Latest British Airways articles

BA invests in grid computing

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BA uses Informatica Platform to implement a grid computing architecture
11 Apr 2011

Ex-British Airways IT chief lands John Lewis job

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Former BA CIO Paul Coby joins retail group as IT director
07 Mar 2011

Airlines pin recovery hopes on technology

Both BA and easyJet are looking to IT-led initiatives to help them break through the dark economic clouds that continue to hang over the airline sector
18 Feb 2010

IT skills academy to launch next year

Academy will provide IT professionals with access to industry-recognised courses
26 Nov 2009

Developing the IT leaders of tomorrow

Amid growing signs that the UK faces a serious shortage of IT leadership skills, Computing kicks off a campaign to help nurture the CIOs of tomorrow
10 Sep 2009

Video Q&A: Paul Coby, CIO of British Airways - Part two

BA's IT chief talks about the challenges facing the IT leaders of the future, and the skills and experience tomorrow's CIOs will need to develop
10 Sep 2009

Video Q&A: Paul Coby, CIO of British Airways - Part one

BA's IT chief talks about the challenges of managing IT in the worst slump BA has experienced - part one of a two-part video interview
10 Sep 2009

British Airways devises new programme to develop the IT high-flyers of the future

Tomorrow's IT Leaders: How BA is focusing on staff development during its worst downturn
10 Sep 2009

IT graduates offered new internship opportunities

e-Skills UK launches professional placement scheme to help boost employment chances of recent IT students
03 Aug 2009

Airlines see unprecedented decline in IT spending

Businesses in the sector struggling to deal with the recession, says research
01 Jul 2009

Firms can pay a high price for cost cutting

Even in tough economic times, organisations that start charging for things that were previously taken for granted risk losing customers’ trust
11 Jun 2009

Nurture roots while waiting for shoots

It is tough out there, but IT must take the lead
04 Jun 2009

Airlines rethink IT priorities as recession bites

As Computing reveals a 30 per cent IT budget cut at British Airways, Angelica Mari investigates how IT decision-makers at the main UK carriers are responding to worsening market conditions
04 Jun 2009

Economic turbulence prompts BA to throttle back IT spending

Airline has had to cut IT budgets by 30 per cent after record losses
04 Jun 2009

British Airways to launch on-board web access

The airline will offer internet service on its new London to New York route
22 May 2009

BA gives computers to charity in new initiative

Computers will be refurbsihed and used to give elderly access to internet
25 Jan 2007

BA gets Google search technology on board

Internet search giant makes sense of airline's intranet
02 Nov 2006

BA technology strategy holds the key at Heathrow’s Terminal 5

Airline’s impending move poses a massive IT challenge, writes Dave Friedlos
02 Nov 2006