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homepage > news > press releases   P R E S S   R E L E A S E S     04/11/2011   IAG Cargo announces third quarter financial results The single cargo business unit of International Airlines Group (IAG Cargo), comprised of BA World Cargo and Iberia Cargo, has today announced its third quarter results from July 1 to September 30, 2011.   04/11/2011   IAG Cargo Takes Delivery of First 747-8 Freighter IAG Cargo, through its brand British Airways World Cargo, has today taken delivery of the first of three Boeing 747-8 Freighters.   04/11/2011   IAG Cargo 747-8 Freighter Fast & Fun Facts British Airways World Cargo, part of IAG Cargo's freighter history   03/10/2011   IAG Cargo's New 747-8 Freighter Puts Its Face On Here are some images of the first IAG Cargo 747-8 freighter, painted in British Airways World Cargo livery, emerging from the paint hangar at Boeing's Everett site in Washington.   23/09/2011   IAG Cargo agrees delivery of Boeing 747-8 freighters IAG Cargo, through British Airways World Cargo today announced that it has agreed to take delivery in late October 2011 of the first of three Boeing 747-8 freighters, signed in a deal last year with Global Supply Systems Limited (GSS).   29/07/2011   IAG Cargo announces first half financial results The single cargo business unit of International Airlines Group (IAG Cargo), comprised of BA World Cargo and Iberia Cargo, has today announced its first half results from January 1 to June 30, 2011.   06/05/2011   IAG Cargo Group announces first Q1 financial results The single cargo business unit for International Airlines Group (IAG Cargo Group), comprised of BA World Cargo and Iberia Cargo, today announces its first quarter results from January 1 to March 31, 2011.   08/04/2011   Single Business for British Airways and Iberia Cargo Following the merger of British Airways and Iberia, the airlines' cargo operations will be run as a single business unit reporting into International Airlines Group (IAG), the holding company created by the merger. Both cargo operations will retain their current brands.   20/12/2010   Ongoing Disruption Caused by Severe Weather Conditions Severe weather continues to cause significant disruption to our operations at London Heathrow, London Gatwick and Stansted.   29/10/2010   British Airways World Cargo half year results April - September 2010 British Airways World Cargo has reported commercial revenue (flown revenue plus fuel surcharges) of £350.2 million for the first half of the financial year beginning April 1, 2010.   02/08/2010   British Airways World Cargo upgrades to Boeing 747-8f in new deal With Global Supply Systems British Airways World Cargo today announced that it has signed a five-year wet lease agreement with Global Supply Systems Limited (GSS), which will see its three Boeing 747-400 freighters replaced with new Boeing 747-8 freighters in early 2011.   01/08/2010   New 777 brings much needed extra capacity The delivery of the first 777-300ER is great news for British Airways World Cargo (BAWC).   30/07/2010   British Airways World Cargo first quarter results April 2010 - June 2010 British Airways World Cargo has reported commercial revenue (flown revenue plus fuel surcharges) of £175 million for the first quarter of the financial year beginning April 2010.   04/06/2010   Increased capacity on BA during cabin crew industrial action (5 - 9 June) British Airways is flying 80 per cent of its longhaul and more than 60 percent of its shorthaul schedules at London Heathrow during the cabin crew strike period 5 - 9 June.   27/05/2010   Increased capacity on BA during cabin crew industrial action (30, 31 May & 1, 2, 3 and 4 June) Despite the strike action being taken by cabin crew British Airways is flying more than 70 per cent of its longhaul and more than 55 percent of its shorthaul schedules at London Heathrow.   21/05/2010   BA Cabin Crew Industrial Action from 24 May 2010 British Airways has today published contingency plans for Unite's strike period of May 24-29.   21/05/2010   British Airways World Cargo Full Year Results April 2009 - March 2010 British Airways World Cargo has reported commercial revenue (flown revenue plus fuel surcharges) of £550.3 million for the full year beginning April 2009.   11/05/2010   Unite announces further strike dates Unite has today announced a further 20 days of strike action.   18/04/2010   Ongoing Disruption Caused by Volcanic Eruption in Iceland Due to the continued levels of volcanic ash in the atmosphere over the Northern parts of Europe and the Atlantic Ocean caused by the volcanic eruption in Iceland, flights arriving and leaving the UK remain cancelled.   16/04/2010   Disruption caused by volcanic eruption - UPDATE Update on volcanic eruption   15/04/2010   Disruption caused by volcanic eruption Due to a plume of volcanic ash drifting over the UK, there is severe disruption to our operation today.   24/03/2010   British Airways announces near to normal cargo schedule during cabin crew strike British Airways has announced a revised schedule for the period between 27 March 2010 and 30 March 2010, due to the strike action by Unite the union.   16/03/2010   British Airways announces near to normal cargo schedule during cabin crew strike British Airways has announced a revised schedule for the period between 20 March 2010 and 22 March 2010, the first three days of strike action by Unite the union.   12/03/2010   Cargo Customer Communications Unite, the trade union that represents British Airways' (BA) cabin crew, has announced its intention to call for industrial action on 20 March 2010 for three days and another four days from 27 March 2010.   23/12/2008   Statement on fuel surcharge British Airways World Cargo has announced a reduction to its fuel surcharge.   15/12/2008   Statement on fuel surcharge British Airways World Cargo has announced a reduction to its fuel surcharge.   05/12/2008   Saudi Arabia flights resumed British Airways World Cargo today announced it will resume services to Saudi Arabia with the launch of five weekly flights to Jeddah and five weekly flights to Riyadh from 29 March, 2009.   03/12/2008   Colombian freighter launched British Airways World Cargo today announced the launch of a new Boeing 767-200 weekly freighter service between Bogota, Colombia and Bridgetown, Barbados operated by Intercargo Logistics Corporation.   01/12/2008   Statement on fuel surcharge British Airways World Cargo has announced a reduction to its fuel surcharge.   17/11/2008   Statement on fuel surcharge British Airways World Cargo has announced a reduction to its fuel surcharge.   11/11/2008   Sales office in Thailand opened British Airways World Cargo has announced the appointment of a new BA World Cargo customer service team in Thailand.   07/11/2008   Solid operational performance contributes to strong half one results British Airways World Cargo has reported commercial revenues (flown revenue plus fuel surcharges) of £363 million, an increase of 25.2 per cent against the same period last year.   29/10/2008   Global key account appointment announced British Airways World Cargo has announced the appointment of Stephen Eagle as global key account manager, with immediate effect.   27/10/2008   Statement on fuel surcharge British Airways World Cargo has announced a reduction to its fuel surcharge.   21/10/2008   Dubai flights added to winter schedule British Airways World Cargo has announced the launch of a third daily Dubai passenger service as part of its winter schedule. There   17/10/2008   Statement on fuel surcharge British Airways World Cargo has announced a reduction to its fuel surcharge. The surcharge will be GBP0.60 / USD0.90 / EUR0.90, with effect from 3 November 2008.   18/09/2008   Statement on fuel surcharge British Airways World Cargo has announced a reduction to its fuel surcharge.   01/09/2008   Customers given greater choice for the carriage of their pets British Airways World Cargo is now offering customers the opportunity to send their dogs, cats or ferrets unaccompanied from approved non-European origins into London Gatwick (LGW), giving them more choice and flexibility in the transportation of domestic pets.   28/08/2008   Statement on fuel surcharge British Airways World Cargo has announced a reduction to its fuel surcharge. The surcharge will be GBP0.72 / USD1.10 / EUR1.10 with effect from 11 September 2008.   21/08/2008   Statement on fuel surcharge British Airways World Cargo has announced a reduction to its fuel surcharge.   14/08/2008   Statement on fuel surcharge British Airways World Cargo has announced a reduction to its fuel surcharge. The surcharge will be GBP0.81 / USD1.25 / EUR1.25, with effect from 28 August 2008.   07/08/2008   Statement on fuel surcharge British Airways World Cargo has announced a reduction to its fuel surcharge.   01/08/2008   British Airways World Cargo begins Olympic equipment shipments British Airways World Cargo has begun the task of carrying Great Britain's kit for the Olympic and Paralympic games in China this summer.   01/08/2008   First quarter results show solid performance in difficult times British Airways World Cargo has reported volumes of 1,237 million cargo tonnes kilometres (CTK) for the first quarter of the financial year beginning April 2008.   17/07/2008   Statement on fuel surcharge British Airways World Cargo has announced an increase to its fuel surcharge.   03/07/2008   Statement on fuel surcharge British Airways World Cargo has announced an increase to its fuel surcharge.   20/06/2008   Statement on fuel surcharge British Airways World Cargo has announced an increase to its fuel surcharge.   18/06/2008   BA World Cargo looks forward to OpenSkies From 19 June, British Airways' US-EU subsidiary airline OpenSkies will begin flying daily from New York to Paris, with British Airways World Cargo selling cargo capacity on the flights.   02/06/2008   Bangladesh country manager appointed British Airways World Cargo has announced the appointment of Faisal Yaqoob as country cargo manager, Bangladesh, effective immediately.   30/05/2008   Statement on fuel surcharge British Airways World Cargo has announced an increase to its fuel surcharge.   27/05/2008   Gatwick wins Zoom Airlines ground handling contract British Airways World Cargo has been awarded a three-year contract to provide full cargo ground handling services for Zoom Airlines from May 2008.   15/05/2008   Full year results show strong performance British Airways World Cargo has reported commercial revenues (flown revenue plus fuel surcharges) of £615.7 million for the full financial year beginning April 2007, an increase of 3 per cent against the same period last year.   13/05/2008   Summer schedule begins British Airways World Cargo is operating its summer schedule, which sees changes to the carrier's shorthaul and longhaul freighter routings and bellyhold capacity on the British Airways passenger network.   29/04/2008   Key management appointments announced British Airways World Cargo today announces the appointment of David Shepherd as senior vice president Europe and the Americas and Tony Nothman as senior vice president Middle East, Africa, Asia and Pacific, effective immediately.   24/04/2008   Statement on fuel surcharge British Airways World Cargo has announced an increase to its fuel surcharge.   17/04/2008   Statement on fuel surcharge British Airways World Cargo has announced an increase to its fuel surcharge.   01/04/2008   Freighter programme expansion British Airways World Cargo has announced the launch of a second Boeing 727 freighter routing connecting Lahore and Bahrain, effective 1 April 2008.   20/03/2008   Statement on fuel surcharge British Airways World Cargo has announced an increase to its fuel surcharge.   07/03/2008   Statement on fuel surcharge British Airways World Cargo has announced an increase to its fuel surcharge. The surcharge will be GBP0.57 / USD0.85 / EUR0.85, with effect from Thursday, 20 March 2008.   04/02/2008   Nine month results boosted by strong quarter British Airways World Cargo reported commercial revenue (flown revenue plus fuel surcharges) of £:453.7 million for the nine months of the financial year beginning April 2007.   05/02/2008   British Airways World Cargo strengthens Indian network British Airways World Cargo has announced the launch of direct flights between London Heathrow and Hyderabad, effective October 2008.       Click here for more press releases