BA chief turns down £334,000 bonus

British Airways chief executive Willie Walsh has turned down a bonus worth £334,000 (€405,000), the second year in a row he has made such a gesture, it was announced today.

Mr Walsh, embroiled in a bitter dispute with his cabin crew, was entitled to a bonus of deferred shares awarded to him by the board for the last financial year, it was disclosed in the airline’s annual report published today.