May 2008
11.05.08 US says planned new plane tax ‘illegal’
11.05.08 Continental boss predicts slump
11.05.08 T5 error allowed foreign passengers in unchecked
11.05.08 China announce passenger plane maker plan
10.05.08 Times says ‘BAA in grave danger’
10.05.08 Edinburgh Airport boss leaves for new BAA role
10.05.08 Banks downgrade easyJet, BA and Ryanair
10.05.08 BA could face city clash over director’s bonus
10.05.08 Virgin renew Tata IT contract
10.05.08 BA cut beef from economy menu
09.05.08 BA confirms June 5 start for next phase of T5
09.05.08 BAA struggling with refinancing
09.05.08 BAA shareholders to inject £400m emergency funding
09.05.08 OpenSkies June 19 launch for ORY - JFK route
08.05.08 BAA ‘unaware’; BA ‘failed for foresee’ Terminal 5 problems
08.05.08 Balpa / BA court date set
08.05.08 Foreign airport staff avoid criminal reference check
08.05.08 Co-op Travel MD slams BAA
08.05.08 Just 100,000 apply for BA / Virgin compensation
08.05.08 Archbishop backs Heathrow demo
07.05.08 BA passengers down 7.9 percent
07.05.08 New delays for A380?
07.05.08 MPs to quiz BA and BAA bosses today
07.05.08 Charity loses legal bid for BA / Virgin refunds
06.05.08 Broker cuts BA targets
06.05.08 bmi launch Heathrow – Sierra Leone flights
06.05.08 New Heathrow lounge for SAA
05.05.08 EU allows sale of airport slots
05.05.08 Virgin Heathrow lounge wins award
05.05.08 BA reveals ‘inspiration’ website
04.05.08 Former BA boss slams third runway plans
04.05.08 Boeing denies press reports of further Dreamliner delays
04.05.08 Retailers ‘mothball’ T5 stores; seek compensation
04.05.08 Fergie told off for texting at 20,000ft
04.05.08 Heathrow drug smugglers jailed for 50 years
04.05.08 Government pays over £1m for Heathrow and Gatwick airport lounges
03.05.08 US flights to fly slower to save fuel
03.05.08 Airlines to unite to combat fraud
03.05.08 BA appoints affiliate marketing agencies
03.05.08 Virgin use IT to improve Heathrow customer service
02.05.08 Union highlights aviation job loses
02.05.08 BAA confident T5 can cope with bank holiday weekend rush
02.05.08 BA.com received huge usage surge from 2006 terror alert
02.05.08 T5 checks failed to spot bullet in bag
02.05.08 Airport car raffle company issues profit warning
02.05.08 BA cut emissions with hybrid car order
02.05.08 Menzies wins Thai Heathrow contract
01.05.08 BA in ‘co-operation’ talks with American and Continental
01.05.08 BA bottom of lost bags league table
01.05.08 Airlines demand damages for Heathrow T4 transfer delays
01.05.08 Walsh: T5 ‘needs more time’; Heathrow ‘damaging Britain’
01.05.08 BA ‘casual racism’ whistleblower receives threats from fellow pilots
01.05.08 Heathrow expansion plans backed after debate
01.05.08 Airlines to boost asset values by adding slots to balance sheets
01.05.08 Virgin confirms axing in flight beauty treatments
April 2008
30.04.08 Air travellers call for Walsh to resign
30.04.08 Times survey suggests travellers will fly less over green concerns
30.04.08 Councils call for Government to have final say on airspace changes
30.04.08 Virgin consider T5 advertising compensation claim
30.04.08 T5 begins to alter Heathrow terminal mix
29.04.08 New planning rules to be used to 'push through third runway'
29.04.08 Analysts ‘braced for BA profit warning’
29.04.08 American Airlines exec slams Heathrow
29.04.08 BA increase fuel surcharges
29.04.08 Heathrow flight path changes will hit extra 40,000
29.04.08 Virgin flight offer for Eos passengers
29.04.08 Critic praises Gordon Ramsay’s T5 restaurant
28.04.08 Bidders line up for BAA airports
28.04.08 BAA pressing ahead with refinancing
28.04.08 Continental calls off United merger talks
28.04.08 Sale of Air Jamaica's Heathrow slots to Virgin to be investigated
28.04.08 Court takes soft line with drunk BA stewardess
28.04.08 New US airport fingerprint plan attacked
28.04.08 Sofitel Heathrow T5 on schedule for June opening
27.04.08 BAA censured for ‘interfering’ in break-up probe
27.04.08 Labour to sacrifice air quality to expand Heathrow
27.04.08 Ferrovial ‘gearing up for BAA break-up’
27.04.08 Heathrow crash pilot to quit BA
27.04.08 Former BAA bosses approached by bid teams
27.04.08 Government ‘grounds BAA plan to recruit Sir David Rowlands’
27.04.08 BA lose Cherie Blair’s bags
26.04.08 BAA ‘will struggle to get top airport prices’
26.04.08 Pilot claims ‘casual racism' at BA
26.04.08 bmi reveals approaches from struggling airlines
26.04.08 New air tax ‘will hit long haul flights’
26.04.08 Heathrow employee warned for jumping down baggage chute
26.04.08 Judge approves BA / Virgin price fixing settlement
25.04.08 Lufthansa is 'determined' to use option to gain majority stake in bmi
25.04.08 Ferrovial ‘can profit from BAA break-up’
25.04.08 bmi chairman slams BAA over Heathrow
25.04.08 Future Heathrow calls for ‘fresh approach’
25.04.08 Face scans at UK airport passport control this summer
24.04.08 BA and Ryanair question whether EU rules broken on Alitalia loan
24.04.08 Plane makers join forces to urge better air traffic control systems
24.04.08 MP slams new aviation tax plans
24.04.08 Council accused of hypocrisy over 2M plans
23.04.08 BAA to fight break up
23.04.08 Government to review airport regulatory system
23.04.08 BAA refinancing plans at risk again over Competition Commission report
23.04.08 Blair dodges fare on Heathrow Express
23.04.08 Tories call for end to BAA airport monopoly
23.04.08 IATA and ABTA welcome Competition Commission report
23.04.08 Airline industry sets ‘carbon neutral growth’ target
22.04.08 BAA London and Scotland airport ownership criticised
22.04.08 BAA shuffle Heathrow management
22.04.08 Airlines repeat calls for BAA breakup
22.04.08 Tax free years for Heathrow holding company
22.04.08 Emergency landing for Virgin Heathrow bound plane – as woman in labour
21.04.08 Continental investigated over transatlantic flights running low on fuel
21.04.08 Heathrow protest next month
21.04.08 ATA criticise BAA over T5 baggage system
21.04.08 Jet Airways appoints UK and Ireland MD
21.04.08 BA appoint new commercial manager in Pakistan
20.04.08 BA considering US flights from Spain
20.04.08 T5 shops seek rent rebate
20.04.08 Radixx build unique reservations system for OpenSkies
20.04.08 Virgin launch dedicated Heathrow – Mauritius inflight magazine
20.04.08 Virgin Atlantic appoint new Kenya manager
19.04.08 bmi boss blames BAA for Terminal 5 problems
19.04.08 Heathrow T5 ‘set for summer meltdown’
19.04.08 S&P downgrade for BA
19.04.08 Competition Commission view on BAA expected next week
19.04.08 BA boss tells staff he ‘will not walk away’
19.04.08 BA increase cargo surcharge
19.04.08 Gay Heathrow guard wins sexual harassment case
19.04.08 BA slam ‘quasi monopoly’ GDSs
18.04.08 Missing airline baggage up 25 percent in 2007
18.04.08 EIB backs BAA securitisation deal
18.04.08 Charities say BA / Virgin could still profit from price fixing
18.04.08 Travel insurance company restores T5 cover
18.04.08 BA accused of Greenwash
18.04.08 BAA plans to spend 4.5bn at Heathrow by 2013
17.04.08 BAA refinancing plan hit by bond downgrade
17.04.08 Analyst says sell easyJet; buy BA
17.04.08 Hundreds of bags sent by BA to Milan heading back to Heathrow
17.04.08 Virgin and BA do well in airline amenities poll; Ryanair doesn’t
17.04.08 Heathrow passengers suffer longest delays
17.04.08 Naomi Campbell boycotts BA
16.04.08 BA shares drop on Iberia bid rumours
16.04.08 Dreamliner compensation claims ‘could hit £1.5 billion’
16.04.08 Another council joins Heathrow 2M group
16.04.08 US airlines ‘need to spend $110bn to update fleets’
16.04.08 LOT only airline offering Heathrow – Warsaw flights
16.04.08 Heathrow hotels benefit from T5 problems
16.04.08 Virgin to launch second daily service to Washington
15.04.08 BA announce two directors ‘leave’ over T5
15.04.08 Branson talks with Dubai International Capital over bmi bid
15.04.08 BA considering compensation claim against BAA over T5
15.04.08 Heathrow profits up 10%; Stansted up 68%
15.04.08 BA could take until October to transfer flights to T5
15.04.08 Delta and Northwest agree merger
15.04.08 Walsh won’t resign over T5
15.04.08 Very funny T5 song and video
15.04.08 200,000 a month losing bags at airports
14.04.08 Banks predict plunge in BA profits
14.04.08 Travellers still back BA even after T5 problems
14.04.08 BA pays Kate Moss £10,000 for lost bags
14.04.08 Irish book retailer opens two stores at Heathrow T5
14.04.08 ERA says criminalising air accidents will block safety progress
13.04.08 Heathrow crash zone 'on motorway’
13.04.08 bmi to challenge Gatwick and Heathrow price rises
13.04.08 BA investor wants talks on Heathrow crisis
13.04.08 Travel insurers won’t cover T5 losses
13.04.08 Minister admits Heathrow chaos 'losing business' for London
13.04.08 Heathrow campaigners launch ‘find Kelly’ campaign
12.04.08 AA and BA 'will benefit from SkyTeam antitrust ruling'
12.04.08 BA T5 move delay angers bmi
12.04.08 Delay in BA T5 move will hit some passengers
12.04.08 MPs vote against motion to end airport expansion
11.04.08 BA delays long-haul move to T5
11.04.08 Harrow council join Heathrow 2M campaign group
11.04.08 BA ‘most popular with business passengers'
11.04.08 Lufthansa ‘most reliable airline at Heathrow’
11.04.08 Europcar opens new £1m Heathrow facility
10.04.08 BA passengers down 2.8 percent; load factor down 0.9 percent
10.04.08 Shannon Airport in talks with BA about Heathrow link
10.04.08 BA and Virgin in compensation talks with Boeing over Dreamliner delays
10.04.08 Heathrow flight flasher sentenced
09.04.08 BAA passengers up 1.2 percent
09.04.08 BAA refinancing delayed
09.04.08 MPs to question BA and BAA bosses over T5
09.04.08 Fresh Dreamliner delays
09.04.08 Virgin redundancies ‘a symptom of wider problems in the industry’
09.04.08 Dead man's bags lost in T5 chaos
09.04.08 Egypt complains over Heathrow pope search
09.04.08 Airbus boss says aviation unfairly targeted over climate change
08.04.08 BA expects first full day at T5 today
08.04.08 Pilots call for BA leadership change
08.04.08 Bumbling 'spy' caught out by Plane Stupid
08.04.08 T5 passengers sleep in cardboard boxes
08.04.08 BA ban Campbell
07.04.08 Heathrow MD’s partner is security boss
07.04.08 Theatre ads for T5
06.04.08 T5 staff back Walsh; blame BAA
06.04.08 Snow causes 114 cancellations at T5
06.04.08 BAA close to £700m property sale
06.04.08 BA plane makes emergency landing
06.04.08 Heathrow Express launch £2.5m advertising campaign
06.04.08 Cathay introduce new long haul cabins
06.04.08 Dot2 add Heathrow T5 service
05.04.08 New baggage problems at Heathrow T5
05.04.08 Councillor wants Highlands air links protected
05.04.08 Calvin Harris loses new album at T5
05.04.08 BA expands cargo operations in middle and far east
04.04.08 BAA closes in on debt syndication deal
04.04.08 BAA apologise for T5 problems
04.04.08 Councillor complains about terror questioning at Heathrow
04.04.08 Virgin may scrap in flight beauty therapy
04.04.08 BA pulps commemorative Terminal 5 newsletter
04.04.08 Virgin says passengers want data only on flights
03.04.08 Trial of eight men over liquid bomb plot starts
03.04.08 BA passengers down 2.8%; load factor down 0.9%; T5 chaos costs £16m
03.04.08 BA says full Heathrow flight schedule to resume Saturday
03.04.08 BA reviews plans to move more flights into T5
03.04.08 Naomi Campbell arrested after row on plane
03.04.08 United grounds Boeing 777 fleet; cancels flights
02.04.08 Virgin 'wants bmi merger'
02.04.08 Pilots union and shareholder turn up heat on BA’s Walsh
02.04.08 Conservatives to fight Heathrow expansion
02.04.08 BA sends bags to Milan - by road
02.04.08 Problems for Air France bid to buy Alitalia
01.04.08 50 T5 flights cancelled; luggage to be returned ‘soon’
01.04.08 Union says BA warned about T5 problems
01.04.08 BA's Walsh stars in T5 computer game
01.04.08 BA boss 'will not resign' over T5
01.04.08 Council 2M Heathrow campaign group now represents 4m
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