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British Airways Airbus A380-800 G-XLEC (Image: Max Thrust Digital)
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BA could operate as little as 40% of network this winter

10/09/2020 2 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

British Airways (BA/BAW) had planned to operate around 54% of its normal network between October and December this year but it has revealed that a “levelling-off” in bookings could see that fall to just 40%. Like all airlines British Airways has been badly hit by the Coronavirus pandemic and is [read more]

Alex Cruz, British Airways' chief executive and chairman (Image: BA)
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Unite: BA workers are ‘being forced out of jobs that they love’

07/08/2020 2 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

The assistant general secretary of the Unite Union Howard Beckett led a scathing attack on British Airways dismissal by email of at least 4,000 of its staff members on what is being dubbed Black Friday. Mr Beckett said: “This is a very bleak day for the incredible BA workforce and [read more]

British Airways and Qatar Airways are both members of the Oneworld Alliance (Image: Aviation Media Agency)
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British Airways sacks thousands of staff on what is being dubbed Black Friday

07/08/2020 < 1 minute read
Written by: UK Aviation News

Thousands of British Airways Cabin Crew, Ground Staff, Engineers and Pilots are finding out today whether they still have a job with British Airways or are one of the thousands being sacked by the airline. British Airways is looking to shed around 12,000 members of its 43,000 strong workforce as [read more]

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Sun claims British Airways reaches deal to cut 600 pilots

28/06/2020 2 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

British Airways (BA/BAW) has reportedly come to a deal with the pilots that will see 300 job permanent job losses and another 300 will be placed in a “talent pool” to be rehired when needed. Tabloid newspaper ‘The Sun’ has reported the deal but the British Airline Pilots Association (BALPA) [read more]

British Airways Airbus A380 taking-off at London Heathrow (Image: Aviation Media Agency)
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BA boss Alex Cruz calls BA Betrayal Campaign ‘bizarre’

05/06/2020 3 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

British Airways (BA/BAW) Chief Executive Alex Cruz has called the campaigns by Unite and the GMB Unions against BA’s plan to fire all of its workforce as ‘Bizarre’. He made the statement in a letter to staff in which he said the two biggest unions had refused to attend talks [read more]

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