Ayling

Ayling, 52, spoke about BA's comeback effort with NEWSWEEK'S Stryker McGuire and William Underhill at company headquarters near London's Heathrow airport.

Turbulence At Heathrow 2008

Though Ayling is respected as a steady hand at one of the world's premier airlines, he has had a rough three years at the top.

Turbulence At Heathrow 2008

He followed the competent Rod Eddington, who although he didn't have a strong strategy, was an improvement over the NuLab apparatchik Ayling, who rose without trace through the company secretariat after a stint in the civil service.

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In July 1998, British Airways dropped the tail-fins design on its transatlantic flights, and Mr. Ayling conceded that the majority of businessclass travelers were unhappy with the multicultural look.13

Experiential Marketing BERND H. SCHMITT 1999

By May 1998, the British Airways communications director who had been responsible for the campaign championed by CEO Robert Ayling “decided to leave.”

Experiential Marketing BERND H. SCHMITT 1999

In July 1998, British Airways dropped the tail-fins design on its transatlantic flights, and Mr. Ayling conceded that the majority of businessclass travelers were unhappy with the multicultural look.13

Experiential Marketing BERND H. SCHMITT 1999

By May 1998, the British Airways communications director who had been responsible for the campaign championed by CEO Robert Ayling “decided to leave.”

Experiential Marketing BERND H. SCHMITT 1999

The bed faced her, and Ayling was lying there, on his side.

The Best Short Stories of 1920 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story Various 1915

It occurred to Ayling that, standing there before him with Lady McCrae's letter, which she had been showing him, in her hand, she was exactly like a little girl who was going to be left all alone.

The Best Short Stories of 1920 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story Various 1915

That afternoon she told Ayling her news, but it was not until she had finished telling him that she remembered that he, too, would be going away.

The Best Short Stories of 1920 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story Various 1915