British Airways says it is shedding 1,000 jobs, will reduce size of cabin crews at Heathrow

September 30th, 2009 British Airways launches luxury London-NY flightsLONDON — British Airways is launching its pricey new business class service between London and New York. The first flight takes off at 12:50 p.m.

September 9th, 2009 MUMBAI - Sam Thomas, one of the pilots sacked by Jet Airways, Wednesday said the newly formed pilots' union - National Aviators Guild (NAG) - would not be disbanded and that they were qualified to get jobs elsewhere. "We will not disband the union," Thomas told reporters here.

August 24th, 2009 MUMBAI - Jet Airways will launch a New Delhi-Hong Kong daily service from Sep 30, a top airline official announced here Monday. "The return Hong Kong-New Delhi flight would be launched Oct 1 to mark China's national day," said Jet chief executive Wolfgang Prock-Schauer.

August 10th, 2009 BAA reports pickup in long-haul trafficLONDON —British airports operator BAA said Monday that European and long-haul traffic returned to growth in July, while London's Heathrow recorded its third-busiest month on record. BAA, which is majority owned by Spain's Grupo Ferrovial, said the number of passengers grew 1.2 percent in Europe and 4.8 percent across the long-haul network, excluding North Atlantic routes.

July 15th, 2009 WASHINGTON/CHICAGO - Boeing's Integrated Defence Systems said Wednesday it is cutting 1,000 jobs to accommodate the drop in demand in the federal defence budget. The lost jobs represent about 1.5 percent of the 70,000 employees in the defence branch.

July 13th, 2009 BA pilots accept pay cutLONDON — British Airways PLC pilots voted on Monday to accept a 2.6 percent pay cut as part of a package of measures to save the airline some 26 million pounds ($41.9 million). The British Airline Pilots Association said its members voted by more than nine to one in favor of the pay cut, as well as a reduction of 20 percent in some allowances.

July 11th, 2009 Hundreds evacuated from 747 at Phoenix airportPHOENIX — Hundreds of passengers aboard a British Airways Boeing 747 preparing to depart for London from the Phoenix airport were forced to use slides to evacuate the jet on Friday night after fumes filled the cabin. No serious injuries were reported among the 298 passengers and 18 crew when the incident occurred at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport at about 8 p.m.

June 15th, 2009 Air Nostrum 1st customer for Bombardier's CRJ-1000PARIS — Spanish carrier Air Nostrum was confirmed Monday as the launch customer for Bombardier Inc.'s CRJ-1000 jet, with firm orders for 35 planes worth $1.75 billion at list prices. Airlines often negotiate substantial discounts to the catalog price, particularly in tough economic times.

May 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - India's leading private carrier Jet Airways handed over pink slips to 110 employees on the eve of May Day, the company said Friday. 'Jet Airways undertakes additional measures to streamline costs to improve the financial health of the company under the challenging economic environment.

April 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - In the first promotion of its kind in the online travel space in the country, TripAdvisor has partnered with Jet Airways to offer JPMiles to users for contributing hotel reviews on www.tripadvisor.in. The promotion enables members of JetPrivilege, the frequent flyer program of Jet Airways, to get up to 1000 JPMiles by writing hotel reviews on tripadvisor.in and therefore, that much closer to availing of free flights on Jet.

April 10th, 2009 LONDON - Naomi Campbell, who was last year arrested at Heathrow for abusing British Airways staff, has finally found a way to control her explosive temper - seaweed crisps. The 38-year-old, who was also given a community service order for throwing a mobile telephone at her maid's head, has credited The Program, a lifestyle system which combines subsisting on seaweed crisps and "cleansing" drinks, with helping her find inner peace.

March 29th, 2009 KOLKATA - British Airways suspended its direct service to London from here Sunday, with the last flight taking off at around 5 a.m., even as national carrier Air India resumed operations on the route the same day. British Airways, which operated three direct fights a week from the city to Heathrow Airport in London, decided to suspend operations as it found the route unprofitable.

March 29th, 2009 LONDON - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and his ministers can take a lessons on cost cutting from Prince William, second in line to the British throne, who has directed his staff to book him in economy on scheduled flights whenever possible. "He is determined to get his traveling costs down.

February 2nd, 2009 LONDON/PARIS - Heavy snowfall in Britain Monday shut down major airports, motorways and public transport services amid predictions of blizzards and more snow across the country. The cold spell, bringing below-zero temperatures and snowfalls of up between 10 and 40 cm, also affected the northern half of France and Belgium.

December 22nd, 2008 LONDON - A Jet Airways pilot was arrested by armed police after staff at London's Heathrow airport warned he may have drunk too much to fly, a newspaper reported Tuesday quoting police. Michael Harr, a 62-year-old ex-US marine, was taken off the flight to Mumbai Sunday by officers and subsequently failed a breath test at 9.30 a.m.