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BA counts cost of move to Terminal 5.
British Airway’s move to Terminal 5 this month, plus rising fuel costs and the gloomy outlook for the airline industry, have contributed to a profits warning and fall in the airline’s share price.
BA’s move to T5 from 27 March will cost it around £35 million. “Fuel costs are expected to be up by some £450 million to £2.5 billion, an increase of 20 per cent. Non-fuel costs are expected to rise 3 - 3.5 per cent. Total costs, excluding fuel, are forecast to be up £200 million,” said the airline in a statement on its annual Investor Day.
Holidays to Goa popular at East Midlands airport.
Flights to Goa, the popular winter sun destination in the Indian Ocean, have been snapped up by holidaymakers from East Midlands airport.
Following the launch of flights from East Midlands to Goa this month, the airport reports that 99% of seats have been sold. First Choice Holidays is providing a weekly service from East Midlands airport to Goa until 17 April, and has already announced a full winter programme from East Midlands for next season starting on 4 November 2008.
Airport strikes in Germany hit domestic flights.
Airport strikes in Germany have led to the cancellation of hundreds of flights today, but international flights appear not to have been affected.
German airline Lufthansa said there have been 300 flight cancellations today. At Frankfurt airport, which is the third busiest airport in Europe, around 1,000 staff including check in staff, baggage handlers and firefighters, are believed to be taking part in the strike.
Flights have also been cancelled at Munich airport, the second largest airport in Germany. Around 100 flights are believed to have been grounded there this morning. The airport strike has also spread to other airports in Germany, including Cologne-Bonn, Dortmund, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Hannover, Nuremberg, and Stuttgart.
In a statement this afternoon Lufthansa said: “Industrial action forced Lufthansa to cancel 300 of its 1,850 flights scheduled for today. About 18,500 passengers were affected by the cancellations. Most of them, however, were rebooked on other flights or found alternative means of transport. All Lufthansa’s long-haul flights were operated as scheduled”. Lufthansa says it now expects operations to “gradually return to normal”.
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