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Survival strategy: stay lean and focus on the business customer

Matthew Lynn

British Airways Matthew Lynn says Willie Walsh faces sky-high fuel costs and green taxes as well as aggressive competitors and inadequate airports. But the wily Irishman could still emerge as BA’s best leader yet

A surprisingly sunny scenario

Martin Vander Weyer

Martin Vander Weyer finds CBI chief Richard Lambert in an unexpectedly upbeat mood, despite threats to British business from the credit crunch and a dangerous surge in inflation

Are we heading for an autumn of discontent?

Mike Millar

Mike Millar asks if the recent spate of strikes augurs a resurgence in trade union militancy

One year on, this crisis is very far from over

Alex Brummer

Despite optimism in some quarters, there is plenty of evidence to suggest that we are just at the beginning of a profound and extended financial upheaval, says Alex Brummer

A legacy of problems

James Doran

James Doran says America’s major airlines are in urgent need of new strategies to cope with soaring operating costs, inefficient fleets, over-extended route networks and a weak economy

Overshooting the runway

Eric Ellis

Eric Ellis says low-cost airlines have taken off all across Asia – but some offer hair-raising flying experiences and many may be grounded again by rocketing fuel prices

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