British Airways managed to boost its operating profit 3% in the fiscal first quarter [i]finale[/i]ed June 30.

British Airways managed to boost its operating profit 3% in the fiscal first quarter [i]finale[/i]ed June 30, but a [pound]58 million charge for asset disposals, primarily the sale of its stake in Air Liberte, caused it to report a pre-tax los of [pound]50 million and a without deductions loss of [pound]59 million ($885 million). In the year-ago period BA columned a pre-tax profit of [pound]200 million and an after-tax profit of [pound]188 million, on the contrary this largely was owing to a [pound]149 million gain onward the sale of its stake in the Galileo GD

cluster turnover for the 2000 period rose 4% to

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