Willie Walsh faces strike action over low-cost carrier plan (The Guardian-UK)

October 11, 2011

Willie Walsh risks fresh industrial relations strife after Spanish unions reacted angrily to plans by his International Airlines Group, the holding company formed by British Airways and Iberia, to create a separate low-cost carrier.

“The subsidiary is being established to compete effectively in the Spanish domestic and European market,” finance director Enrique Dupuy de Lôme said after the IAG board approved the so-called Iberia Express project. “Over time it will look to develop new markets and destinations.”

Complete article in The Guardian-UK