BNET Industries
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$17.1B
- Public
- UK
Dow Jones Description
Air Transportation Services
Number of Employees 45,140
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Scheduled Freight Air Transportation: 481112
Recent Events
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Metals producers, retailers lift London
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Corporate Watch
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APFA, Nation's Largest Independent Flight Attendant Union, Calls for Approval of oneworld's Immunity
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British Airways cut to sell at Deutsche Bank
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British Airways Launches Club Europe Packages Online
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BUY OR SELL-Improved liquidity could help AMR shares
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Xinhua world economic news summary at 0530 GMT, Oct. 3
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British Airways Launches Premium London/JFK Service
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British Airways launches luxury London-New York service
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British Airways launches luxury London-NY flights
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British Airways Tries Premium New York Flights
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MARKET COMMENT: London Stocks End Lower After Poor US Data
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BRIEF-RESEARCH ALERT-UBS starts AIR France with sell; Iberia, Lufthansa with buy
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Deutsche Lufthansa rated buy at UBS
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BRIEF-Commerzbank raises Air Berlin, Deutsche Lufthansa
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BRIEF-RESEARCH ALERT-Deutsche Bank starts Air France with sell
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British Airways Slips Into Loss
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British Airways reports £106m loss
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EasyJet forecasts FY profit, targets more growth
News & Analysis
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Virgin Atlantic, British Airways Battle for Las Vegas
BNET
- 2009-10-27
My last post, about British Airways unveiling its nonstop London-Las Vegas flight -- previously Virgin Atlantic territory -- got an e-mail response from Virgin: I thought you'd like to know that Virgin Atlantic has long recognized the importance of the Las Vegas market and has been servicing our customers for...
British Airways Flies Nonstop London-Las Vegas
BNET
- 2009-10-26
The first nonstop British Airways flight from London to Las Vegas landed Sunday night at McCarran International Airport, beginning a full-scale assault on Virgin Atlantic's Las Vegas-London monopoly. British Airways, which features twin-engine Boeing 777s, boasts that its nonstop flights also connects to other European, African and Middle Eastern locales...
British Airways and Virgin Atlantic offer refunds over fuel surcharge price fixing
- 2008-07-07
AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-C1997-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD British Airways and Virgin Atlantic are offering compensation to passengers who travelled on transatlantic flights between August 2004 and March 2006. The two airlines agreed in the United States to a GBP100m settlement for fixing the price of fuel surcharges. A total...
Airline News - Europe
- 2008-07-07
7/7/2008 Perhaps it comes as no surprise, but a recent survey by LateRooms.com shows that 25m Brits are unable to recognize even the most basic of phrases in a foreign language when abroad. In the nature of British culture, words they do pick up are beer (79%), swimming pool...
Airlines settle over price-fixing concerns
- 2008-02-20
BURLINGAME -- British Airways and Virgin Atlantic have agreed to a $200 million settlement in a class-action lawsuit accusing them of price-fixing, according to a Burlingame attorney who was co-lead counsel in the case. The airlines were accused of inflating fuel surcharges on passengers of long-haul flights,...
Airlines settle over price-fixing claims
- 2008-02-20
BURLINGAME -- British Airways and Virgin Atlantic have agreed to a $200 million settlement in a class-action lawsuit accusing them of price-fixing, according to an attorney who was co-lead counsel in the case. The airlines were accused of inflating fuel surcharges on passengers of long-haul flights, and...
Burlingame firm nets millions in airlines suit
- 2008-02-19
Burlingame _ British Airways and Virgin Atlantic have agreed to a $200-million settlement in a class-action lawsuit accusing them of price-fixing, according to a Burlingame law firm that was co-lead counsel in the case. The airlines were accused of inflating fuel surcharges on passengers of long-haul flights,...
British Airways says it and Virgin Airlines tentatively agreed to
- 2008-02-18
LONDON -- British Airways and Virgin Atlantic have tentatively agreed to settle a U.S. price-fixing suit over fuel surcharges, British Airways said Friday. British Airways did not confirm the size of the settlement, but the U.S. law firm that filed the class-action suit said the two airlines could...
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- 2008-02-17
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British Airways, Virgin Atlantic to pay compensation over price collusion
- 2008-02-15
LONDON AFP — British Airways and Virgin Atlantic are to pay a combined 200 million dollars (136.2 million euros) in compensation to millions of passengers for colluding over fuel surcharges on tickets, lawyers said on Friday. "Cohen, Milstein, Hausfeld & Toll has negotiated a ground-breaking legal settlement that, for...
Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| William Walsh | CEO |
| Keith WIlliams | Cfo |
| Martin George | Chief Marketing Officer |
| Paul Coby | CIO |
| Tony McCarthy | Chief Human Resources Officer |
| Alan McDonald | Director, Engineering |
| Lloyd Cromwell Griffiths | Director, Flight Operations |
| Michael Street | Director, Customer Scvs, Operations |
| Robert Boyle | Director, Commercial Planning |
| Roger Maynard | Director, Investments |
| Andrew Swaffield | General Manager, Sales & Distr |
| Deborah Frampton | Manager, UAE |
| Debra Dupret | Manager, Business Development |
| Ed Searancke | General Manager, Customer Delivery |
| Gerry Mundy | Manager, World Cargo's Perishables |
| Mark Gardiner | General Manager, Operations |
| Rory Black | Manager, Bahrain |
| Alan Buchanan | Secretary |
| Alan Burnett | Head, Sales & Marketing, UK & Ireland |
| Jayne O'Brien | Head, Marketing, UK & Ireland |
| Martin P. Read | Non-Executive Director |
| Robert Webb | General Counsel |
| Ted Moss | Head, Loyalty |
| Thomas Coops | Interim Head, Corp & Media Relations |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Martin Broughton | Chairman |
| Alison Reed | Board of Directors |
| Ashok S. Ganguly | Board of Directors |
| Baroness Kingsmill | Board of Directors |
| Baroness Symons | Board of Directors |
| Chumpol Nalamlieng | Board of Directors |
| James A. Lawrence | Board of Directors |
| Ken Smart | Board of Directors |
| Neil Robertson | Board of Directors |
| Tim Steeds | Board of Directors |
Willie Walsh joined the airline in May 2005 as Chief Executive Designate, succeeding Rod Eddington as Chief Executive on 1 October 2005. He is an honorary Board Member of Flight Safety International. He is Branch President of the Heathrow Branch of the Royal Aeronautical Society, an honorary Member of The Aviation Club and a Member of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (UK). Willie is married with one daughter. His interests include all sports with a particular interest in soccer, rugby and motor sports.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| British Airways PLC | CEO | Current |
| British Airways PLC | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| British Airways PLC | Cfo | Current |
| British Airways PLC | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| British Airways PLC | Chief Marketing Officer | Current |
| British Airways PLC | Board of Directors | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| British Airways PLC | CIO | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| British Airways PLC | Chief Human Resources Officer | Current |
| Ba Boycott | Director People & Organisational Effectiveness | Current |
| Royal Mail Group Ltd | Group Director, People & Organizational Development | Former |
| BAE Systems plc | Group Human Resources Director | Former |
| Bae Systems, Inc. | Former | |
| Royal Mail Group Ltd | Board of Directors | Former |
| Salford University | post graduate diploma in manpower studies | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| British Airways PLC | Director, Engineering | Current |
| British Airways PLC | Director, Engineering | Former |
| British Airways PLC | Board of Directors | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| British Airways PLC | Director, Flight Operations | Current |
| British Airways PLC | Director, Flight Operations | Former |
| British Airways PLC | Board of Directors | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| British Airways PLC | Director, Customer Scvs, Operations | Current |
| British Airways PLC | Director, Customer Scvs, Operations | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| British Airways PLC | Director, Commercial Planning | Current |
| British Airways PLC | Director, Commercial Planning | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| British Airways PLC | Director, Investments | Current |
| British Airways PLC | Director, Investments | Former |
| British Airways PLC | Board of Directors | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| British Airways PLC | General Manager, Sales & Distr | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| British Airways PLC | Manager, UAE | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| British Airways PLC | Manager, Business Development | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| British Airways PLC | General Manager, Customer Delivery | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| British Airways PLC | Manager, World Cargo's Perishables | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| British Airways PLC | General Manager, Operations | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| British Airways PLC | Manager, Bahrain | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| British Airways PLC | Secretary | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| British Airways PLC | Head, Sales & Marketing, UK & Ireland | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| British Airways PLC | Head, Marketing, UK & Ireland | Current |
Martin joined Logica plc in 1993 as chief executive and became group chief executive of LogicaCMG following the merger of Logica and CMG in December 2002. Prior to 1993, he was supervisory managing director of the GEC Marconi Radar and Control Systems group of companies. Martin has been a non-executive director of British Airways plc since 2000. He was a non-executive director of ASDA Group plc from 1996 to 1999 and of Boots Group plc from 1999 to July 2006.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| British Airways PLC | Non-Executive Director | Current |
| British Airways PLC | Board of Directors | Current |
| LogicaCMG plc | CEO | Former |
| LogicaCMG-Leatherhead | CEO | Former |
| LogicaCMG plc | Group Chief Executive, Executive Director, Executive Committee Member | Former |
| Logica Systems Laboratories | Former | |
| Alliance Boots | Board of Directors | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| British Airways PLC | General Counsel | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| British Airways PLC | Head, Loyalty | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| British Airways PLC | Interim Head, Corp & Media Relations | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Confederation of British Industry's | President | Current |
| British Airways PLC | Chairman | Current |
| Transatlantic Business Dialogue (TABD) | European Chairman | Current |
| British American Tobacco plc | Group Chief Executive and Deputy Chairman | Former |
| British Horseracing Authority Limited | Chairman | Former |
| British American Tobacco plc | Chairman | Former |
| British Airways PLC | Board of Directors | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Whizz-Kidz | Board of Directors | Current |
| British Airways PLC | Board of Directors | Current |
| British Airways Holidays Limited | Board of Directors | Current |
| Standard Life Assurance | Group Finance Director | Former |
| Marks & Spencer Group p.l.c. | Group Finance Director | Former |
| HSBC Auto Finance | non-executive director | Former |
| Touche Ross & Co. | Former | |
| HSBC Bank plc | Board of Directors | Former |
Dr Ashok Ganguly has served as a Director on our Board since 1999. He is currently the Chairman of Firstsource Solutions Limited and ABP Private Limited (Ananda Bazar Patrika Group) and has been a Director on the Central Board of Reserve Bank of India, since November 2000. Dr Ganguly also currently serves as a non-executive director of Mahindra & Mahindra, ICICI Knowledge Park and Tata AIG Life Insurance Co Limited and a Director on the Advisory Board of Microsoft Corporation (India) Private Limited and Hemogenomics Private Limited. He is a member of the Prime Minister’s Council on Trade and Industry as well as the Investment Commission and the India-USA CEO Council, set up by the Prime Minister of India and the President of the U.S.. He is also a member of the National Knowledge Commission to the Prime Minister of India. He is a former member of the Board of British Airways Plc (1996-2005) and Unilever Plc/NV (1990-1997).
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Icici Onesource, Ltd. | Director Chairman | Current |
| First Source, Inc. | Chairman of the Board of Directors | Current |
| Wipro Limited | Board of Directors | Current |
| Reserve Bank | Director | Current |
| British Airways PLC | Board of Directors | Current |
| Sciformix Corporation | Board of Directors | Current |
| Unilever | Worldwide Head of R & D | Former |
| Hindustan Lever Ltd. | Chairman | Former |
| Unilever Plc | Director | Former |
| Biocon Limited | Board of Directors | Former |
| British Airways | Board of Directors | Former |
| Mumbai University | PH.D. | Former |
| University of Illinois | Ph.D. and A Master of Science | Former |
| Mumbai University | Graduate Degree In Chemistry | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| British Airways PLC | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| British Airways PLC | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| British Airways PLC | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Unilever Canada Ltd | Chief Financial Officer | Current |
| Unilever Plc | Chief Financial Officer | Current |
| Unilever Plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| British Airways PLC | Board of Directors | Current |
| Physicians Formula, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Unilever Canada Ltd | Board of Directors | Current |
| General Mills Operations, Inc. | CFO | Former |
| General Mills, Inc. | Chief Financial Officer | Former |
| Bain & Company | Partner | Former |
| General Mills, Inc. | Vice Chairman | Former |
| Gen Mills, Inc. | Vice Chairman | Former |
| Harvard Business School | MBA with distinction | Former |
| Yale University | bachelor of arts degree in economics | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| British Airways PLC | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| British Airways PLC | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| British Airways PLC | Board of Directors | Current |
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