Nov 6th, 2009 - Yahoo! News
LONDON (AFP) – British Airways on Friday said the company's net loss more than quadrupled to 217 million pounds during the first half of its financial year.
"Aviation remains in recession," BA chief executive Willie Walsh said in comments accompanying news of the deep loss.
"With revenue likely to be one billion pounds lower this year, we can't stand still and further cost reduction is essential," he warned.
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Nov 6th, 2009 - Washington Post
LONDON (Reuters) - British Airways <BAY.L> signaled business is stabilizing, eclipsing news of a worse than expected first half loss and a prediction that revenue would slump by 1 billion pounds ($1.BA to cut 1200 jobs amid losses
Nov 6th, 2009 - BBC NEWS
British Airways says it plans to cut a further 1,200 jobs after reporting a first-half loss for the first time.
The job loss announcement means the airline will have shed a total of 4,900 positions by March 2010.
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