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RSS airwaysIT staff await news of British Airways job cuts
News British Airways' IT staff are anxiously awaiting an expected announcement of between 3,000 and 5,000 job cuts on Wednesday. The plans will form part of a new cost-cutting drive at the airline that aims to save £300m during the next two years. [27 Jan 2004]
Epicor Enables US Airways Federal Credit Union to Provide Helpdesk Services
White Paper US Airways Federal Credit Union needed a help desk solution to support members using its online services, as well as support internal employee technical issues. They found what they were looking for in Clientele HelpDesk. [03 Jul 2008]
British Airways flying high with storage monitoring
Case Study British Airways is aiming to reduce the risk of downtime on its critical business systems by installing SAN monitoring software. The company will use tech from Computer Associates (CA) which provides early warning if the functioning of the SAN is... [03 Oct 2007]
Thai Airways back-tracks on 'too good to be true' air fares
News In the latest example of a pricing blunder to hit the web, Thai Airways has been practically giving away first class flights from London to Bangkok, asking that customers only pay the taxes. In keeping with Amazon's stance, Thai Airways is... [25 Apr 2003]
How SAP Training Skills Development Workshop Takes Trainers to New Heights at British Airways
White Paper As part of a comprehensive SAP implementation (called EWS) for the airline's engineering function, SAP and British Airways are working in partnership to develop and deliver bespoke training materials to 7,500 users world-wide. [14 Jun 2006]
The McCue Interview: British Airways CIO Paul Coby
Comment British Airways CIO Paul Coby can justifiably claim more than most of his peers to have had a tough time coping with the economic slowdown and cuts in IT budgets. In the first of a new series of interviews with some of the biggest characters in IT... [17 Nov 2003]
British Airways slashes £50m off IT budget
News British Airways has completed a review of its IT operations that has taken £50m per year off the bottom line over a year ahead of schedule as part of a massive organisation-wide cost-cutting programme. [19 May 2003]
Dell becomes British Airways' preferred partner
News British Airways and Dell have announced a three-year strategic technology partnership. Under the terms of the deal, Dell will provide products and services to British Airways (BA), and will work with the airline on technology initiatives for its... [11 Sep 2002]
British Airways: Come fly with me and surf the web
News British Airways customers travelling in premium class cabins will soon be able to surf the net while they fly. The world's favourite airline is installing Connexion broadband technology in its First, Club and World Traveller Plus classes for a... [13 Jun 2002]
JetBlue Airways Corporation: Microsoft Windows 2003 Case Study
White Paper Despite dire economic conditions in the travel industry, three-year-old JetBlue Airways achieved much by keeping costs low and delivering high-quality service. One of the key factors in its success was the early adoption of cutting-edge... [03 Jul 2008]
British Airways moves to cut costs
News British Airways slashes IT staff - memo leaked to silicon.com http://www.silicon.com/a45578 BA will be rolling out e-sourcing software from Frictionless over the next few months to cut procurement costs. [05 Feb 2002]
Cathay Pacific Airways Live on Procurement in Only 60 Days
White Paper With an iProcurement implementation that only lasted 60 days, Cathay Pacific Airways was able to standardize and simplify its procurement processes across departments and leverage its corporation-wide buying power. [03 Feb 2005]
JetBlue Airways:Air Carrier Scales Up with Windows Server 2003 and SQL Server 2000 64-Bit Versions to Minimize Costs and Support Rapid Growth
White Paper JetBlue Airways is scaling its database systems to accommodate the company’s rapid business growth by using the 64-bit versions of Microsoft® Windows Server 2003 and SQL Server 2000 (64-bit). The company already migrated its frequent flyer... [25 Feb 2004]
British Airways CEO resigns
News Bob Ayling, chief executive of British Airways (BA), has today resigned to pursue other challenges following 15 years with the self-proclaimed "World's favourite airline". Jo Devereux, a spokesperson for BA, said that after four years in the top... [10 Mar 2000]
British Airways sets up tech innovation unit
News British Airways (BA) has set up a special innovation unit to explore ways the airline can use web 2.0, shareware and open source technologies. The unit has a core of around 10 people from the IT and commercial departments, which will run small... [30 Nov 2007]
