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British Airways to launch transatlantic carrier: report

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Wed Jun 18, 2008 11:26pm EDT

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British Airways passenger planes park on the tarmac at the new Terminal 5 at Heathrow Airport in London on March 28, 2008. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor

NEW YORK (Reuters) - British Airways (BAY.L) will launch a new airline on Thursday that will link New York to continental Europe, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.

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The paper said the move is an attempt to capitalize on the recent deregulation of trans-Atlantic air travel.

A British Airways spokesperson was not immediately available.

(Reporting by Yinka Adegoke; Editing by Ben Tan)
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