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Thursday, December 18, 2025
TopicBritish Airways

Topic: British Airways

British Airways calls for more liberalised air service agreements, sees demand growth in India

British Airways CEO Sean Doyle said that while business travel is yet to pick up, strong demand is coming from leisure travel.

Airlines face fresh crisis as UK government bans non-work overseas travel

The new rules, part of a partial lockdown in UK to curb a resurgence of the coronavirus, come as the aviation industry struggles to survive a collapse in demand.

British Airways, world’s largest operator of Boeing 747s to permanently retire entire fleet

In a statement, British Airways said that it was unlikely the magnificent ‘queen of the skies’ will fly again due to the losses caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.

British Airways to slash almost 30% work force as aviation industry worsens

These steps are likely to be repeated by other airlines in days to come, after flight restrictions threw the industry into its steepest downturn ever.

Lung scan — new diagnostic criteria that led to surge in China’s coronavirus cases

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

Air India sale discussed with 9 firms including British Airways, IndiGo, SpiceJet, Tatas

Modi govt officials met 9 companies during roadshows for preliminary talks to gauge their interest in buying loss-making Air India.

Boeing gets a big win, but at what cost?

The question is, has Boeing done enough in terms of improving its transparency, communication & oversight issues to deserve any endorsement.

On Camera

MGNREGA was democratic state-building. VB-GRAMG turns welfare back to mai-baapism

MGNREGA empowered citizens to engage the state on equal terms. VB-GRAMG recasts them as labharthis, who must prove eligibility to receive the largesse of a benevolent leader.

Steady growth rooted in ‘Dravidian model’. How Tamil Nadu more than doubled its GSDP in 10 yrs

RBI Handbook of Statistics shows state’s GSDP has more than doubled in past decade, finishing second behind Maharashtra. It has performed well across health & education parameters as well.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.