BRITISH Airways is negotiating to buy 35% of Aer Lingus to build its empire. A cash injection is needed to pay for 2000 Aer Lingus redundancies and to draw up a plan for the future. Irish public enterprise minister, Mary O'Roukre reportedly warned the airline would fold if the survival plan could not be agreed. *BMI British Midland is to axe two Heathrow routes to Rome and Barcelona and apparently may cut more than the 600 jobs already announced. (Mark Gray)
New airline tie-up expected
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