Dream Merger: American Airlines and British Airways

When KLM-Air France can merge, then why not American Airlines and British Airways? They already have a great alliance and together can make the biggest airline in world in every respect. Though I think it is nothing more than wishful thinking, since neither a foreign carrier can have 20% or more stake in a US [...]

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Heathrow Airport: UK’s dump?

Events in order -

Terminal 5 Opening day (/week/month) Chaos with bags misplaced/mislaid, passengers mis-connected and a lot of delays. Since January 2008, BA has mislaid 28.9 bags per 1,000 passengers.
American Airlines’ Head of Customer Services (Europe) Don Langford slamming the airport as “bit of a dump” and “worst among major European hubs”

Now it is British [...]

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Partnership: American Airlines, British Airways and Continental Airlines

There are talks between American Airlines, British Airways and Continental Airlines for a partnership (not to be confused with a merger). If the partnership talks go through, they will all retain their names, headquarters, etc. but will end up with possible ties on – frequent flier program and code sharing. American Airlines and British Airways [...]

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Terminal 5: Finally some good news

British Airways has announced that it will delay the shift of its long haul flights (and other flights from Terminal 4) to Heathrow’s Terminal 5. BA will postpone the move from April 30th 2008 to June 5th at the earliest.
Though this delay will cause problems to other airlines’ plans (taking BA’s place at Terminal [...]

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Terminal 5 Updates

The chaos at London Heathrow Airport’s $8.5 billion Terminal 5 has caused British Airways to reconsider moving its remaining long haul flights to and from USA. Earlier, it was planned, starting April 30th 2008, to move all British Airways long haul flights to and from USA to Terminal 5. Currently the only trans-Atlantic flights on [...]

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Terminal 5 Upate: BA Pilots

British Airline Pilots Association (BALPA) said that the $8.4 billion Terminal 5 at Heathrow Airport has become a source of “acute embarrassment” over passenger woes over bags and cancellations due to snow (worst April snowfall in 19 years). The pilots demanded resignation of BA’s CEO Willie Walsh over the fiasco. Mr. Walsh took “responsibility for [...]

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Naomi Campbell arrested at London Airport

Earlier today (April 3rd 2008) British supermodel Naomi Campbell was arrested for investigation of assaulting a police officer at London’s Heathrow Airport. She was arrested after she boarded a British Airways flight to Los Angeles.

Facts -

This might be the first arrest on newly opened Terminal 5 of the Airport
This might be the first celebrity incidence [...]

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