Airlingus

Aer Lingus is a national airline of the Republic of Ireland, was founded in April 1936. Based in Dublin airport, serving Europe, Africa and North America. Its motto is Enjoy your flight.

In 1984-1985, air transportation, airline-related services such as maintenance, and non-airline businesses provided Air Lingus operating profits of 0,5 millions Irish pounds (IL) , IL 12,7 million, and IL 17,1 million, respectly.

Within air transportation, Aer Lingus domestic and European routes earned a modest operating profit while its trans-Atlantic flights sustained operating losses for the sixth time in seven years. During the coming decade Aer lingus faced tens of millions of pounds of investment to replace aging jets in its fleet. Los funcionarios del gobierno estaban considerando la venta de parte de la empresa para financiar los gastos de capital.

British Airways plc was founded in 1974 is the national airline of the United Kingdom with headquarters in Waterside, near its main base located at London Heathrow airport. British Airways has a second base of operations at London Gatwick airport. It is the largest airline based in the UK in terms of fleet size, international flights and international destinations are concerned.

Since 1980, BA had invested roughly UK £700 million to purchase 55 new aircraft, mostly for service within Europe. The company was beginning to upgrade its intercontinental fleet. In 1986 served to 145 destinations in 68 countries. Ba catered its own flights from Heathrow, but contracted out all others. The company performed most of its own maintenances from a base at Heathrow and had engineering capabilities at three-quarters of the airports it served . BA sold tickets over the telephone and in 171 retail shops worldwide, where agents also sold package vacations. 49000 independent travel agent had the ability to book tickets on BA, (83% of the company's scheduled revenue). Accordingly it offered a spectrum of ticket prices with varying...