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BA is listed as the third largest airline in Europe according to the list of largest airlines, behind Air France and Lufthansa. Is there a source for it being number 2? Eusebeus 17:47, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
According to the last published figures (2005) BA came in 2nd in Europe in terms of Pax traffic RPK and lufthansa 3rd, in terms of profitability the order was reversed due to Lufthansas group activities. Source: The airline industry guide 2006/7 published Sept 2006 by Airline business magazine.
Is Loganair really a subsidiary of BA? I thought it held a franchise to operate as BA, which is a different concept. Wikibob 00:23, 2004 Feb 28 (UTC)
The list of locations to which BA flies to in paragraph 2 is a long list that basically covers the entire globe, wouldn't it be simpler to just say this? Grunners 01:43, 19 May 2004 (UTC)
Yes you can check on the IATA Web site which provides stastics on Airlines
The map which British Airways shows on its flights to the middle east, uses a wrong name instead of Persian Gulf. British people started using the wrong name before anyone else in Europe.
There are companies which provide software to British Airways and other airlines. Following to the UN-resolutions many activists have gone on record for notifying them and requesting that correct name should be used. Meanwhile, many activists have stopped flying with British Air.
They bluntly refer to Persian Gulf as "The Gulf," as if the Persian Gulf name cannot be used. Have you seen them use it for the Atlantic or Pacific ocean? "The Ocean!"
We suggest not to fly with British Airways until they correct the problem. -- Mani1 07:47, 16 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Why is there no mention of the dirty tricks scandal that BA ran against Virgin on this page. It's as if it never happened. And BTW, I agree, it's "The Gulf", meaning, in the UK at least, "The Persian Gulf", unless otherwise stated. We like to understand the implied meaning behind our language, taking the context in which the information is recieved into account when drawing our conclusions as to it's meaning. Simply complaining that the wrong name was used when in fact it was a shortened version of the correct name, was lame to say the least. If I were to say the "UK" without saying the "United Kindom of Great Britain and Northern Island", it would not be because I had learned the wrong phrase. What is this, the language police?
Sorry, it is not United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Island, but United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
This is the stupidest arguement I've ever heard. "Don't fly until British Airways until they correct the problem??" -- Prisonnet 07:30, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
Yes, there needs to be information on BA's uneasy relationship with Virgin. However, bear in mind that a lot of what Virgin says or does is merely Richard Branson trying to create hype. Mat334 01:22, 22 Nov 2004 (UTC)
If we have to have a separate British Airways destinations article (about which I am not convinced - it does not seem sensible to leave the original British Airways page to view this - the destinations were originally listed alphabetically on the BA page, which I think is much better) then at least it should state the date when these destinations are actually being served and where the information is taken from eg Summer 2005, BA timetable. Ardfern 3 July 2005 22:26 (UTC)
I've removed the recently added "Industrial Action" section for now, as I really don't see it as particularly relevant. Yes, it so happens that in the past three years in a row wildcat strikes have crippled the BA network, but only for a period of 24 hours, all focused at Heathrow, and in 2003/4 a limited service managed to operate from LHR even at that. The knock-on effect is obviously greater, but it's not as if the airline is frought with industrial relation problems. There's no mention of the frequent strike actions at Air France or Alitalia in those articles, nor the long strike by Aer Lingus staff last year, so why here? Many companies are hit with strike action from time to time, unless it's prolonged and seriously damaging I don't think it merits a mention. -- Ayrshire--77 07:39, 15 August 2005 (UTC)
I added in Glasgow International Airport as a focus city. BA used to operate a GLA- JFK- BOS route. I'd think that earns the honour of a focus city. Not exactly a secondary hub though. And also Loganair has it's home-base here. Thanks, --anon. 21:04, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
If you see the deletion tabI put it up because someone vandalized the page. I did not commit the vandalism I am try to put a dletion tab on it. Mrld 20:30, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
It would appear that "Airways Aero Association Ltd." might be a BA subsidiary. They operate the " British Airways Flying Club" and run the "Wycombe Air Park/Booker Airport". There also appears to be some information her under Captain Airclues. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 14:49, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
Their have been 10 orders made for the 777, which was confirmed to myself 2 days ago from a senior manager. Benny45boy 11:48, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
On another note, I accept the point mentioned above, is there any proof of the future Airbus options orders, because I hadn't heard about that. Benny45boy 20:36, 25 September 2006 (UTC)
Do we really need a very large section on the terrorist threat, maybe a separate article should be created?? Benny45boy 20:50, 25 September 2006 (UTC)
The article states that "[g]enerally, odd numbers are for services departing Britain, even numbers are for services entering Britain." I would like to contest this. I would argue that eastbound flights have odd numbers, whereas westbound flights have even numbers. E.g. a section in a USA Today column (at http://www.usatoday.com/travel/columnist/grossman/2005-10-31-grossman-side_x.htm) supports this argument. Also, in practical examples, flight BA794 flies from Heathrow to Helsinki (eastbound) and BA795 back from Helsinki to Heathrow (westbound). Countless other examples can be found. A correction might in order. -- GaryK84 00:46, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
A few vague dates in the article need cleaning up. For example:
July which year?
Prime example of the misuse of 'recently' - Summer 2006 has been and gone. Recently relative to what, then? Carre 18:35, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
I agree, and I think I even wrote the section, as far as I am aware it still hasn't been launched, so I will rewrite the section Benny45boy 21:01, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
I am not aware of British Airways using the call sign Santa anymore, as I am not sure whether or not they even do charter flights, does anyone have any info on this. 137.222.10.57 21:09, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
I removed the statement
as the dissenting voice was very much a lone voice, from someone who no longer speaks for his church. [1] If restored it should be qualified, however the section of the article is getting too long anyway and will need consolidating and tidying in due course.
Springnuts 22:03, 28 November 2006 (UTC).
Also I removed
as it is just not supported by the reference given - nor by BA's public statement about the affair on their web site (now removed as overtaken by the statement announcing the review)
Springnuts 22:11, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
Whilst freely admitting this needs to be covered I disagree with the promience that it has been given. I propose a separate article to be created or I will dramatically reduce the article to about 3 lines. Benny45boy 13:12, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
Whilst I don't wish to offend anyone who is Christain, this woman has been working for BA for goodness knows how long now and has never once complained about the uniform policy, and thus, I feel that the tone of the article is biased in favour of the woman and needs to be redressed if this is going to count as an article and not an arguement Benny45boy 23:48, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
When do people think that the Club World article should be altered in order to reflect the new Club World product being the definitive product and not just a, future product. I appreciate that it isn't on all aircraft however, it will be on the majority by the summer/autumn and thus, I Benny45boy 20:30, 5 January 2007 (UTC)believe that the section should be altered to reflect this.
I have removed this section due to it being inaccurate and irrelevant. However, if somone believes this is relevant then I will not remove it again. However, if it is put back as being a reversion of vandalism then I shall delete it again. Benny45boy 16:26, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
Hello, I notice you don't have a section on BA's codeshares with other airlines, such as the extensive London Heathrow-Singapore routes, and Singapore-Australian cities codeshares. Thank you, Social Studiously.
Quote from Delta Air Lines: Delta ... carries more passengers across the Atlantic than any other carrier worldwide Now which one is it?-- Arado 10:55, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
As I understand Wikipedia policy, the burden is on contributors to provide a way for readers to verify their information using reliable sources, and I cannot see how the Boeing customer code is an exemption to this. There is no source information at all given in either this article or List of Boeing customer codes; hence it should have a {{ Fact}} tag, but someone keeps removing it. Brian Jason Drake 04:11, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
The engineering section is getting to be quite large! Does anyone think it should get it's own article? Greenboxed 17:36, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
All these pictures show British Airways aircraft in the latest livery, which has been used since about 2000. Can we have some pictures of aircraft in the (IMO more attractive) Landor scheme (the cigarette-packet style) and the original red-fin schemes? Dyakson 01:04, 19 May 2007 (UTC)
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BA is listed as the third largest airline in Europe according to the list of largest airlines, behind Air France and Lufthansa. Is there a source for it being number 2? Eusebeus 17:47, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
According to the last published figures (2005) BA came in 2nd in Europe in terms of Pax traffic RPK and lufthansa 3rd, in terms of profitability the order was reversed due to Lufthansas group activities. Source: The airline industry guide 2006/7 published Sept 2006 by Airline business magazine.
Is Loganair really a subsidiary of BA? I thought it held a franchise to operate as BA, which is a different concept. Wikibob 00:23, 2004 Feb 28 (UTC)
The list of locations to which BA flies to in paragraph 2 is a long list that basically covers the entire globe, wouldn't it be simpler to just say this? Grunners 01:43, 19 May 2004 (UTC)
Yes you can check on the IATA Web site which provides stastics on Airlines
The map which British Airways shows on its flights to the middle east, uses a wrong name instead of Persian Gulf. British people started using the wrong name before anyone else in Europe.
There are companies which provide software to British Airways and other airlines. Following to the UN-resolutions many activists have gone on record for notifying them and requesting that correct name should be used. Meanwhile, many activists have stopped flying with British Air.
They bluntly refer to Persian Gulf as "The Gulf," as if the Persian Gulf name cannot be used. Have you seen them use it for the Atlantic or Pacific ocean? "The Ocean!"
We suggest not to fly with British Airways until they correct the problem. -- Mani1 07:47, 16 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Why is there no mention of the dirty tricks scandal that BA ran against Virgin on this page. It's as if it never happened. And BTW, I agree, it's "The Gulf", meaning, in the UK at least, "The Persian Gulf", unless otherwise stated. We like to understand the implied meaning behind our language, taking the context in which the information is recieved into account when drawing our conclusions as to it's meaning. Simply complaining that the wrong name was used when in fact it was a shortened version of the correct name, was lame to say the least. If I were to say the "UK" without saying the "United Kindom of Great Britain and Northern Island", it would not be because I had learned the wrong phrase. What is this, the language police?
Sorry, it is not United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Island, but United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
This is the stupidest arguement I've ever heard. "Don't fly until British Airways until they correct the problem??" -- Prisonnet 07:30, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
Yes, there needs to be information on BA's uneasy relationship with Virgin. However, bear in mind that a lot of what Virgin says or does is merely Richard Branson trying to create hype. Mat334 01:22, 22 Nov 2004 (UTC)
If we have to have a separate British Airways destinations article (about which I am not convinced - it does not seem sensible to leave the original British Airways page to view this - the destinations were originally listed alphabetically on the BA page, which I think is much better) then at least it should state the date when these destinations are actually being served and where the information is taken from eg Summer 2005, BA timetable. Ardfern 3 July 2005 22:26 (UTC)
I've removed the recently added "Industrial Action" section for now, as I really don't see it as particularly relevant. Yes, it so happens that in the past three years in a row wildcat strikes have crippled the BA network, but only for a period of 24 hours, all focused at Heathrow, and in 2003/4 a limited service managed to operate from LHR even at that. The knock-on effect is obviously greater, but it's not as if the airline is frought with industrial relation problems. There's no mention of the frequent strike actions at Air France or Alitalia in those articles, nor the long strike by Aer Lingus staff last year, so why here? Many companies are hit with strike action from time to time, unless it's prolonged and seriously damaging I don't think it merits a mention. -- Ayrshire--77 07:39, 15 August 2005 (UTC)
I added in Glasgow International Airport as a focus city. BA used to operate a GLA- JFK- BOS route. I'd think that earns the honour of a focus city. Not exactly a secondary hub though. And also Loganair has it's home-base here. Thanks, --anon. 21:04, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
If you see the deletion tabI put it up because someone vandalized the page. I did not commit the vandalism I am try to put a dletion tab on it. Mrld 20:30, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
It would appear that "Airways Aero Association Ltd." might be a BA subsidiary. They operate the " British Airways Flying Club" and run the "Wycombe Air Park/Booker Airport". There also appears to be some information her under Captain Airclues. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 14:49, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
Their have been 10 orders made for the 777, which was confirmed to myself 2 days ago from a senior manager. Benny45boy 11:48, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
On another note, I accept the point mentioned above, is there any proof of the future Airbus options orders, because I hadn't heard about that. Benny45boy 20:36, 25 September 2006 (UTC)
Do we really need a very large section on the terrorist threat, maybe a separate article should be created?? Benny45boy 20:50, 25 September 2006 (UTC)
The article states that "[g]enerally, odd numbers are for services departing Britain, even numbers are for services entering Britain." I would like to contest this. I would argue that eastbound flights have odd numbers, whereas westbound flights have even numbers. E.g. a section in a USA Today column (at http://www.usatoday.com/travel/columnist/grossman/2005-10-31-grossman-side_x.htm) supports this argument. Also, in practical examples, flight BA794 flies from Heathrow to Helsinki (eastbound) and BA795 back from Helsinki to Heathrow (westbound). Countless other examples can be found. A correction might in order. -- GaryK84 00:46, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
A few vague dates in the article need cleaning up. For example:
July which year?
Prime example of the misuse of 'recently' - Summer 2006 has been and gone. Recently relative to what, then? Carre 18:35, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
I agree, and I think I even wrote the section, as far as I am aware it still hasn't been launched, so I will rewrite the section Benny45boy 21:01, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
I am not aware of British Airways using the call sign Santa anymore, as I am not sure whether or not they even do charter flights, does anyone have any info on this. 137.222.10.57 21:09, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
I removed the statement
as the dissenting voice was very much a lone voice, from someone who no longer speaks for his church. [1] If restored it should be qualified, however the section of the article is getting too long anyway and will need consolidating and tidying in due course.
Springnuts 22:03, 28 November 2006 (UTC).
Also I removed
as it is just not supported by the reference given - nor by BA's public statement about the affair on their web site (now removed as overtaken by the statement announcing the review)
Springnuts 22:11, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
Whilst freely admitting this needs to be covered I disagree with the promience that it has been given. I propose a separate article to be created or I will dramatically reduce the article to about 3 lines. Benny45boy 13:12, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
Whilst I don't wish to offend anyone who is Christain, this woman has been working for BA for goodness knows how long now and has never once complained about the uniform policy, and thus, I feel that the tone of the article is biased in favour of the woman and needs to be redressed if this is going to count as an article and not an arguement Benny45boy 23:48, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
When do people think that the Club World article should be altered in order to reflect the new Club World product being the definitive product and not just a, future product. I appreciate that it isn't on all aircraft however, it will be on the majority by the summer/autumn and thus, I Benny45boy 20:30, 5 January 2007 (UTC)believe that the section should be altered to reflect this.
I have removed this section due to it being inaccurate and irrelevant. However, if somone believes this is relevant then I will not remove it again. However, if it is put back as being a reversion of vandalism then I shall delete it again. Benny45boy 16:26, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
Hello, I notice you don't have a section on BA's codeshares with other airlines, such as the extensive London Heathrow-Singapore routes, and Singapore-Australian cities codeshares. Thank you, Social Studiously.
Quote from Delta Air Lines: Delta ... carries more passengers across the Atlantic than any other carrier worldwide Now which one is it?-- Arado 10:55, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
As I understand Wikipedia policy, the burden is on contributors to provide a way for readers to verify their information using reliable sources, and I cannot see how the Boeing customer code is an exemption to this. There is no source information at all given in either this article or List of Boeing customer codes; hence it should have a {{ Fact}} tag, but someone keeps removing it. Brian Jason Drake 04:11, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
The engineering section is getting to be quite large! Does anyone think it should get it's own article? Greenboxed 17:36, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
All these pictures show British Airways aircraft in the latest livery, which has been used since about 2000. Can we have some pictures of aircraft in the (IMO more attractive) Landor scheme (the cigarette-packet style) and the original red-fin schemes? Dyakson 01:04, 19 May 2007 (UTC)