I had also heard the BA rumours, won't the Ibreia merger have some kind of impact on that though?
Nope,
The merger of the two companies is not going to impact on either airlines at the operational level. As with KLM/Air France the merger will merge the two companies office staff and procedures leaving the flying side untouched........for now!
Current aircraft orders for BA still stand however the demise of the 757/767 fleet has been slowed and there are rumours of pulling the grounded 747's at Cardiff back for the coming schedules.