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  • Monday, 23 November, 2020
    Airlines
    Willie Walsh set to be appointed head of Iata

    Former British Airways chief to lead industry’s response to Covid-19 emergency

  • Thursday, 24 September, 2020
    LombardKate Burgess
    The AA in a danse macabre with private equity partners

    Suitors whittled down; Smiths delaying tactics; Willie Walsh’s new billet

  • Thursday, 24 September, 2020
    Willie Walsh takes first job after leaving IAG

    Former chief executive of BA owner will join Dublin-based travel tech group CarTrawler

  • Tuesday, 8 September, 2020
    International Airlines Group
    British Airways owner suffers big shareholder revolt over pay

    More than 20% of investors vote against remuneration of outgoing IAG chief and other executives

  • Friday, 4 September, 2020
    City InsiderMatthew Vincent
    A new City cause for Gina Miller

    Brexit opponent is campaigning for a better system for complaining about regulators

  • Tuesday, 1 September, 2020
    British Airways PLC
    IAG boss Walsh under fire over pay award while aviation struggles

    Advisory group ISS urges investors to vote against BA owner’s remuneration plan and bonus for outgoing CEO

  • Friday, 31 July, 2020
    International Airlines Group
    BA parent IAG launches €2.75bn rights issue as losses swell

    Chief executive says airline group is ‘facing an unprecedented crisis’

  • Monday, 15 June, 2020
    UK business & economy
    Willie Walsh defends British Airways over job cut plans

    IAG chief hits back at MPs’ report on redundancies and accuses them of ignoring facts

  • Friday, 5 June, 2020
    Airlines
    British Airways threatens legal action over UK quarantine plans

    Willie Walsh, head of airline’s parent company, says government’s plans are ‘terrible’

  • Promoted Content
  • Thursday, 7 May, 2020
    International Airlines Group
    British Airways parent slams possible UK quarantine plans

    IAG boss Willie Walsh warns people will not fly if government brings in new measures

  • Thursday, 7 May, 2020
    Heathrow expansion
    Heathrow’s third runway project now ‘impossible’, says IAG chief

    Willie Walsh points out that expansion plans face bigger challenges due to coronavirus impact

  • Thursday, 30 April, 2020
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    BA job cuts signal depth of crisis for airline sector

    Post-Brexit Britain will need a viable industry to support global role

  • Monday, 16 March, 2020
    Coronavirus pandemic
    Most airlines face bankruptcy by end of May, industry body warns

    Carriers call for state support to avoid coronavirus ‘catastrophe’ as they slash capacity

  • Friday, 28 February, 2020
    News in-depthGlobal Economy
    Coronavirus prompts crisis for travel industry

    Airlines count cost of cancellations but videoconferencing booms

  • Wednesday, 15 January, 2020
    Flybe Group
    BA owner IAG files EU complaint over Flybe rescue

    Rival airline voices state aid concerns as backlash grows against use of public funds

  • Thursday, 9 January, 2020
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    IAG’s new pilot must restore the identity of BA

    Combative Willie Walsh built a global group but Britain’s flag carrier now needs to regain its crown

  • Thursday, 9 January, 2020
    News in-depthInternational Airlines Group
    IAG names ‘more modest’ chief to chart next course

    Luis Gallego must integrate Spain’s Air Europa and reset relations with customers and staff

  • Thursday, 9 January, 2020
    International Airlines Group
    Willie Walsh to step down as chief of British Airways parent IAG

    Irishman who led creation of group to be replaced by Iberia boss Luis Gallego

  • Thursday, 9 January, 2020
    LexAirlines
    IAG/Willie Walsh: dropping the pilot Premium

    Successor Luis Gallego will need to rethink what the BA brand means

  • Friday, 8 November, 2019
    European companies
    IAG cuts capacity growth targets as chief outlines plans to retire

    Pullback comes as Willie Walsh prepares to step down from BA’s owner within two years

  • Thursday, 31 October, 2019
    International Airlines Group
    Profits at IAG hit by British Airways pilots’ strikes

    Industrial action and rising fuel costs blamed for drop in airline group’s earnings

  • Tuesday, 27 August, 2019
    News in-depthThe Big Read
    Flight shame: can airlines reduce their emissions?

    Facing a potential consumer backlash, the industry has few technological solutions

  • Tuesday, 18 June, 2019
    Boeing Co
    BA parent orders 200 737 Max aircraft despite grounding

    International Airlines Group order is vote of confidence after deadly crashes

  • Friday, 10 May, 2019
    International Airlines Group
    BA owner IAG sticks to profit forecast despite rising costs

    Group posts sharp drop in first-quarter earnings as fuel prices and excess capacity bite

  • Tuesday, 5 March, 2019
    International Airlines Group
    IAG chief says lack of Brexit progress ‘quite shocking’

    Willie Walsh warns in annual report of damage to consumer confidence

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