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Published Date: 22 June 2009
SIR Richard Branson has called on the Government not to step in to save struggling British Airways.
The Virgin Atlantic boss said that to help the flagging airline would not be in the public interest. Instead, he suggested, his company would be happy to take some of BA's slots at Heathrow.

He added that Virgin would not be prepared to bid for BA because of the company's pension deficit.

But BA branded Sir Richard's comments "utter fantasy". A spokseman added: "There have been no talks with the Government."





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  • Last Updated: 22 June 2009 10:43 AM
  • Source: Edinburgh Evening News
  • Location: Edinburgh
  • Related Topics: British Airways , Virgin
 
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Jock MacSprog,

22/06/2009 12:40:49
agree. BA staff are the most pampered in the world. They make double the salaries of most other airline staff, there are too many of them and the terms of their radical union contracts would make a 1970s shop steward blush. Typical of former nationalised bloated state industries who think its still 1970. I would hire keen young polish girls to replace these bitter old BA trouts who are overpaid and nasty
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Mallory,

Edinburgh 22/06/2009 12:57:07
Branson has had loads of subsidy on his West Coast line.

 

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