british airways

Travelers of the world, we may be witnessing a sort of airline hari kari. The union for cabin crews at British Airways, a carrier that is already tottering toward fiscal disaster, is pressing for 12 days of strikes. That would cripple the airline at a price of $50 million per day. BA, which began...

British Airways lost $485 million for the six months that ended in September. The airline's CEO Willie Walsh told the BBC that this has been the "most difficult year in the history of British Airways". BA is planning to cut 3,000 more workers in an attempt to return to profitability, but the firm's...

Companies feeling flush enough to send their employees on business trips have been doing so on the cheap in 2009. Fares in premium classes have tumbled in tandem with passenger traffic, giving corporate travel departments great deals on the best seats at the front of the plane. A British Airways...

An internal memo at British Airways has been leaked, and it portends a gloomy next step for the major carriers. As of Oct. 7, the airline confirmed to WalletPop, everyone flying on its jets will have to pay extra if they want a seat assignment before they get to the airport. Up to now, that's...

There have been a lot of articles in the press about the bleak future of U.S. airlines. If anyone needed confirmation about how tight cash is getting in the industry, they only need look at the U.K. flag carrier British Airways. According to The Wall Street Journal, BA will bring in cash in a...

As if working on an airplane -- whether serving drinks, flying the plane or fixing it, among other jobs -- wasn't hard enough, now British Airways is urging its staff to work for free to help the company save money.British Airways chief Willie Walsh says he won't take a salary for the month of...

When CEOs forget to tell their wives stuff, it's usually something important, such as a mistress. British Airways Plc (BAIRY) CEO Willie Walsh, though, has gone beyond the norm for the rarefied world of CEOs. According to Reuters, Walsh did not tell his wife that he agreed to work in July for...

Click at your peril. In the past few weeks, more companies have been snooping through the online universe in an effort to bring their workers in line. Virgin Atlantic airline fired 13 employees for what they said on Facebook. The charge: The employees "brought the company into disrepute." The...