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...When Willie Walsh, chief executive of International Airlines Group, launched a €1.4bn takeover of Aer Lingus last year, the rationale went well beyond securing the Irish carrier’s aircraft and routes....
...Shannon Bond This article has been amended since its initial publication to clarify that Our Gang moved to TV only after Lindquist had left the show...
...Five years ago he bought a river cruiser with a view to one day sailing it down the river Shannon. But few who know this notorious workaholic believe that story for a second....
...The assurances given by Willie Walsh, IAG’s Dublin-born chief executive, were carefully crafted to address the concerns that might have knocked the bid off course before it was formally launched....
...Willie Walsh, IAG chief executive, said discussions with the Irish government over Dublin’s 25.1 per cent stake in Aer Lingus had been “generally constructive”....
...Willie Walsh, IAG’s chief executive, initially said he would guarantee Aer Lingus’s 23 lucrative take-off and landing slots at Heathrow only for five years....
...During a two and a half hour grilling by Irish MPs about IAG’s €1.35bn bid for Aer Lingus, Willie Walsh said he was ready to offer “a legal cast-iron guarantee wrapped in concrete” that the Dublin-based...
...But its success will depend on whether Willie Walsh, IAG chief executive, can persuade the government to support the deal....
...Willie Walsh, chief executive of International Airlines Group, faces mounting public opposition to his proposed takeover of Aer Lingus even as the Irish flag carrier on Monday finally opened the door to...
...chairman of Aer Lingus, said on Friday that the board was convinced after meetings with IAG that the Irish flag carrier could continue to expand as part of the bigger UK-listed group, which is led by Irishman Willie...
...In a country where memory is long, an added twist to the saga involves Willie Walsh, the Irish IAG boss....
...Instead of going forward, we’re moving backwards,” says Shannon Brewer, the clinic’s director. “It’s tiresome.” Mississippi is not alone in introducing tough new laws....
...Models wore quilted fisherman hats that echoed rugby skull caps (Anderson’s father, Willie, once captained the Ireland team)....
...Speaking at City airport before boarding the service’s maiden flight, Willie Walsh, chief executive, said BA had reviewed it “on at least two occasions” after announcing it in February last year, before...
...It will have to refuel on the way, possibly at Dublin or Shannon, in Ireland, which will add to the journey time and take away much of the advantage to its City customers of not having to cross London to...
...That means that on the outward-bound flight from London, they will have to stop to refuel, perhaps at Shannon in Ireland....
...Much of the credit for the turnround went to Willie Walsh, the former Aer Lingus chief executive and now chief executive of Briitsh Airways, and his team, who decided to leave the airline in late 2004 in...
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