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British Airways says Covid-19 pandemic likely to cost 10,000 jobs

The flagship U.K. carrier has seen 7,200 people leave as of last week, Chief Executive Officer Alex Cruz told lawmakers in London on Wednesday

British Airways to start flights from London to Hyderabad starting Sept 12

As of now, the UK-based carrier has only been operating outbound flights from Hyderabad, the capital city of Telangana, under the bilateral air bubble pact between India and the UK.

How IndiGo CEO sees aviation shaping up amid worst crisis in history

Dutta is convinced that no matter where we find ourselves today, one cannot go wrong with the Indian aviation market

British Airways: Thousands to lose jobs as airline pushes ahead with cuts

British Airways, owned by IAG , said in April it would need to axe up to 12,000 of its 42,000 staff to survive the Covid-19 pandemic and remain competitive

British Airways owner IAG to raise $3.27 billion amid aviation crisis

Airlines around the world have been brought to their knees by the halt to flights, forcing tens of thousands of job cuts

British Airways owner IAG to raise $3.3 billion to ride out Covid-19 crisis

Airlines around the world have been brought to their knees by the halt to flights

British Airways to resume flight operations to Pakistan from next month

British Airways said on Thursday that it will resume flight operations to Pakistan from the UK next month.

Coronavirus impact: British Airways bids farewell to Boeing 747s

The airline, which was the world's biggest operator of the 747-400 model, had already planned to ground its fleet of 31 of the iconic wide-bodied jets in 2024

End of the jumbo: British Airways retires entire Boeing 747 fleet early

BA had been planning to retire the aircraft in 2024 but with passenger numbers decimated this year and forecasts that it will be years before they recover

Covid-19: 271 UK nationals leave Amritsar on special flight amid lockdown

The UK nationals were happy with their government who took an initiative to evacuate their stranded citizens

Reeling under pandemic, British Airways plans to cut as many as 12,000 jobs

Pre-tax profits were hit by an exceptional charge of 1.3 billion euros due to overhedging of its fuel and foreign currency needs for the rest of 2020

Fair to furlough? Britain's massive job-saving plan prompts pushback

While more than half of UK companies are expected to apply for government grants to pay furloughed employees, critics say they expect too much of the cash to go where it's not needed.

Covid-19: US death toll crosses 5K, sees highest single-day toll of 1,000

The number of confirmed infections rose by over 25,000 in a day.

British Airways to cut jobs as virus affects demand for air travel: CEO

British Airways to cut jobs as coronavirus devastates demand for air travel

As WHO declares Coronavirus a pandemic, what's next for people and govts?

The 2002-2003 SARS outbreak, 2014-2016 Ebola outbreak and the 2016 Zika outbreak were not pandemics since they did not impact as many people as Coronavirus despite spreading in more than one country

British Airways flight crosses Atlantic in less than 5 hours, sets record

That set a new speed record for subsonic or slower than the speed of sound commercial aircraft to fly between the two cities, according to Flightradar24, which tracks global flights

British Airways says almost all UK flights cancelled over pilot strike

The airline said it remains willing to return to talks with the British Airline Pilots Association

British Airways pilots strike grounds 1700 flights in blow to airline

The strike is the latest setback for British Airways, which in August suffered its third major computer failure in little more than two years

British Airways cancels flights as pilots go on two-day strike

The British Airways indicated that the strike would cost the airline up to GBP 40 million a day

A decade after hotel bombing, British Airways to resume flights to Pakistan

In September 2008, British Airways suspended all its flights to Pakistan because of security fears after a blast outside the Marriott Hotel that claimed more than 40 lives