visitLONDON—British Airways and Virgin Atlantic Airways said Thursday they had received correspondence from Nigeria related to potential fines tied to fuel surcharges, but denied breaching Nigerian law.The Associated Press reported earlier that the Nigerian government had fined British Airways, a unit of International Consolidated Airlines Group SA, $135LONDON—British Airways and Virgin Atlantic Airways...
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German flagship airline Lufthansa confirmed on Monday that Virgin Atlantic Airways had made a bid for its British Midland International unit, competing with the parent of British Airways to secure coveted takeoff and landing slots at Heathrow Airport.The move comes barely a month after the International Airlines Group, which owns British Airways and Iberia, announced that it had reached a preliminary...
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), the parent group of British Airways and the Spanish carrier Iberia, has reported a loss of 390m euro (£306m, $476m) for the six months to June due to a drop in business at its Spanish arm.Iberia was more severely affected than British Airways. Iberia's operating losses grew to 263m euro in the first half of the year. However, British Airways posted an operating profit of 13m euro at the beginning...
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Enter our competition for the chance of winning a pair of tickets to Rome with British Airways and a week's car hire with AVIS.Telegraph Travel readers have the chance to win a pair of British Airways’ return flights to Rome and a week’s car hire courtesy of Avis (British Airways offer a great range of city breaks, beach holidays and, in conjunction with Avis, a series of fly-drive holidays all across...
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Kolkata is gearing up to welcome back British Airways and five other international airlines. While everyone is overjoyed at the news they must also concentrate on the issues that had sent the British Airways packing from Kolkata previously.WHEN THE British Airways closed operations from Kolkata, everyone was apprehensive about the loss of the aviation industry in the East. However, they should have...
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British Airways, which has had a profitable run in India so far, is still wary of the cost factor. Fuel costs and airport fees are among the things that make airline operation expensive in India, though British Airways is less impacted, Christopher Fordyce, regional commercial manager – South Asia, British Airways, told K V Ramana in an interaction in Hyderabad. Excerpts:The cost element is very s...
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France-KLM, British Airways (left) and Lufthansa (right) are the safest airlines in Europe, according to a study ranking the 'ten safest airlines' by the Air Transport Rating Agency (ATRA) released on Monday. -- PHOTO: BRITISH AIRWAYS/REUTERSGENEVA (AFP) - Air France-KLM, British Airways and Lufthansa are the safest airlines in Europe, according to a study ranking the 'ten safest airlines' by the Air...
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Enter our competition for the chance of winning a pair of tickets to Rome with British Airways and a week's car hire with AVIS.Enter our travel competition for the chance of winning a pair of return flights to Rome with British Airways, plus car hire for seven days with AVIS.Telegraph Travel readers have the chance to win a pair of British Airways’ return flights to Rome and a week’s car hire courtesy...
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watches as a British Airways plane lands at London's Heathrow Airport, in this Monday Jan 10, 2011 photo. British Airways on Monday announced a deal to buy up to 36 long-haul Airbus A350 passenger planes worth almost US$12 billion (S$14.9 billion) at list prices. -- FILE PHOTO: APLONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) - British Airways on Monday announced a deal to buy up to 36 long-haul Airbus A350 passenger...
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The move by Australian carrier Qantas Airways to end its alliance with British Airways and team up with Emirates is a vote of confidence in Dubai’s fast growing status as a global aviation hub, and also signals the inevitable shift in the balance of power from Europe’s legacy carriers to the Gulf, analysts and aviation experts said on Thursday.For the struggling Australian carrier, the 10-year alliance...
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