British Airways wins ruling on cargo cartel class action

18 November 2010 British Airways (BA) has won a High Court battle to prevent legal action from two UK flower importers that filed a lawsuit against BA, on the grounds that they suffered loss as a result of the airline’s involvement with a global cartel that fixed the...

Competition Commission invites BAA Ltd submissions

19 November 2010 The Competition Commission (CC) is inviting submissions on whether or not there have been any relevant developments that it should take into consideration since it made its decision last year requiring BAA Ltd to sell three of its airports. In March...

Transport Hub 2011 given the green light

17 November 2010 Founding members of ‘Transport Hub’, the travel version of ‘Health Hotel’ and ‘Climate Clinic’ at the Party conference season, have given the green light to ‘Transport Hub 2011’ after declaring 2010’s...

Flybe plan £200 million stock market float

14 November 2010 Flybe is in the final stages of planning for a stock market flotation that would value the airline at £200 million. Flybe’s advisers, Band of America, Merrill Lynch and Investec, are known to have been working on the potential float for some...

EasyJet sees increase in annual profits

16 November 2010 EasyJet has announced a near trebling of its annual profits, driven by growing passenger numbers and a lower fuel bill, and said it would pay its first dividend in 2012 whilst continuing to grow. The budget airline’s underlying pre-tax profit...