TRIBUTE TO BRITISH AIRWAYS

British Airways plc (LSE: BAY) is the national airline and flag carrier of the United Kingdom and one of the largest in Europe. Its main hubs are London Heathrow and London Gatwick. British Airways holds a United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority Type A Operating Licence, and is permitted to carry passengers, cargo and mail on aircraft with 20 or more seats.[1] British Airways is a founding member of the Oneworld airline alliance.

The British Airways Group was formed on 1 September 1974 consisting of BOAC and BEA. These two companies were dissolved on 31 March 1974 to form British Airways (BA). The company was privatised in February 1987. It expanded with the acquisition of British Caledonian in 1988 and some of the routes of Gatwick-based carrier Dan-Air in 1992. The formation of Richard Branson's Virgin Atlantic in 1984 began a tense relationship with BA which ended in "one of the most bitter and protracted libel actions in aviation history" in 1993 in which BA apologised "unreservedly" for a "dirty tricks" campaign against Virgin and paid damages and legal costs.[2]

For a number of years the airline was a mainly Boeing customer, but in November 1998 it placed its first direct order for Airbus aircraft. The company's next major order was the start of its replacement of its long haul fleet, ordering Boeing 787s and Airbus A380s in 2007. The centrepiece of the airline's long haul fleet is the Boeing 747-400; the airline is the largest operator of this type.[3] British Airways' strategy and aircraft purchases are seen as an industry benchmark that influences other carriers' decisions.[4]

In 2008 BA unveiled its new subsidiary OpenSkies which takes advantage of the liberalization of transatlantic traffic rights, and flies non-stop between major European cities and the United States. Operations between Paris and New York began with a single Boeing 757 in June 2008. On 2 July 2008 British Airways announced that it had agreed to buy French airline L'Avion for £54 million. The deal will result in the full integration of L'Avion with OpenSkies by early 2009.[5]

British Airways has been plagued by difficulties in recent years. The Association of European Airlines reports that BA is the worst airline for lost and delayed baggage, losing over twice as many bags as the average. It is also the worst airline for punctuality of short/medium haul flight departures and arrivals and ranked 17th out of 21 airlines for long haul delays. Many of BA's problems stem from being based at London Heathrow airport which has become crowded and subject to delays.[6] In 2007 Heathrow was voted the world's least favourite alongside Chicago O'Hare in a TripAdvisor survey.[7] The opening of their new terminal, Heathrow Terminal 5 was heavily criticised by politicians, unions, airlines and passengers as an operational disaster.

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[FrancaMerola]

Genioooooooooooooo............­....me encanto...felicitacionesssssss­ssss |||||

[CRISTIANTV8]

muchas gracias Franca por tu comentario ,me alegro este pesimo dia que he tenido

[BAW006]

Another BA tribute spoiled by dreadful music ....

[vixpatel1991]

WTF why chose this sort of music. British Airways is a reputable and good airline. Your supposed to be playing LAKME : FLOWER DUET. thats there real song

thumbs up if you like british airways

[mautwana]

@wilkinson8707 hahahaha you think hay and thats why you so desparatly invade countries cos your asses are broke and btw guess who is about to bail you cunts out in europe? us..brics hahahahahahah you fail..oh and by the way atleast we didnt invent a sport and then suck at it, rugby football cricket.. you even suck at tea and scones you fudgepacker..we have hlf the money and economy you so claim to have yet we kick your ass in almost anything sorry sods

[wilkinson8707]

@mautwana Atleast our country can afford to fund such a thing as the doll. In SA what do you get ? free malaria jab. I think you should go back to the local zulu spear throwing competition, something SA can actually do.

[mautwana]

@wilkinson8707 if you knew anything you would know that hiv is a man made desease made by white people you white trash but its okay cos in like 50 years there will not be many scum whites anyway. we will breed them out. weak gene fucks and fuck the pomms go and claim your social dohl grant you motherfucker

[wilkinson8707]

We gave the world things such as the TV, SA can proudly say they gave the world such things as AIDS and HIV.

[britishairwayspilot1]

1:40 is the picture that they use on their website :D

[mautwana]

@dionsanchez24 you used the word trek??? hmmm i suspect lol. are you british??? hahahah. we got one of the best airliners in the world bitch... SAA bitch

[dionsanchez24]

@mautwana why you still chattin bruv. just shut up and go throw spears at lions on something please, Oh atleast we go planes we dnt treck it on our bare feet.

[dionsanchez24]

@mautwana why you still chattin bruv. just shut up and go throw spears at lions on something please,

[mautwana]

@dionsanchez24 hitler shud of done a good job on you poms. nonetheless ahmadinejad will get you good soon...your fleet sucks and thats that..you suck. what type of people only take a bath once a week? pommies.