It seems to AERBT that one of the prime objectives of any government is to change the name and even objectives of established civil service...
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published 2010-08-27 13:09:10
The government of David Cameron last week formerly responded to a large petition complaining of the hike in Air Passenger Duty (APD)....
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published 2010-08-22 09:28:26
Last week the Prime Minister delivered a fine speech in central London to a travel industry audience on the challenges and opportunities that...
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published 2010-08-14 11:15:35
With the holiday season in the UK at its peak the Home Office Identity and Passport Service has issued figures showing that more than 60,000...
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published 2010-08-07 22:57:09
In the dying embers of the last Government Lord Adonis, whose short stay as Transport Minster could be considered a success, asked Lord...
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published 2010-07-23 07:59:01
As he addressed members and guests of the Aviation Club at London's Institute of Directors last week British Airways Chief...
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published 2010-07-10 14:55:35
COMMENT: The UK Budget and Travel Last Wednesday the new British Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, revealed his first ever...
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published 2010-06-21 11:53:50
In a week when The Times stops the free ‘on line' edition, British Airways has ceased publication of its weekly award winning...
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published 2010-06-20 11:45:12
Following the eruptions of the Eyjafjallajokull volcano on 14 April the politicians sprung into action. Never mind that the captain flies...
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published 2010-06-10 17:13:03
Air France will introduce the Airbus A380 on a single rotation from Charles de Gaulle to Heathrow Saturday week at weekends for a limited...
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published 2010-05-28 22:10:03
Passenger figures published by the Airports Council International (ACI) for 2009 make for fascinating reading and reflect very much on...
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published 2010-05-23 09:04:18
The more senior of readers may recall the highly successful BBC TV satire show of the early 1960s That Was the Week that Was. Fronted by...
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published 2010-05-15 21:27:00
The outcome of the UK election last week seems to have been a complete British fudge, for which sadly we seem to be famous. Once again a...
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published 2010-05-08 15:13:14
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published 2010-04-20 10:37:15
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published 2010-04-14 11:16:40
Willie Walsh is likely to go down in business history as the man that saved British Airways or destroyed it. It was announced last week that...
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published 2010-04-07 22:39:27
It stares us in our faces. The solution to the Heathrow third runway problem, or T6. Northolt. Or to give it the official title, RAF...
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published 2010-03-25 08:55:58
Whilst airlines all around the world proffer crocodile tears at British Airways and its union troubles, offer back up services (for a...
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published 2010-03-21 23:46:00
If it was not so serious it would be boring. For the umpteenth week running AERBT is mentioning British Airways and the Unite union. This...
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published 2010-03-12 08:32:29
There is a strong argument that the financial strength of the globe is personified by the performance of the airlines around the world. Here...
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published 2010-03-06 10:44:32
Have you ever been caught out by fraud, or near fraud? Have you been taken in by web sites that say one thing and actually mean something...
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published 2010-02-16 08:10:32
The news late Friday night that the US Department of Justice had ruled in favour of British Airways, American Airlines and its oneworld...
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published 2010-02-14 18:53:36
British Airways quarterly results until the end of December, reported elsewhere in AERBT, were not as bad as many had predicted. However...
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published 2010-02-05 16:32:45
Last week saw some fascinating political wranglings that left the Conservative party out on a limb regarding Heathrow Terminal 6, and...
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published 2010-01-22 21:12:20
Our first issue of 2010 dealt with BAA and its six airports. CEO Colin Matthews was kind enough to allude to Gatwick and wished the south...
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published 2010-01-16 12:00:25
The British Airways sales people have put together this list of the best holidays for 2010. You may not agree with all the destinations...
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published 2009-12-18 09:35:14
No doubt you have heard the expression, but did you know that it probably dates back to 1696. It was an anti-taxation expression, and...
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published 2009-12-13 10:06:41
Some of us are old enough to remember looking up in the sky and seeing the smoke trails being put out by the early jets such as the Boeing...
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published 2009-11-28 12:40:30
Not widely reported by the national media on Friday (20 November), a decision by the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg will have a...
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published 2009-11-20 20:10:42
Willie Walsh has stuck his neck out this time. If the emerging British Airways/Iberia (BA/IB) consolidation goes ahead as planned by next...
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published 2009-11-13 23:13:50
World Travel Market (WTM) is upon us once again, the 30th manifestation of what now competes with ITB as the world's senior...
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published 2009-11-07 09:11:41
Gatwick Airport has been sold by Ferrovial, its Spanish owner, to Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), an independent $5.64bn...
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published 2009-10-21 06:28:38
There is cause for concern that British Airways may be forced to stop flying in the weeks leading up to Christmas due to the cabin crew...
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published 2009-10-16 17:42:04
Tonight (Monday 12 October) Panorama, the BBC's flagship investigative programme, offers what it calls "a flight with...
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published 2009-10-09 17:22:34
Air France (AF) last week in Paris previewed what might be the biggest breakthrough in airline passenger comfort and marketing since Virgin...
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published 2009-09-25 19:26:47
It has been a good week and very bad week for Formula One (F1). As noted in an AERBT news story below, besides holding the interest of...
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published 2009-09-15 17:42:58
As airlines, airports and the support industries from all over the world congregate for the 15th annual World Routes in Beijing, which...
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published 2009-09-13 19:15:40
There are certain events in one's life that are remembered well. For yours truly it was the night that John F. Kennedy died, but there...
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published 2009-08-27 17:57:20
The fact that British Airways has introduced a price comparison page on ba.com is opening up a whole discussion on how one should measure...
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published 2009-08-23 19:41:10
Last week in COMMENT we asked a question of Lord Adonis, master of the UK universe on all matters concerning transport. With his known love...
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published 2009-08-15 11:40:17
These days we don't have a Minster for Aviation, just Lord Adonis, Baron Adonis of Camden Town, of clearly high intellect but little...
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published 2009-08-05 17:32:28
Did you know that there is one pothole for every 120 yards of British road, that just under one million potholes were filled by local...
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published 2009-07-21 08:59:15
British Airways and its fate concerns all of us who support what is still the national flag carrier. In this we must include its staff and...
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published 2009-07-16 16:49:52
British citizens are about to be saddled with a nearly 8% rise in passport issue charges, yet another stealth tax increase announced...
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published 2009-07-11 09:37:26
(The plan above views the Olympic Park from the direction of the West End. London City Airport lies to the right, about four... (more)
published 2009-06-27 18:14:39
LONDON CITY and GATWICK At a time when CEO Willie Walsh is calling for staff to work for free British Airways is...
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published 2009-06-20 09:31:34
So IATA are warning of big losses at the airlines (see story below), this is nothing new, in fact in 2008 IATA announced the... (more)
published 2009-06-10 17:34:09
Sadly, in the last week there has been an aircraft lost with the loss of all souls on board. The accident is the worst... (more)
published 2009-06-04 19:34:55
The annual review of the UK cruising scene by the PSA (Passenger Shipping Association) was published last week. In itself it is an...
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published 2009-05-22 23:29:15
France has followed a number of European countries, but not the UK, in introducing what is known as One-Stop-Security. Passengers that have...
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published 2009-05-09 23:33:50
Now it can be argued that we have seen it all before, but it is also pretty obvious that the air transport industry is going through its...
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published 2009-05-02 16:36:21
"You ain't seen nothing yet." That was the message that the Chancellor failed to put out during last week's budget speech....
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published 2009-04-25 09:01:29
It is now 12 months since Heathrow's Terminal 5 shambolic opening, a total public relations disaster. Those dark distant days are now...
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published 2009-04-13 22:29:32