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BA's Walsh draws up shopping list of 12 airlines

Willie Walsh is thinking Big. The BA chief has drawn up a shortlist of 12 airlines he would like to buy once the merger with Iberia has been completed.

Goings on About Town: The Theatre

PageBreak -- OPENINGS AND PREVIEWS Please call the phone number listed with the theatre for timetables and ticket information. ABSOLUTION Owen O’Neill wrote and performs in this piece, which explores the mind of a serial killer, produced by Guna Nua Theatre from Dublin. Part of the 1st Irish . . .

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The first major step in the break-up of FÁS as it was formerly organised is to take place on the first of next month, staff at the training authority have been told.

Willie Walsh's blueprint to beat BA strikes

The British Airways chief executive, Willie Walsh, says he is 'working on a plan' to counter threatened cabin crew action.

Walsh devising plan to create massive merged airline

WILLIE WALSH, the British Airways chief executive, and top Iberia executives have drawn up a list of 12 candidates to buy or merge with once their own tie-up is finalised in a plan that would create the world’s largest airline and shake up the aviation world.