British Airways, the flag-carrier airline of the United Kingdom, has posted a net loss of £102 million ($168.8 million) in the second quarter of the fiscal ended September 30, 2009.

British Airways, the flag-carrier airline of the United Kingdom, has launched daily, non-stop flights between Las Vegas, Nevada, the United States, and London.

British Airways, the flag-carrier airline of the United Kingdom, will charge passengers who wish to choose their seats prior to their travel. The new system will come into effect on October 7, 2009.

At least one dozen airlines have reportedly approached Deutsche Lufthansa, the flag-carrier airline of Germany, expressing interest in buying bmi (formerly, British Midlands Airways).

British Airways has reported a pre-tax loss of £148 million ($245 million) in the three months till the end of June 2009.

British Airways plans to launch its first-ever long-haul Club World service – the  business class-only flights – between London City Airport and John F Kennedy International Airport in New York, on September 29, 2009.

British Airways, the national flag-carrier airline of the United Kingdom, is stopping in-flight meals, except breakfast, for economy-class passengers on short-haul flights.

British Airways, the national flag-carrier airline of the United Kingdom, has announced that it is cutting its capacity to Australia by 5% by reducing a few flights during the northern winter.

British Airways, the national flag-carrier airline of the United Kingdom, is launching new fights to India as well as to the Caribbean region.

British Airways, the national flag-carrier airline of the United Kingdom, has effected changes in its flight schedule from Hyderabad, in India, to London.

British Airways is all set to start daily direct flights to Las Vegas, USA from London, from October 25, 2009.

British Airways will launch direct, daily flights between McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas, the United States, and Heathrow International Airport in London, from October 25, 2009.

For the first time, four major airlines of the world have joined hands to support a global scheme to check carbon emissions from the aviation industry. 

British Airways has stopped their direct flight services to London from Kolkata yesterday.

British Airways, the national air carrier of the United Kingdom, has announced a promotional scheme which offers a basic fare of Rs 9,990 to London from major cities in India in place of the usual basic fare of about Rs 22,000.

British Airways, the national airline and the flag carrier of the United Kingdom, is offering its passengers use of mobile phones, BlackBerries and data-enabled laptops on limited routes from September 2009.

British Airways, the national airline and flag carrier of the United Kingdom and the third biggest airline in Europe, says it expects to post a third-quarter operating loss of about 50 million pounds ($69.9 million) because of dwindling travel demand as well as declining value of the pound.

The Federal Court of Australia has fined Qantas Airways, Australia’s national airline, Australian $20 million (US $13.1 million) after the airline admit that it engaged in price-fixing linked to international cargo fuel surcharges.

British Airways, the national airline and flag carrier of the United Kingdom and one of the largest ailrines in Europe, is holding merger talks with Qantas Airways, the national airline and flag carrier of of Australia.

Deutsche Lufthansa AG, the flag carrier of Germany, and British Airways, the national airline and flag carrier of the United Kingdom, have reduced fuel surcharges following a fall in the price of crude oil.

A former executive of British Airways has agreed to serve eight months in prison and pay a fine of $20,000 (£11,200) for his role in a conspiracy to fix air-cargo prices.

NIIT Technologies Limited, the leading software company based in India, has signed a multi-million pound, three-year deal outsourcing deal with its existing client British Airways.

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The European Commission (EU) has begun an anti-trust investigation into a revenue-sharing pact signed between British Airways, American Airlines and Spain’s Iberia Airlines.

British Airways, the national airline and flag carrier of the United Kingdom and the leading trans-Atlantic airline of Europe, has said that its first-quarter earnings had dropped in the period from April to June 2008.

British Airways, the national airline and flag carrier of the United Kingdom and one of the biggest airlines in Europe, is getting closer to signing a merger agreement with the United States-based American Airlines, the world’s largest  airline, media reports say.