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British Airways

I can fly - but bring your own mop: Cathay vs British Airways

12 Apr 2013

It's not often you get the chance to compare Cathay Pacific and British Airways head to head, as it were. I have to admit that after years of being bossed about on planes by matronly BA air...

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Outrageous sexism in the People's Daily

7 Mar 2013

We were slightly saddened to come across the People's Daily Online piece headlined, "Beautiful female journalists at two sessions", which then had links showing 17, albeit comely, female...

6:12AM

Travellers' checks

29 Jul 2012

Law of the jungle

10:30PM

In for the long stretch

30 Apr 2012

Today's battle in the air is at the front end of the aircraft, as airlines upgrade their premium offers to sell more profitable seats, says Andrea Li.

3:57PM

With Qantas out, BA adds third HK-London flight

24 Dec 2011

British Airways will launch a third daily flight between Hong Kong and London in March, in a move that will replenish some of the capacity lost when the Australian airline Qantas withdraws from...

3:57AM

A class of their own

7 Oct 2011

AIR TRAVEL began as the preserve of the privileged few. The democratisation of flying in recent decades has been brought about by an explosion in discount, budget airlines. Yet the apparently...

9:18PM

Opinion

Alex Lo

Rankings belie the real purpose of universities: to educate

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12:54AM

Howard Winn

Way to go

2:01AM

Airlines face soaring claims over fuel fix

Top Asian and western airlines, including Cathay Pacific Airways, Singapore Airlines Cargo and Korean Airlines, will face further pressure from global criminal and civil action over allegations...

3:13PM

Travellers' checks

Double delight

7:27AM

BA adds its voice to chorus calling for third runway

British Airways chairman Martin Broughton says Hong Kong could lose passenger and cargo traffic to rival cities if it does not build a third runway.

He said he was 'surprised that...

9:21AM

London lawyers want Asian firms to sue over airline cartel

Lawyers from a London law firm plan to visit China and other Asian countries in the next few months to encourage manufacturers and suppliers caught in a global airfreight cartel to sue airlines...

11:55AM

Airlines fear losing business as UK ups tax

The tax may bite harder than the cold.

1:43PM

Airlines brace for damages claims after EU ruling

The Euro799 million (HK$8.49 billion) fine imposed last week on 11 airlines, including Cathay Pacific Airways, Singapore Airlines and British Airways, for antitrust offences in Europe may be just...

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