Company Watch - British Airways.Mar 19, 2007 British Air Boeing 777-200 fuel leak report prompts AAIB AAIB Air Accidents Investigation Branch (United Kingdom) AAIB Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (Switzerland) AAIB Aircraft Accident Investigation Board (Denmark) recommendations British Airways British Airways in full British Airways PLC International passenger airline based in London. In 1936 British Airways Ltd. was founded through the merger of three smaller airlines. (BA) has been criticised for having a culture that led some mechanics to cover up mistakes instead of reporting them. Mar 16, 2007 British Airways lost its appeal at the European Court of Justice European Court of Justice, judicial branch of the European Union (EU). Located in Luxembourg, it was founded in 1958 as the joint court for the three treaty organizations that were consolidated into the European Community (the predecessor of the EU) in 1967. against a [euro]6.8 million ($9 million) fine imposed by the EC in July 1999 for "abuse of a dominant position" in the UK market. As in most cases, the ECJ ECJ European Court of Justice followed the advice of its advocate general, who said in February that the appeal should be dismissed in its entirety. Following a complaint by Virgin Atlantic Airways, the EC ruled in 1999 that performance reward schemes implemented by BA in order to calculate travel agent commissions constituted an abuse. In yesterday's ruling the court described BA's subsequent appeal as "in part inadmissible That which, according to established legal principles, cannot be received into evidence at a trial for consideration by the jury or judge in reaching a determination of the action. and in part unfounded." Mar 16, 2007 EU Court Upholds British Airways Fine The European Court of Justice (ECJ), the EU's highest court, upheld on Thursday a EUR EUR In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Euro. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. 6.8 million euro (USD USD In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the U.S. Dollar. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. $9 million) fine against British Airways for offering unfair incentives to travel agents. Mar 15, 2007 BA Expects CityFlyer To Make Profit In Second Year British Airways said on Wednesday it expected its revamped BA CityFlyer operation from London City Airport London City Airport (IATA: LCY, ICAO: EGLC) is a single-runway airport, intended for use by STOL (Short Take Off and Landing) airliners, and principally serving the financial districts of London. This airport could also be considered a STOLport. to become profitable in the second year of operation. Mar 14, 2007 Two European airlines at odds over open skies: The tentative U.S. EU open-skies agreement does not come close to the market liberalization lib·er·al·ize v. lib·er·al·ized, lib·er·al·iz·ing, lib·er·al·iz·es v.tr. To make liberal or more liberal: "Our standards of private conduct have been greatly liberalized . . . necessary, writes British Airways CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Willie Walsh in the Wall Street Journal. Walsh says the agreement will not allow European carriers to fly between U.S. cities but will allow American airlines access to all European airports and the right to fly travelers to other European cities. Meanwhile, Air France-KLM Group Chairman Jean-Cyril Spinetta supports the agreement and writes that the agreement will bring "considerable new opportunities for the traveling public, airlines and labor on both sides of the Atlantic. Mar 15, 2007 British strikes Galileo deal British Airways has finally unveiled details of its full-content agreement with Galileo, which will see the UK flag-carrier's fares and inventory made available to all Galileo-connected travel agents, who sign up to the opt-in programme. Mar 13, 2007 British Airways announced an expansion of its operation at London City, which it retained as part of its deal to sell BA Connect to Flybe. BA's new CityFlyer subsidiary will operate 250 weekly flights from LCY LCY Local Currency LCY Loose Cubic Yards (earth moving engineering equipment) LCY London, England, United Kingdom - London City (Airport Code) , a more than 73.6% increase from its current program of 144, to six UK and European destinations beginning March 26 aboard 10 RJ100s. It will launch new four-times-daily service to Glasgow International and Zurich and also will fly to Edinburgh, Frankfurt, Madrid and Milan Malpensa. CityFlyer, which has a new AOC AOC, n an acronym for the Aromatherapy Organizations Council. , will offer a single-class configuration on domestic routes and a two-class layout on European routes. According to press reports, BA expects it to turn a profit in the second year of operation Mar 15, 2007 Airline flies daily empty flight to keep London slot British Mediterranean Airways has been flying an empty plane round-trip between Heathrow and Cardiff on a daily basis in an effort to keep its slots at the London airport. The slots can be reallocated if an airline does not use them regularly. The round-trip flights have pumped hundreds of tons of carbon dioxide carbon dioxide, chemical compound, CO2, a colorless, odorless, tasteless gas that is about one and one-half times as dense as air under ordinary conditions of temperature and pressure. into the atmosphere, which threaten to undermine the aviation industry's plan to reduce emissions.. Mar 13, 2007 U.K. carriers oppose plans for European emissions tax U.K. airlines are criticizing a European proposal for "green taxes" intended to combat climate change. Virgin Atlantic is urging lawmakers to boost spending for the development of cleaner planes and fossil-free fuels. Meanwhile, British Airways called the taxes "an extremely blunt instrument in terms of reducing carbon emissions." Mar 12, 2007 VLM Airlines is not talking with British Airways about a possible sale of the regional carrier that is currently the largest operator at London City, owner Jaap Rosen Jacobson told AirguideOnline, putting to rest speculation that arose following BA's launch of CityFlyer. VLM 1. (architecture) VLM - Very Large Memory. 2. (networking) VLM - Virtual Loadable Module. accounts for about one-third of all aircraft movements at LCY. "There has been no negotiation with BA on this subject," Jacobson said. "I'm not saying a sale of VLM might not happen. One never knows. But there has been no contact with BA regarding VLM." Jacobson, who controls Panta Holdings, the Dutch holding comprising ACMI specialist Denim Air and Antwerp-based VLM, did not want to confirm he held negotiations with BA regarding BA Connect. Industry sources told this website that BA had talks with Panta when it was seeking to offload its loss-making regional business last year. Mar 16, 2007 Editor: Aram Gesar, eMail: edit@AirGuideOnline.com For Air Transport & Travel Business Experts contact eMail: bizintel@AirGuideOnline.com For more global news, reviews, features and analysis, please subscribe to our Newsletters: http://www.airguideonline.com/order_formsubs.htm#news To Advertise: advert@AirGuideOnline.com AirGuideFlightTracker is a new, free service that aims to keep travelers informed flight and airport status via the Web. For more go to http://www.airguideonline.com/airline_tracker.htm Copyright [c] 2007 Air Travel Media / Pyramid Media Group. All rights reserved. Mar 12, 2007 |
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