Anyone know why BAY is rising so strongly in spite of all the bad news regarding delayed flights, etc.?
All comments appreciated

Probably NOT!,
She is BRITISH.

so r many brits in zimbabwe!!!

She will become the next Mugabe or Saddam if you send her there!

funniest looking brit i've seen. what is british these days anyway under this government?
i AINT BRITISH anymore, havent felt it for years.

Being British has lost its pride nowadays.

Try watching shameless,channel4,i here its very british.

Back to BA,looks like the downward pressure may be over,however if this merger goes ahead with Virgin and BMI,more pressure for BA,and more chance of further consolidation .

Seems like turbulence ahead.


From The Sunday Times - April 6, 2008

Pilots tell City to ditch BA top brass - Dominic OConnell

BRITISH AIRWAYS 3,000 pilots will this week launch a scathing attack on Willie Walsh, the airlines chief executive, accusing him of arrogance and urging top shareholders to force a change in management in the wake of the Terminal Five fiasco.

The harsh criticisms are expected to come in a letter this week to big City institutions, the CBI and senior ministers.

Banks, institutional investors and analysts need to wake up to the fact that there is something very wrong right at the heart of this company that is making our great brand a laughing stock . . . we want confidence in our leadership, not arrogance, the letter, from Jim McAuslan, general secretary of the British Airline Pilots Association (Balpa), says.

The union is embroiled in a bitter industrial dispute with BA, which could lead to the first strike by flight crew in three decades.

i blame that campbell bitch......apparently she spat at a policeman.....the poor guy may have some disease now, lol. fly her out of the country for good as uk has enough problems as it is

Terminal Five fiasco. Long haul fight start on 31 april.BA should change its name to.
CANCELLED or WE CAN LOSE YOUR BAG, AIRWAYS.

at least ba have now banned that ugly campbell bitch for good.....a step in the right direction.

BA Buy tip from Questor in Sunday Telegraph:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2008/04/13/cxquest113.xml

UBS say sell.

sell now but look out for a buy at around 210p

brokers target down from 245p to 120p...120p.

from last FRIDAY'S news...... UBS retains a Buy recommendation with a decreased 390p target price, down from 415p.

long in ISA at 217.75p

No good news for BA from UBS...


UBS predicts plunge in British Airways' profits - By Alistair Osborne and Jonathan Russell
Last Updated: 1:08am BST 14/04/2008

British Airways' joint broker UBS has issued the most bearish profits forecasts yet for the airline's next financial year, underlining the challenges facing the flag carrier's embattled chief executive Willie Walsh.

Tim Marshall, aviation analyst at UBS, is forecasting a plunge in operating profits from an estimated 875m in the year to March 2008 to just 242m the following year - way below his previous estimate of 593m.

The downgrading comes as BA faces the first signs of a shareholder revolt over its handling of the opening of Terminal 5 at Heathrow.

The new earnings per share estimate from UBS of just 13.4p to March 2009 - down from 35p - is 180pc below current market consensus and reflects a more pessimistic stance on the impact of rocketing oil prices than BA management.

Mr Marshall is assuming an ongoing oil price of $105 per barrel. "This has further increased our fuel cost by 350m against the assumptions management published at the investor day in March," Mr Marshall wrote in a note to clients.

Whereas BA warned that the fuel bill would increase by 450m in the coming financial year, UBS reckons it will rise by 800m.

The soaring fuel bill adds to the headaches of Mr Walsh, who is already grappling with the chaotic opening of T5 and the threat of a strike by 3,000 BA pilots.

Morgan Stanleys 120p price target is on the low side however if the price of oil is to rise to $170 a barrel then BA 's fuel bill will wipe out any profit.. this is a strong Sell.

In fact sell all airline stocks right now.