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Friday, 02 June 2017

BBC News

• Airport chaosBA's explanation for its systems' meltdown at the weekend has left many scratching their heads.
• Walsh backs BA boss after computer chaosIAG chief executive Willie Walsh says the disruption was not British Airways boss Alex Cruz's fault.

Financial Times

• Air India draws up privatisation plansPolicy advisory group backs sale of lossmaking national carrier
• British Airways pension warns of 6,000 deaths before row resolvedTrustees fear toll as legal dispute over 2013 payment heads to appeal
• Stock market shrugs off British Airways passenger miseryWorld’s major airlines have powerful position in growing industry

The Guardian

• Willie Walsh praises British Airways bosses after IT meltdownBA parent company IAG’s chief executive says bosses did ‘everything possible’ following the computer crash that left 75,000 passengers stranded Willie Walsh, the chief executive of British Airways parent company IAG, has praised BA bosses for “doing everything possible” after the IT meltdown that left 75,000 passengers stranded over the bank holiday weekend.Walsh’s comments came as British Airways’ board is reportedly demanding an external inquiry into the fiasco that caused almost all the airline’s flights out of London to be cancelled on Saturday and is expected to land BA with a compensatio...

Times Online

• BA power fiasco blamed on staff blunder [Subscription]A power supply unit at the centre of last weekend’s British Airways fiasco was in perfect working order but was deliberately shut down in a catastrophic blunder, The Times has learnt.

Reuters News

• British Airways I.T. outage caused by contractor who switched off power - TimesLONDON (Reuters) - A contractor doing maintenance work at a British Airways data centre inadvertently switched off the power supply, knocking out the airline's computer systems and leaving 75,000 people stranded last weekend, the Times newspaper reported on Friday.

London Evening Standard

• BA board members set to demand inquiry over IT meltdown that stranded 75,000 passengersThe firm was accused of greed after the GMB union suggested the disruption could have been prevented if the beleaguered airline had not cut "hundreds of dedicated and loyal" IT staff and contracted the work to India in 2016.

Buying Business Travel

• BA owner plans expansion of budget long-haul airlineLevel launches inaugural flight to LA from Barcelona base

Aviation Industry

• Airbus, China boosts aviation, aerospace cooperationAirbus and China have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to further strengthen their collaboration on aviation and aerospace. read more
• IATA proposes alternative solutions to carry-on electronics banAdditional security and screening measures at airports, including the use of sniffer dogs, are being proposed to US and UK authorities in an attempt to ward off a wider implementation of the laptop carry-on bans, IATA said Thursday. read more
• Emirates’ new 777 first-class product to offer fewer suitesEmirates Airline has confirmed its new Boeing 777-300ER first-class product will feature six private suites configured in a 1-1-1 layout, compared to the eight private suites in a 1-2-1 layout on its existing 777 fleet. read more
• United’s Munoz among speakers at IATA AGM next weekUnited Airlines CEO Oscar Munoz will be a panelist during sessions programmed for the IATA AGM that opens in Cancun Sunday. read more