BA cost-control at heart of recovery

The troubled carrier has delayed delivery of its Airbus A380 superjumbos and confirmed it had reduced its overall staff positions by 10 per cent but but a merger or alliance is still crucial

• Hopes of stability boost confidence at BA
• Lex: British Airways

BA suffers record first-half loss of £292m

Flag carrier suffers worst first half results since its 1987 privatisation after reporting a loss of £292m for the six months to the end of September

Cabin crew lose staffing challenge

The union representing British Airways cabin crew failed to win a court injunction to block planned changes to work practices due to start this month

Ryanair threatens to cease growth

The Irish carrier says it might call a halt to expansion due to Boeing’s reluctance to sell more aircraft Airbus’s disinclination to engage

Lex: Ryanair

The low-cost airline maintained its rate of climb through the recession clouds, but it could throttle back to a more gradual rate of growth

Ryanair considers scrapping no-dividend policy

The low-cost airline said it was considering distributing profits to shareholders for the first time as it seeks to extract concessions from Boeing

Ryanair signals halt in growth

Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary has given the strongest indication yet that the airline may stop growing after 2012 and said the airline did not need to secure a deal with Boeing for more aircraft

Turnaround agency to oversee JAL rescue

Tokyo has handed the task of rehabilitating Japan Airlines, the insolvent former national carrier, to a corporate turnaround body backed by the state and private-sector financial companies