British Airways

Frae Wikipedia, the free beuk o knawledge
British Airways
IATA ICAO Callsign
BA[1] BAW
SHT
SPEEDBIRD
SHUTTLE[2]
Foondit31 Mairch 1974
AOC #441
Hubs
Frequent-fleer programExecutive Club/Avios
AllianceOneworld
Subsidiaries
Fleet size272
Destinations183
Company sloganTo Fly. To Serve.
Parent companyInternational Airlines Group
HeidquartersWaterside, Harmondsworth, Unitit Kinrick
Key fowk
RevenueIncrease £11,443 million (2016)[4]
Net incomeIncrease £1,473 million (2016)[5]
Wabsteidbritishairways.com

British Airways plc (BA) is the banner carrier airline o the Unitit Kinrick which is based an heidquartered in Waterside, near its main hub at Lunnon Heathrow Airport. Breetish Airways operates a seicont hub at London Gatwick Airport an a third hub, served through its fully owned subsidiary, BA CityFlyer, at Lunnon Ceety Airport. British Airways is the lairgest airline in the UK based on fleet size, internaitional flichts an internaitional destinations. BA's UK passengers oreeginatin at non-Lunnon airports must connect via Lunnon efter British Airways discontinued aw direct owerseas flichts frae UK airports, ither than Heathrow, Gatwick an Lunnon Ceety Airports, wi the sale o BA Connect tae Breetish regional carrier Flybe in 2007.

References[eedit | eedit soorce]

  1. "IATA - Airline and Airport Code Search". iata.org. Retrieved 13 Apryle 2015.
  2. Uised for domestic flichts
  3. Davies, Rob (6 November 2015). "British Airways: Alex Cruz to replace Keith Williams as chairman". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
  4. "IAG Annual report and results 2016" (PDF). International Consolidated Airlines Group. Retrieved 30 Mey 2017.
  5. "IAG Annual report and results 2016" (PDF). International Consolidated Airlines Group. Retrieved 21 August 2017.