British Airways
The World’s Favourite Airline!!!
British Airways based at Heathrow Airport in London, England, is the largest airline of the UK and the number two in Europe (behind Air-France-KLM). It also has a presence at Gatwick and previously held a presence at Manchester International Airport. BA has a modern fleet and one of the finest crews in the business. BA’s destinations are all over the globe, but they are unrivalled when it’s the USA you need to go to. No airline serves more cities or has more direct connections to and from the States. BA is excellent value for money, they offer a decent full service product at a competitive price, check out the many specials on offer.
British Airways offers between two and four classes of service on their long haul international routes. World Traveller (Economy Class) and Club World/Club Europe (Business Class) always feature. Most aircraft are also fitted with World Traveller Plus (Premium Economy) and FIRST (First Class).
Seat pitches are as follows:
UK Domestic/Business UK (Domestic Classes on shuttle services) : 31" (on Boeing 737s, 757s, Airbus A319s and Airbus A320s)
Euro Traveller (Economy Class) : 31" except on Boeing 757 where it is 32" and Airbus A321 at 30"
World Traveller (Economy Class): 32" (127 seats on the 777-200 and between 177 and 272 seats on the 747-400)
World Traveller Plus (Premium Economy): 38" (40 seats on the 777-200 and between 30 and 36 seats on the 747-400)
Club Europe (Business Class) : 34"
Club World (Business Class): 6′ flat bed (48 seats on the 777-200 and between 38 and 70 seats on the 747-400)
FIRST (First Class): 6′6" flat bed (13 seats on the 777-200, as one is given over as a crew rest area and 14 seats on the 747-400)
FIRST CLASS
FIRSTCLASS is the long haul first class product: 14 private demi-cabins on the 777 and 747 with 6′ 6" beds, in-seat power for laptops and also personal phones and comprehensive entertainment facilities. Meals are available on demand. BA offers dedicated check-in facilities at some airports.
Club World
Club World is the longhaul business class product of British Airways. Passengers have access to business lounges at most airports. On 13 November 2006, British Airways launched a new Club World service, offering larger seats and a service revamp.
Club Europe
Club Europe is the business class product of British Airways, offered on European routes. Passengers have access to business lounges at most airports.
World Traveller/World Traveller Plus
There are two economy services, World Traveller (standard economy, offering a 31" seat pitch) and World Traveller Plus (premium economy, offering a 38" seat pitch).
Euro Traveller & Domestic
Economy class services by British Airways. Euro Traveller is together with Club Europe operated on BA services to European destinations while Domestic is the only cabin class offered by BA on domestic flights within the UK and Northern Ireland.
Executive Club
Executive Club is British Airways’ frequent flyer program and is one of the largest in the world. It forms part of the network of frequent flyer programs in the Oneworld alliance. The Executive Club has three tiers of membership: Blue, Silver, Gold. It also has an invitation-only Premier program. Cheaper leisure fares accrue BA Miles (at a percentage of actual mile flown), but no Tier Points, which are needed to progress to Silver or Gold status. The benefits of the Silver and Gold cards are considerable, including access to airport lounges and dedicated reservation lines. Continued membership of Silver Tier requires members to have flown four "Qualifying Flights" each year. These are full fare returns, which with so many discounted fares means spending a lot with this airline for the benefit.
Did you know that
British Airways and Air France were the only two Concorde operators.
British Airways is the largest operator of the Boeing 747-400, with 57 aircraft.
British Airways international flights use the Airline call sign "SPEEDBIRD" Christmas charters use the call sign "SANTA".
British Airways Frequent Flyer Program is one of the largest in the world, and is known as the Executive Club.
