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British Airways and Iberia to MERGE
Word coming in from Australia's The Age is that British Airways plans to merge with Spanish national carrier Iberia in light of the tightened economy and fierce competition. The two are said to be in advanced talks in preparation for a merger, though several reports from the wire proffer conflicting reports about how complete the deals is.Surprisingly, the European Union has already granted the two carriers permission to merge, in a process that is astonishingly faster than that in the United States (case in point, Northwest and Delta).
Operationally, the merger wouldn't be outrageous; BA already owns a large part of Iberia, they are both in the Oneworld Alliance and both have a strong presence in Western Europe. And the unity of the two carriers would make BA a stronger player in the EU and transatlantic market...
At the very least, perhaps BA will enlighten Iberia a little bit on how to make their airline a little bit less of a crap bag. I have flown on IB several times in the past few years and am still dumbfounded at the poor quality of service on the carrier.
Details on the entire event are starting to come into focus as data stream into the interwebs -- we'll let you know how and if the merger works out.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
andersa Jul 30th 2008 9:42AM
I agree.
Iberia is crap. I have flown Iberia 7-8 times over the past 5 years, and every time something has gone wrong, the last time I was 27 hours delayed, I refuse to fly with them ever again.
Christine gilbert Jul 30th 2008 9:27PM
I love Iberia, because I fly with my two large dogs in cargo, and they are the most flexible on the size of cage! I hope they don't change anything before my Sept 20th flight back to the states, or else I will have two very sad pups.