Sir Martin Broughton, the Chairman of British Airways, gave a speech to Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport in London on aviation security.

He said: “Is it sensible to run exactly the same security checks on pilots – each and every time they fly – as, for example, a Yemeni student?”

Reports claimed that another BA trustee has withdrawn from the scheme after decisions have been taken to shift RPI to CPI for further pension increases.

Pocock has claimed that it was not the first time such decisions were taken by the trustee board. He also claimed that he cannot support the board for this decision.

International Airlines Group (IAG) formed out of the merger of British Airways and Spain's Iberia is appraising its fuel surcharges at a time when the oil price increase happened due to the unrest in the Middle East.

There was complaint being made by the Zane Selkirk, a business executive, regarding the incidents that occurred on fights. The complaint about the incidents was chiefly concerning the flights which went from Los Angeles to London in the last month and also the flights of Bangalore in the last few weeks. Ms. Selkirk, aged 28 is a resident of California.

It was only last year when British Airways and Iberia were merged to form International Airlines Group which is keeping a vigilant eye on the instability in the Middle East and issues of rising fuel prices jeopardizing the business.

Sir Martin Broughton who is the vice chairman of the British airways has successfully gathered support for his bid to acquire Tote, the state owned book maker. The bid has received back up from the Penta Capital which is a famous buy out firm. Broughton was also the chairman of the Liverpool Football Club, which holds the most English premier league titles along with Manchester United.

In a fight against job cuts, the British Airways cabin crew is said to have seen a major defeat yesterday. Soon after BA revealed a profit worth £158million, the decision is said to have been made.

Some effort had to be made in order to invalidate the crippling £750million losses in place, when the action had been launched by the Unite union.

The never ending battle between the workers union, Unite and British Airways took a turn for the worst for the union, as it was not successful in convincing a court that the airline had acted illegally in sacking its cabin crew. The decision by the Court of Appeals regarding the case has upheld the judgment handed down by a High Court earlier in the year.

Though Icelandic volcano and frequent strikes by air traffic controllers had made it challenging for the air traffic but still the, Ryanair had successfully increased its profits by 13 percent to _482.5m. Gain in the market volume across Europe has helped the company to increase its revenues by 23pc to _2.18bn.

After incurring continuing losses for two years, British Airways posted good half-yearly profits, thanks to improving economic conditions and increase in the numbers of passengers in both business and economy class.