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BA took ‘calculated risk’ on Terminal 5
The UK flag carrier pressed ahead with the opening of Heathrow’s showpiece knowing it had ‘compromised’ on staff training, resulting in chaos that cost it £16m
Lex: London’s airports
Breaking up BAA’s ownership is increasingly seen as an answer to the problems suffered by passengers using London’s airports. But would it really help?
Michael Skapinker: Workable air travel tax
Separate proposals from the UK and the European Union are unlikely to rescue what is a chaotic and dysfunctional system, writes Michael Skapinker
When business is pleasure
What does it take to make business travel physically and emotionally tolerable - or better yet - worth it?
MPs criticise Terminal 5 ‘fiasco’
Pressure mounts on airport and airline bosses responsible for the chaos at Heathrow’s Terminal 5 as ministers accuse them of damaging the reputation of UK plc
Visitors to Europe face fingerprinting
The EU plans to electronically fingerprint visiting non-Europeans to bolster the bloc’s frontier security and crackdown on illegal immigration
China airs its growing pains
For fliers worried by delays on China’s airways, bureaucrats have a relatively reassuring statistic: more than 80 per cent of the nation’s flights are on time
Business travellers face UK tax trap
Business travellers making as few as four overnight visits to Britain a month could find themselves tax-resident under new proposals say experts
Put the kids on your travel itinerary
In an age in which work is creeping into ever more of our lives, it might make sense to let leisure creep back. It can be an efficient way of spending time with the family
Boards going places
A pressing question bouncing around quite a few boardrooms of many international businesses is would the company’s top team benefit from escaping the confines of their familiar working environment?
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