For as long as I can remember people have been calling the imminent fall of BA.
It wasn't that long ago the airline was resigned to a retreat to fortress LHR, saddled with its pension deficit and an ageing 747 fleet it didn't have the money to replace.
The airline has grown its passenger numbers by around 30% and transformed its LHR route network over the past few years in which time bmi mainline has disappeared and Virgin Atlantic has gutted its route network.
IAG is also far better placed than Air France KLM and Lufthansa Group to respond to competitive pressures and has achieved more than both of these groups put together in half the time
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