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IAG Cargo reported commercial revenue down 14.1% against the same period last year in its Q3 results (July to September), at €256 million. The Iberia-BA joint venture blamed the strengthening of the Euro against other currencies over the last year for some of the reduction. At a constant exchange rate, Q3 revenue would be down 9.4 per cent.
Volume was 1,394 million cargo tonne kilometres, a decrease of 7.7% on Q3 ...
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IAG Cargo, the cargo business of British Airways and Iberia, is flying an additional air freighter service from London Stansted to Hong Kong, bringing its frequency from the Territory to six a week from 31 October, plus its regular passenger flights. IAG Cargo managing director, Steve Gunning said the additional ...
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British Airways drew a panda face on one of its 777-200 aircraft to mark the start of its three-times-a-week direct service from Heathrow to Chengdu – home of China's renowned research centre into the furry animals. BA/IAG, as the only UK cargo carrier to offer a direct service on the ...
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Two new passenger aircraft have joined British Airways fleet - the Boeing 787 and Airbus A380. They mark the start of a ten-year fleet renewal plan that will see the delivery of 78 widebody aircraft to the IAG group, which BA has formed in partnership with Spain's Iberia.
Replacing the B767 ...
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British Airways says it will have the UK's only direct service to Chengdu when it starts direct 777 flights from Heathrow on three days a week from 22 September 2013. The central Chinese city has one of the country's fastest-growing economies.
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British Airways and Iberia's IAG Cargo moved 50 oil paintings belonging to the Fundación Guayasamín from Quito, Ecuador,to Madrid, Spain on October 2 for an exhibition in Cadiz. Appropriately, one of the pictures was Las Manos de la Ternura ('Tender Hands'), along with Los Amantes. The paintings weighed a total ...
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British Airways is to resume flights to Sri Lanka on 31 March next year, after a break of 15 years. The existing thrice weekly 777 London Gatwick – Male service will be extended to Colombo, although it does not have local traffic rights on Male – Colombo sector.
The service last operated via ...
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International Airlines Group, owner of British Airways and Iberia, is reported to be interested in buying a stake in American Airlines, according to press reports. US-based Delta is also interested in buying American.
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British Airways is to launch three-times-a-week services between Gatwick and Las Vegas on 29 October. Operated by a Boeing 777, the new flights together with the existing Heathrow service will bring total BA flights to ten a week.
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