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90 results found for '"British Airways"' in Keywords.
BA profits prior to sell-off (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Paul Maurice reports on the announcement of British Airways profits for 1982, prior to the Government’s proposed privatisation of the company. Includes interview with BA chairman Sir John King.
Sir John King on BA profits prior to sell-off (1983)
- Genre
- Interview
Paul Maurice interviews British Airways chairman Sir John King about the announcement of profits for 1982, prior to the Government’s proposed privatisation of the company.
Inquest into Isle of Scilly helicopter crash (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Paul Maurice reports on the inquest in Penzance into the deaths caused by a British Airways helicopter crash on the Isles of Scilly (16/07/83). Includes survivor Lucille Langley-Williams paying tribute to...
Taken for granted (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; Documentary
Taken for Granted: Flying. In this episode of his regular show Richard Robbins discusses the subject of aircraft and air travel. He asks, are we safe in planes, how do they work, and how are they built? He...
Bomb at BA office (1986)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on a bomb exploding outside the British Airways office in Oxford Street, London. Includes interview with eyewitness, Paul Corbett; George Churchill-Coleman, Anti-Terrorist Squad; Philip Powell,...
Lord King on falling passenger numbers at British Airways (1986)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Lord King of Wartnaby, Chairman of British Airways, about a decline in air passenger numbers as a result of terrorism. Male interviewer not identified (poss. Paul Maurice).
Norman Tebbit retires from the cabinet (1987)
- Genre
- Interview
Conservative MP Norman Tebbit, has retired from the cabinet. He says he will have more spare time to spend with his ailing wife, and describes what the Conservative party needs to do to push forward into the...
Lord King accuses Government of being over-cautious in privatisation policies (1987)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on Lord King (John King), Chairman of British Airways, accusing the Government of being over-cautious in its privatisation policies. Looks at a speech by Lord King about the caution the Government is...
Interview with British Airways’ own Samurai (1987)
- Genre
- Interview
British Airways’ own Samurai warrior (not identified) talks about BA’s first non-stop service to Tokyo. He tells of his involvement in Japanese martial arts, the wild horse chase, how he blends in at...
BA/B-Cal merger (1987)
- Genre
- Interview
Chairman of British Caledonian, Sir Adam Thomson, on the government’s proposals to refer B-Cal’s proposed merger with British Airways to the Monopolies and Mergers Committee, and his concern over the...