BA crew in fighting mood before strike

An estimated 1,000 Unite union members gather at Sandown Park conference centre to vent their anger at British Airways, the media and Labour ahead of the planned strike by cabin crew

• BA stays in the air as cabin crew strike
• ‘Mission impossible’ to avert strike

Southend Airport cleared to extend runway

Extension will create more than 1,000 jobs, creating an alternative to Stansted and City airports in time to carry passengers to the 2012 Olympics

Editorial: Brittle airways

Voters are tired of Unite’s propensity to pick the holiday season to strike. But the appeal to the national interest gives the union an opportunity to retreat down the moral high road

Unite appeals to Adonis on BA ‘stand-ins’

Tensions have risen between Unite and British Airways ahead of Saturday’s planned strike as the union demands the government investigate how well BA has vetted the volunteer cabin crew due to replace strikers

Leaders clash over planned BA strike

The weekly House of Commons clash between Britain’s political leaders was dominated by stormy exchanges over the looming strike by British Airways cabin crew, with David Cameron accusing Gordon Brown of weakness in the face of the industrial action

Low demand grounds Air Partner subsidiary

The Gatwick-based company that charters aircraft for Queen Elizabeth and the White House press corps has put PJ Operating Company into administration after a breakdown in attempts to sell the unit

BA agrees pension deal with unions

The UK airline has reached an agreement with its unions on measures to curb the growth in pension costs in a move that could pave the way for its planned merger with Iberia of Spain

Brown walks political tightrope over BA strikes

Gordon Brown's attempts to distance himself from planned strikes by BA cabin crew have been undermined by the fact one of his right-hand men sit at the heart of Unite union