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British Airways shares jumped almost 4 percent on Thursday amid speculation about what kind of deal it might ink with American Airlines and Continental Airlines and the possibility of wider consolidation among European major carriers.
Stocks futures edged slightly lower early Thursday as investors weighed mixed economic news and lower-than-expected earnings from ExxonMobil.
British Airways PLC said Wednesday that it is considering ways of cooperating with American Airlines and Continental Airlines Inc.
British Airways PLC says it will raise its fuel surcharge on all flights.
Will Allen III, a management consultant from Raleigh, North Carolina, is a platinum member on a handful of airlines, but his loyalty is waning.
Travelers are enduring a third day of problems at Heathrow Airport's new Terminal Five, with British Airways again reporting flight cancellations -- just days after the state-of-the-art building opened for business.
British Airways officials say flight cancellations may extend into Saturday as delays and baggage problems continued to plague Heathrow Airport's Terminal Five.
The long-awaited opening of a multi-billion dollar new terminal at London's Heathrow airport suffered a major setback Thursday when a high-tech baggage handling system malfunctioned, causing major delays amid flight cancellations.
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?
British Airways passengers face the prospect of major disruptions after the airline's pilots voted for strike action that could effectively ground the airline worldwide.
British Airways shares jumped almost 4 percent on Thursday amid speculation about what kind of deal it might ink with American Airlines and Continental Airlines and the possibility of wider consolidation among European major carriers.
Stocks futures edged slightly lower early Thursday as investors weighed mixed economic news and lower-than-expected earnings from ExxonMobil.
British Airways PLC said Wednesday that it is considering ways of cooperating with American Airlines and Continental Airlines Inc.
British Airways PLC says it will raise its fuel surcharge on all flights.
Will Allen III, a management consultant from Raleigh, North Carolina, is a platinum member on a handful of airlines, but his loyalty is waning.
Travelers are enduring a third day of problems at Heathrow Airport's new Terminal Five, with British Airways again reporting flight cancellations -- just days after the state-of-the-art building opened for business.
British Airways officials say flight cancellations may extend into Saturday as delays and baggage problems continued to plague Heathrow Airport's Terminal Five.
The long-awaited opening of a multi-billion dollar new terminal at London's Heathrow airport suffered a major setback Thursday when a high-tech baggage handling system malfunctioned, causing major delays amid flight cancellations.
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?
British Airways passengers face the prospect of major disruptions after the airline's pilots voted for strike action that could effectively ground the airline worldwide.
For those that suffer from a fear of flying, the British Airways Boeing 777 crash landing will not have been welcome news. After all, when planes fall out of the sky -- for what is still an unclear reason -- air travel seems more miracle than science.
Last week's British Airways crash was unusual, but airplane evacuations happen routinely. Six tips for getting out smoothly
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.
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.
British Airways made its largest aircraft purchase in nearly a decade, dividing the order between rivals Boeing and Airbus, the carrier said Thursday.
The Justice Department is giving Britain's largest airline a break, even as it faces one the largest antitrust fines in years.
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.
British Airways and Korean Air have agreed to plead guilty and pay separate $300 million criminal fines for their roles in conspiracies to fix the prices of passenger and cargo flights, the Justice Department said Wednesday.
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.
European Union transport ministers unanimously backed a landmark agreement with the United States on Thursday to throw open transatlantic air travel to more competition and drive down fares.
School uniform guidelines which effectively ban students from wearing a full veil, have angered British Muslim groups.
Wall Street joined the rest of the world in selling stocks at the start of trading Monday, continuing the recent market slump into a fifth trading session.
Stocks were set for some turbulence on Wall Street Friday after the latest government report showed that the housing slump in January was much worse than anticipated.
Budget airlines have revolutionized the airline industry in the past five years, and now specialist all business class airlines are hoping to transform the high-end of air travel in the same way.
Pathologists took extreme precautions Friday performing an autopsy on the body of former KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko, who died after ingesting a fatal dose of the rare radioactive element polonium-210, according to the coroner's office.
The number of sites contaminated in the Russian spy radiation alert has doubled to around 12 and is likely to rise again, British Home Secretary John Reid said.
British Airway launched the first lie-flat bed in business class six years ago and the airline hopes to raise the bar again with its new look Club World seat and cabin.
Let the battle begin. British Airways and Virgin Atlantic have long held bragging rights to the best business-class cabins, but now competitors are rolling out upgrades to woo the profitable (if pi...
British Airways plc ranks no. 442 on FORTUNE's Global 500 this year, with $15.2 billion in revenues, up 5.4% from the previous year. The Harmondsworth, Britain-based company was ranked no. 431 on the 2005 list. Its 2005 profits were $0.8 billion, up 73.7% from a year earlier.
British Airways said Friday it is planning to operate a full schedule for the day.
Air passengers across Europe were continuing to face delays Saturday, but there were fewer cancellations as airports adapted to stringent new security in the wake of disrupted major terrorist plot.
British and U.S. regulators are investigating alleged price fixing of passenger fares and fuel surcharges by British Airways and other airlines, according to a statement issued Thursday from British Airways.
Investors will face a mixed open Thursday following a big rally in stocks overseas.
No matter where you're headed this summer, getting there by plane will be far from a vacation. Thanks to cost-cutting efforts by struggling American carriers, the number of flights within the United States is down by some 5 percent this year.
In a shake-up likely to have a major impact on business travelers, British Airways is to restructure its European operations to launch a direct challenge to low-cost carriers.
In-flight comfort is expected to take a leap forward in 2006, with more carriers introducing fully reclining seats and manufacturers putting the finishing touches on what is being hailed as the future of airline beds.
Every flight you take produces greenhouse gases, which can have a direct impact on climate change. Travel uses energy and this comes mainly from fossil fuels.
A new airline will soon be plying the fiercely contested trans-Atlantic route, with a finely tuned product focused on the business traveler.
Few have benefited from the wildcat strike that recently crippled British Airways and its in-flight meal operation at Heathrow -- including the airline, passengers and the catering firm.
The crisis at the catering firm which supplies food to British Airways worsened Monday with the company warning it was days away from going into administration with major job losses.
Like tens of thousands of others, the Laurent family were en route to Hong Kong last week and found themselves stranded in the British capital.
British Airways says it is close to resuming a normal timetable, three days after the end of a crippling ground-crew walkout that had stranded more than 100,000 passengers during the peak of the summer travel season.
British Airways resumed flights at Heathrow Airport Friday after a work stoppage by baggage handlers and other employees crippled service and stranded more than 100,000 passengers.
British Airways is one of the world's largest, busiest and most profitable airlines.
An explosive device has detonated in a building housing offices for British Airways and oil company BP, breaking some windows and causing other damage, representatives of the companies said.
In a bid to retain and attract business travelers, many airlines are refining their services including beds, bars and business centers.
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After five years of retrenchment and crisis management, British Airways PLC (BAB) is again concentrating on wooing passengers, Wednesday's Wall Street Journal reported.
Airlines have always seen bonus air miles as an incentive for frequent flyers. Now, carriers are making the offer even more enticing.
A British Airways flight with 239 passengers flying from London's Heathrow airport to New York was turned around in mid-flight after a passenger flying on a French passport was found to be on the U.S. no-fly list.
Strikes are expected to disrupt flights this weekend at London's two largest airports.
Europe's second-largest carrier British Airways has averted a potentially chaotic strike next weekend after reaching a pay deal with unions.
British Airways says it will more than double its fuel surcharge for long-haul passengers after seeing oil prices soar.
With oil prices at a 13-year high above $40 a barrel, a number of airlines have already increased ticket prices.
British Airways has joined other airlines in imposing a fuel surcharge to ticket prices because of surging oil prices.
British Airways says it has canceled two upcoming flights -- one to Washington and one to Saudi Arabia -- because of a security threat.
The specter of a biological attack was raised Sunday as a possible reason that a handful of transatlantic and domestic flights were canceled this weekend.
Continental Airlines has canceled Sunday's Flight 17 from Glasgow, Scotland, to Los Angeles, California, because of security concerns, a spokesman for the carrier told CNN on Saturday.
A BA flight that U.S. and British officials say was the target of terrorist threats has left for Washington after another delay to allow further security checks, the airline said.
The delays and cancellations of several British Airways flights in the last week were justified by specific threats, according to the U.S. official in charge of security.
Flight problems stemming from security concerns eased somewhat Saturday, although a British Airways flight to Washington that was canceled two days in a row left London's Heathrow Airport after a delay of three and a half hours, the airline said.
Amid extraordinary cancellations of international flights in recent days due to security reasons, a top U.S. official said Friday such steps would only be taken if there was "specific intelligence" indicating a possible attack.
A day after fighter jets escorted a British Airways flight from London into the Dulles International Airport at Washington D.C., the same flight on Thursday was canceled at the request of the British government, the airline said.
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