British Airways News

British Airways-owner IAG said its joint business with Japan Airlines had received competition clearance, allowing the pair to cooperate commercially on flights between Europe and Japan.

A deal to restore flights from Leeds Bradford Airport to Heathrow is under discussion, according to the boss of one of the world's biggest airline groups.

Boss of BA and Iberia owner says he will not take part in consultation as some options have been ruled out in advance Willie Walsh , the boss of International Airlines Group, has said he will not be engaging in the coalition's long-awaited consultation on the future of Britain's airports because the government "has no idea what it is talking ... (more)

Following its recent takeover of the BMI aircraft and landing slots, British Airways is planning to restore direct scheduled flights between London Heathrow and Leeds Bradford later this year.

British Airways parent International Consolidated Airlines Group SA said its first-quarter loss widened as fuel costs crimped margins, European economies slowed and pilots at its Spanish Iberia unit staged strikes.

IAG, the parent firm of British Airways and Spain's Iberia, has reported widening losses, due in large part to higher fuel costs.

British Airways parent International Consolidated Airlines Group SA agreed to sell the Scotland-based regional business of newly-acquired BMI for 8 million pounds to investors including the unit's one-time head.

International Airlines Group said it had signed a binding agreement to sell the division to Sector Aviation Holdings Ltd .

Nearly a quarter of a century after pulling the plug on its services between Dublin and London Heathrow , British Airways jets will be making a reappearance on the route, probably from the autumn.

George Best Belfast City Airport's chief executive has said he is hopeful that by next week another airline will take the place of BMI Baby, which stops flying from the airport in June.

Bmibaby, which employs 470 staff, is to close this September after no buyer was found for the loss-making airline.

Nearly 25% of passengers arriving at Heathrow airport's Terminal 5 from non-European Union countries in April queued for more than 45 minutes at immigration control.

Willie Walsh - chief executive of British Airways and its parent company, the International Airlines Group - was the guest of honour and speaker at the annual President's Lunch of the local Chamber of Commerce.

Heathrow's queues will be cut by 'flying squad' teams of border staff, Damian Green says.

British Airways owner IAG has moved a step closer to making its next acquisition - a stake of up to 10 per cent in state-backed Japanese carrier JAL.