Rod Eddington
Rod Eddington
Sir Roderick Ian Eddington AOis an Australian businessman. He is currently chair of the government body Infrastructure Australia, a director of News Corporation, continuing his long association with that company, and has served in other senior positions including as CEO of British Airways...
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I am confident we will have it (Concorde) back in the air by late summer.
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I'm confident that we'll complete with 3i (venture capital group), but there are a couple of people waiting in the wings,
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It's important to staff and customers, it's important to link New York and London.
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We will not become a no frills airline nor will we launch one, ... We will compete profitably and intelligently alongside them by adopting what they do well.
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We are taking a ruthless approach towards poorly performing routes and assets. Those not adding value to improve performance are being removed.
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The tragic events in the USA will undoubtedly have a significant impact on the demand for air travel in the months ahead, ... We have taken the necessary steps to curtail expenditure and sadly to cut our workforce.
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This is not our dispute. Our customers must come first and everyone involved in creating this chaotic situation must come to their senses.
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The British CAA was in complete agreement with our decision to resume Concorde's services shortly after the Air France crash,
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The British CAA (Civil Aviation Authority) was in complete agreement with our decision to resume Concorde's services shortly after the Air France crash.
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I believe that the basic planks of our strategy ... are a good foundation for a return to profitability,
apologize customers disruption plans travel
I apologize unreservedly to our customers for the disruption to their travel plans and cancellation of our flights,
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significant change to the size of British Airways as it takes further steps to address its cost base and sets the company on course to achieve a 10 percent operating margin.
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It is part of their contribution as leaders to helping BA through this most difficult of situations,
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Although the heart of the European profitability problem lies at Gatwick, there's more to fixing Europe than getting Gatwick right,