" the inconvenience any strike will cause.
British Airways carried out its threat Wednesday and stripped striking cabin crew members of their travel perks.
Both sides claimed victory in a bitter dispute between British Airways and a union representing cabin crews as a strike ground into its third and final day Monday -- the first working day when the strike has been in place.
The head of the union which has called a strike of British Airways cabin crew said Sunday he was appealing to the airline's board of directors to reopen talks to prevent further stoppages as the industrial action entered its second day.
Travel editor Simon Calder tells CNN's Richard Quest how British Airways will operate during a strike.
British Airways was operating roughly half its flights Saturday despite a planned three-day strike by cabin crew that started at midnight Friday.
British Airways reaches out to its most influential clients for help in a labor dispute. CNN's Richard Quest reports.
After years of treating them like royalty, British Airways is asking the super-elite travelers who carry its Premier card for a little love in return.
CNN's Ayesha Durgahee examines how the role of cabin crew has changed.
British Airways on Wednesday criticized attempts by the union representing the airline's cabin crews to internationalize their planned strike among sympathetic labor organizations around the world.
Saying it plans to lease aircraft and provide replacement workers, British Airways on Monday unveiled an ambitious contingency plan in preparation for the first of two strikes by the union members representing the airline's cabin crews.
Union members representing British Airways cabin crew announced Friday they will hold two separate strikes this month in a dispute over working conditions.
Tips for passengers on how to deal with the potential British Airways strike. ITN's Ben King reports.
A British Airways employee accused of funding terrorism and planning suicide bombings -- including his own -- appeared in court Thursday.
French air traffic controllers went on strike Tuesday as labor unrest continued to roll across Europe despite the suspension of a strike by Lufthansa pilots after just one day.
The Spanish government proposes raising the retirement age to 67 to save the pension plan. CNN's Al Goodman reports.
Union members representing British Airways cabin crews said Monday they have voted overwhelmingly to strike, though no date was announced.
British Airways said on Friday that it had made a narrowed pre-tax loss of £50m in the last three months of 2009, taking total losses for the first three quarters of its 2009-10 financial year to £342m.
The potential strike at British Airways is threatening families' travel plans this holiday season.
A strike that would have crippled British Airways over Christmas and New Year's Day cannot go ahead, a judge ruled Thursday.
British Airways stands to lose up to $50 million a day during the course of a 12-day strike that threatens to cripple the already flagging airline, according to some airline analysts.
Passengers who face having their travel plans disrupted over the holiday period have been speaking of how their hopes and dreams have been wrecked by the planned British Airways strike.
British Airways announced Tuesday it is seeking an injunction to prevent a strike by cabin crew from going ahead over the busy holiday period.
Baggage handlers and check-in staff at Heathrow Airport threatened Wednesday to strike during the week of Christmas, as British Airways went to court to try to stop a strike called by its cabin crews.
CNN's Richard Quest explains what will happen if British Airways workers go on strike.
British Airways is offering to let customers rebook flights at no charge if they are affected by a cabin crew strike announced this week, but the airline is not offering refunds unless flights are actually scrapped, it said Tuesday.
British Airways passengers face the prospect of holiday season chaos after cabin crew voted to strike for almost two weeks over Christmas and New Year in protest over cost-cutting measures introduced by the airline.
British Airways and Iberia announced late Thursday that they have agreed the basis for a proposed merger between the two airlines which is expected to be completed in late 2010.
Union officials were going to court Thursday in London to try to stop British Airways from imposing contractual changes on its 14,000-member cabin crew.
British Airways is asking it's 40,000 person staff to work for free for a month. ITN's Sally Biddulph reports.
British Airways reported a pre-tax loss Friday of $245 million in the three months till the end of June, contributing to an already-tough year for the troubled airline.
Troubled British Airways plans to raise nearly a billion dollars of emergency cash funding as it tries to survive the current economic downturn, the airline said Friday.
Officials said a British Airways jet had to be evacuated Friday at a Phoenix, Arizona, airport after smoke was reported in the cabin.
More than 1 in 6 British Airways staff have agreed to work for free, take unpaid leave or work part-time, the airline said Thursday after the announcement of cost-cutting measures last week.
More than 1 in 6 British Airways staff have agreed to work for free, take unpaid leave or work part-time, the airline said Thursday after the announcement of cost-cutting measures last week.
British Airways pilots are being urged to accept a deal under which they will receive shares in the struggling company in return for a pay cut, their union said Thursday.
British Airways is asking thousands of its staff to work for free for up to four weeks, spokeswoman Kirsten Millard said Tuesday.
British Airways is asking thousands of its staff to work for free for up to four weeks, spokeswoman Kirsten Millard said Tuesday.
British Airways posted the airline's worst annual loss since its privatization in 1987 as its chief executive declared there were "absolutely no signs of recovery" in the industry.
When Virgin Atlantic Airways cancels James Simon's flight from New York to London -- and rebooks him on a British Airways flight -- he's downgraded from premium economy to economy class. But his requests for a fare refund go unanswered. Is he entitled to any money back?
British Airways plunged into the red in its third quarter, posting a pre-tax loss of £70 million ($102.4 million) for the nine months ending December 31.
British Airways and Virgin Atlantic have announced they are reducing their fuel surcharges as the price of oil has plummeted.
CNN's Jim Boulden talks with British Airways CEO Willie Walsh about the latest profit results.
British Airways has agreed to buy L'Avion, the French all-business class carrier and plans to integrate the airline into its recently launched subsidiary, OpenSkies.
When Karen Kernohan discovers part of her flight from Calgary to Rome is missing, British Airways claims "extraordinary circumstances" are to blame and refuses to compensate her. Is she really out of luck?
At a time when many of the world's airlines are cutting back due to rising fuel costs, British Airways announced Thursday that OpenSkies, its new subsidiary airline, will begin a scheduled service between Paris and New York.
British Airways officials say flight cancellations may extend into Saturday as delays and baggage problems continued to plague Heathrow Airport's Terminal Five.
Cameron Etezadi and his girlfriend are on their way from Seattle to Casablanca, Morocco, when their flight is delayed in London by weather. British Airways agrees to refund the couple's money, but one year later, there's no sign of a check. Is the airline pocketing their fare, or is something else going on?
Passengers on board a British Airways jet which crash landed at London's Heathrow's Airport have been telling how the plane suddenly dropped approaching the runway.
CNN's Emily Chang reports on the controversy surrounding British Airways flying empty planes across the Atlantic Ocean.
The self-proclaimed 'World's favorite airline' has upset the surfing community by banning surfboards from its aircraft
British Airways says its pre-tax profits soared by more than a quarter to £593 million in the first six months of the financial year.
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British Airways made its largest aircraft purchase in nearly a decade, dividing the order between rivals Boeing and Airbus, the carrier said Thursday.
British Airways Plc and Korean Air Lines Co. pleaded guilty in U.S. court Thursday to a global price-fixing conspiracy and were each fined $300 million.
I have a problem with the huge fine levied against British Airways for its passenger and cargo price-fixing. Half a billion dollars is a serious amount of money.
The Justice Department Wednesday will announce millions of dollars in fines against British Airways following a price-fixing investigation into fuel surcharges by air carriers, according to industry sources familiar with the case.
Travel alert: You'll be paying more to fly this summer on planes that are more crowded than ever - even after you've bought your ticket.
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