Rod Eddington Quotations

We are looking hard at what we need to do. It may be necessary to look again at the number of people we employ. If that's necessary we will be working with unions and staff to move forward in a sensible way,

significant change to the size of British Airways as it takes further steps to address its cost base and sets the company on course to achieve a 10 percent operating margin.

I am confident we will have it (Concorde) back in the air by late summer.

I believe that the basic planks of our strategy ... are a good foundation for a return to profitability,

I apologize unreservedly to our customers for the disruption to their travel plans and cancellation of our flights,

If 50 years of post-war economics has taught us anything, it's this: state subsidies preserve bad habits.

If it does not, governments will view the industry as an easy target for taxes to fund non-aviation projects.

We're well-placed to cope with a softening of the U.S. economy, ... We're looking to put fewer seats on the North Atlantic over the next twelve months.

We can survive this, British Airways is a strong company, and will come through this in good shape, but we have to take the necessary tough measures.

We need to address the problems at Gatwick, but a key part is fleet changes across short-haul operations and we also need to be clear about what destinations we can serve profitably,

We have been in constant contact with the airworthiness authorities in the UK and France, the airframe and engine manufacturers, and Air France throughout Concorde's flying life, and particularly closely since the accident in Paris last month,

We will not become a no frills airline nor will we launch one, ... We will compete profitably and intelligently alongside them by adopting what they do well.

We are taking a ruthless approach towards poorly performing routes and assets. Those not adding value to improve performance are being removed.

The tragic events in the USA will undoubtedly have a significant impact on the demand for air travel in the months ahead, ... We have taken the necessary steps to curtail expenditure and sadly to cut our workforce.

The British CAA was in complete agreement with our decision to resume Concorde's services shortly after the Air France crash,

The British CAA (Civil Aviation Authority) was in complete agreement with our decision to resume Concorde's services shortly after the Air France crash.

This is not our dispute. Our customers must come first and everyone involved in creating this chaotic situation must come to their senses.

Although the heart of the European profitability problem lies at Gatwick, there's more to fixing Europe than getting Gatwick right,

It is part of their contribution as leaders to helping BA through this most difficult of situations,

It's important to staff and customers, it's important to link New York and London.

I'm confident that we'll complete with 3i (venture capital group), but there are a couple of people waiting in the wings,

In the meantime, we will continue to take steps to improve the performance of our company. Through our fleet and network strategy, through continued product improvement and by working with our established alliance and franchise partners.

The encouraging yield performance shows that our strategy is serving us well and, equally important, is helping us face the difficult market conditions.

The industry must unite to develop an effective strategy to reduce carbon dioxide emissions,

America's definition of open skies is that we can come in and do what we like, we want access via Britain to the rest of the EU -- you can't have access to the U.S. internal market.

America, the land of the free, is turning itself into the land of the free ride. [U.S. airlines] are operating in protected markets. They are hoovering up public funds and they still can't make a profit.