Two of the routes are being taken over by a Humberside-based firm as BA's CitiExpress operation reorganises its services.
"We don't think it would be financially viable to build another runway at Stansted without cross-subsidy, " a BA spokesman told Reuters.
London-based BA said the exploratory talks would look at creating a dual-listed company but offered no other details.
British Overseas Air Corporation was a precursor to BA, concentrating on long-haul routes in the early years of mass air travel.
Just as it was looking as though the Baggies might hold on for an invaluable win in their quest for survival, Ba dashed those hopes with a well-taken equaliser.
The university, which with 74, 000 students currently tops Ohio State in their perennial jockeying for the largest university in the country, is starting a data scientist program, a master of science in business analytics (MS-BA) program in the fall.
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BA's cost-cutting was a tactical response to all this and to a much-predicted downturn, but it was soon to lead, somewhat serendipitously, to a strategy.
The company and union had been in talks at Acas during the day to try to find a way forward on disagreements over BA's cost-cutting plans.
BA's proposals, which represent a decade-long funding plan, have already been agreed by the pension fund's trustees.
BA's flat-bed seats in a dark cabin undisturbed by any meal service.
Britain's BA and Iberia of Spain have unveiled a new co-operation agreement aimed at cutting costs and improving customer service.
In its most recently announced results, BA reported a 91.6% drop in six-month profits, blaming "incredibly difficult trading conditions" for the plunge.
British Airways, which has a patent on the yin yang pattern, doesn't think direct aisle access is a major issue for most travelers, said Simon Talling-Smith, BA's executive vice president for the Americas.
While Ba was busy watching Chelsea, Newcastle was suffering a 2-1 home defeat by Everton.
All flights from Gatwick and London City airports are expected to operate as normal, BA said, while a "substantial" number of long-haul flights from Heathrow will run as planned.
He was clean-shaven, balding with short hair, and was wearing a high visibility BA jacket.
The F-35 contract Lockheed beat out Boeing ( BA) for almost a decade ago is so huge because the government opted to make just one basic aircraft design serve all branches.
The former Boeing (nyse: BA - news - people ) executive will surely want a chance to get up to speed on the auto industry and Ford's troubles before diving into any talks of a three-way global alliance.
He is both a savvy media operator, and a shrewd negotiator - two attributes his supporters say he is using to good effect in the BA dispute.
Boeing (nyse: BA - news - people ), for example, has used a combination of desktops and large machines for a design grid.
Ba'Ponga is an intimidating figure, six-feet tall or more with a large full frame but dressed casually.
Six months ago, though, BA subsidiary Speedwing took over the management of Olympic and believes to have engineered a turn-around.
On the day of my hip hop tour of Gabon, the government sponsored a free streetside concert with Amenem, Tina and Ba'Ponga warming up the stage for Senegalese-born U.S hip-hop star Akon.
Finally, having started with a clean sheet, Emirates has a flat management structure and the kind of flexible, highly productive workforce that carriers such as strike-torn BA and high-cost Lufthansa can only dream of.
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The defeat dropped West Ham back into the relegation zone and Hammers boss Avram Grant believed Vidic should have been sent off for a perceived professional foul on Demba Ba rather than the yellow card he received when the visitors were trailing 2-0.
This deal is likely to be seen as a victory for Airbus over its U.S. competitor, Seattle's Boeing (nyse: BA - news - people).
But what really worries BA, and other business-oriented airlines, is that the cyclical downturn may be coinciding with a structural decline in business travel because of advances in information technology.
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