Andrew Lobbenberg said the deal would be positive for BA and IAG, but investors' view of the transaction was hampered by a shortage of detail.

安德鲁·劳本博格称，这次交易对英航和国际航空有利，而投资者对此事的态度由于缺少细节尚不明朗。

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But although they have the potential to be useful marketing tools, such networks can also be a source of damaging publicity, as British Airways (BA) and Virgin Atlantic have discovered to their cost.

也许，这些方式有可能成为有效的市场推广工具，但也有可能成为一种致命的宣传手段。 英国航空和维珍航空因此已经尝到苦果。

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So battle might be pronounced Ba-ill, catching the air behind the back of the tongue at the end of the first syllable before expelling it on pronunciation of the second syllable.

所以battle可能会被发为ba - ill，在第一个音节发完后第二个音节发音前留住舌头后面的空气。有时字母h在一些口音里也不发音。

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Mr Walsh said terms and conditions for the new venture would be different from those in BA's main operation, but said he was confident concerns could be assuaged.

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But BA may be required to give up landing slots at Heathrow, a price it has been unwilling to pay in the past.

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The BA response (or IAG, to give the parent company its proper name) is that Lufthansa at its Frankfurt hub and Air France in Paris Charles de Gaulle are more dominant than BA will be with 53% of Heathrow's landing slots.

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