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British Airways partners with more British brands
British Airways has made this announcement:
In its milestone year, British Airways is partnering with more great British brands than ever before with the introduction of limited-edition food, drink and gifts that customers can enjoy.
From today (May 1) coffee lovers can go plastic free with an organic, fully compostable coffee bag from London based roasters, CRU Kafe, who have developed an exclusive three bean blend that will be available on short-haul flights in Euro Traveller. In true British style the airline has also launched a centenary edition afternoon tea including a scone, jam and clotted cream for a traditional cream tea experience in the air.
In a world first, Edinburgh based gin distillers, Pickeringโs, have created a gin that has been specifically developed to be enjoyed at altitude. The 10-botanical blend is available on all short haul flights and through the High Life shop as part of a trio pack. Customers will also be able to enjoy an English white wine straight from the Kent countryside as Chapel Downโs 2018 Bacchus is added to the inflight menu. The wine has been bottled exclusively for British Airways.
The airline is also launching a handcrafted, huggable teddy bear by heritage bear-makers Merrythought. The collectible bear has been named Jarvis, after British Airwaysโ late museum curator, Paul Jarvis. Jarvis Bear has been designed with an anniversary 100 emblem and styled with a vintage scarf, giving a nod to the airlineโs proud history.
Customers will also have the chance to buy a heart shaped locket by Wales based jewellers, Clogau, containing rare Welsh gold and limited to only 100 pieces. Luxury lovers can also purchase a limited-edition Mulberry Bayswater tote in ruby red with a cobalt blue lining, along with a limited-edition scarf in Mulberryโs signature tree pattern in bright navy. Both items have been created to mark 100 years of the airline.
British Airways and Marmite have also teamed up to create a limited-edition travel-sized jar that customers can take in their carry-on.ย As Marmite is the most confiscated branded food at airport security, the centenary jar is conveniently sized to fit within the liquid allowance.
Earlier this month the airline announced a partnership with Scottish craft brewers, BrewDog, who have created a transatlantic IPA for customers and in a world first brewed the beer on a flight. The airline has also partnered with luxury British watchmakers Bremont on the launch of a new limited-edition timepiece, featuring metal from one of the most famous and iconic planes in history โ Concorde.
British Airways opens its new Club Lounge at New York JFK
British Airways has opened its doors to the highly-anticipated new Club lounge at New Yorkโs JFK International Airport.ย It completes a ยฃ50 million investment, following the unveiling of a plush new space for First customers in autumn last year.ย Customers at JFK Terminal 7 have also seen changes to the public areas and gate spaces to make them more appealing, welcoming and comfortable.
Spread across 22,000 sq. ft. (spanning over half acre), the Club lounge is carefully laid out to offer designated areas that are designed to meet different customer needs. The new space includes elegant, relaxed seating areas as well as ample work stations with power outlets to maximise time in the office.ย Other spots include an entertainment room with state-of-the-art entertainment and sound from Sony, and the reopened Elemis Spa offers a range of treatments to help travellers relax and recharge ahead of their journey.
For Club customers that plan to take advantage of their flat bed and luxurious White Company bedding on board, the new lounge offers the ultimate pre-flight dining experience with a brasserie-style dining room where travellers can enjoy freshly prepared dishes from an extensive menu or a range of smaller items chosen to allow customers to โgrab and goโ.
There will be a granite topped Quaichย Bar, created in partnership with the Quaichย bar at the Craigellachie Hotel in Speyside, Scotland.ย An experienced bartender will be on-hand at peak times to serve a full range of fine wines and cocktails such as the Broadway Copper Cup made with Copper Dog whisky, orange bitters and berries.ย An innovative new addition to the lounge is a BrewDog craft beer room, in partnership with the brand, a beer has been designed specifically for British Airways, named after its flight call sign โ Speedbird 100. The beer is available on flights from May 1.
The First lounge at JFK opened in October last year after a complete renovation.ย It offers an opulent bar and bespoke zones to provide different seating areas.ย The kitchen features a boutique pre-flight dining service, and the state-of-the-art wine room offers an enomatic dispenser so that each glass of wine is served at exactly the right temperature and oxidized to the precise level.ย The wine list has been expertly curated by London-based Borough Wines with a variety of wines from across the world, introducing customers to a range of new wines.
All photos by British Airways.
Smaller versions of Marmite will be allowed on British Airways
Picture by Nick Morrish/British Airways
British Airways passengers will no longer have to worry about its Marmite being confiscated at airport security – it will now be on aboard (in smaller versions).
The airline issued this statement:
British Airways and Marmite have teamed up to create a limited-edition jar to celebrate the airlineโs centenary, launching on May 1.ย As Marmite is the most confiscated brand at airport security, the centenary jar is conveniently sized to fit within the liquid allowance.
For Brits travelling abroad, it is clear they cannot go without the British spread that has divided the nation since 1902. Based on data from London City Airport, Marmite is the most confiscated branded food item at airport security. Other branded items that did not make it past security are Harrods jams and spreads and Lyleโs Golden Syrup.
The airport has seen deserted jars of Marmite increase 50 percent in the first three months of 2019, from four to six jars a day, and the airport forecasts it could seize over 2,000 jars this year alone. British Airways customers can now get their Marmite hit when away.ย The special edition spread will be exclusively available to customers on board all flights from May 1. The jar weighs 70 grams so if they do not get through it on holiday they can safely take it through security as it falls within the liquid restrictions.
To coincide with the launch, on April 30 London City Airport will be holding an amnesty at its security gates, giving all customers the chance to swap their over-sized, prohibited jars of Marmite for British Airwaysโ travel-friendly version.
British Airways will be releasing a series of centenary editions in partnership with British brands during its milestone year. Earlier this month the airline announced a partnership with Scottish craft brewers, BrewDog, who have created a transatlantic IPAfor customers and in a world first brewed the beer on a flight. The airline has also partnered with luxury British watchmakers Bremont on the launch of a new limited-edition timepiece, featuring metal from one of the most famous and iconic planes in history โ Concorde.
Notes:
- The 70g jar will cost ยฃ3.
- London City Airport donates the majority of confiscated food items to a local charity, Community Food Enterprise (CFE). Since the partnership started in April 2017, the charity has distributed three tonnes of items to 16 smaller charities in East London, to ensure the confiscated items can help vulnerable people locally. A โMail and Flyโ service is also offered should passengers wish to post confiscated items to a specified address.
About Marmite
Since 1902, Marmite has been the nationโs most loved and hated breakfast spread. It was first discovered by a German scientist called Justus von Liebig who found that brewerโs yeast could be concentrated, bottled and eaten.ย Marmite is a French term for a large covered earthenware or metal cooking pot. Originally British Marmite was supplied in earthenware pots but since the 1920s itโs been sold in the bulbous glass jars we are familiar with today. Available in supermarkets and independent retailers worldwide, Marmite comes in a variety of sizes, including 70g, 125g, 200g, 250g, 400g and 500g. Marmite is rich in B vitamins including folic acid. Marmite is a British brand made in Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire by Unilever UK.
British Airways to drop the London Gatwick – Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood route
British Airways is planning to drop the London (Gatwick) – Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood route as on September 8, 2019.
The route currently operates three days a week with Boeing 777-200 ER aircraft..
The route was added in July 2017 to compete aggressively with Norwegian.
In other news, BA will drop the daytime Johannesburg – London (Heathrow) flight on June 1 and redeploy the aircraft to the London (Heathrow) – Mumbai route. The carrier is attempting to fill the void left by the demise of Jet Airways.
Top Copyright Photo: British Airways Boeing 777-236 ER G-VIIR (msn 29322) FLL (Bruce Drum). Image: 105013.
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British Airways is using biometric technology on international flights
British Airways has made this announcement:
Biometric self-boarding gates – Domestic stands at T5
- British Airways is the first UK airline to use biometric technology to board flights from the US
- More than a quarter of a million British Airways customers have now successfully used their face as their identity on flights from the US
- More than 3m customers have used the tech on UK domestic flights โ international flights from the UK are on the way
More than 250,000 British Airways customers have experienced a glimpse of the journey of the future by using their face as their identity to board a flight from the US in the last 18 months.
The introduction of new biometric facial recognition technology has transformed the airport experience for customers travelling from Orlando, Los Angeles and New York, JFK by streamlining the boarding process and halving the amount of time it takes to board an aircraft.
The technology means that customers no longer need to present their passport or boarding pass at the departure gate โ only when they check in and go through Security. Instead travellers simply look into a camera prior to boarding, wait for their biometric data to be verified and then walk onto the aircraft.
The commitment to this technology is part of the airlineโs ยฃ6.5bn investment for customers. British Airways was the first UK airline to use biometric technology to board flights from the US, working in close partnership with the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to implement the technology, which has enabled the airline to hugely speed up its boarding process.
At Orlando, British Airways is boarding almost 240 customers in 10 minutes โ becoming the first carrier to set up permanent facial recognition gates at the airport.
Heathrow
British Airways was also the first UK airline to use the technology on domestic (UK) flights. More than three million customers have boarded an aircraft this way โ with all domestic departures from the airlineโs home hub at Heathrow Terminal 5 now boarded biometrically.
For international flights, self-service boarding gates have now been installed at the terminal, allowing customers to scan their own boarding cards to gain access to their flight. Itโs the first step towards biometric boarding on international flights from the UK.
Investment in technology
Raoul Cooper, British Airwaysโ Senior Digital Design Manager, said:
โWe are continuing to pioneer the use of technology and automation to enhance the airport experience and ensure that our customersโ flights depart on time.
โThe airport of the future will be built upon biometric technology, from check-in and baggage drops to security checks and boarding. These days, automation is a part of everyday life, as is biometric technology via our mobile phones. Weโre working with our technology partners and the US government to explore how we can use this technology in new and innovative ways to give our customers the stress-free, easy airport experience they tell us they want, while ensuring security is always our top priority.โ
British Airways’ four heritage liveries come together to mark the 50,000th customer flight
LONDON, UK: British Airways BEA, BOAC, Negus, Chatham Dockyard and Landor liveried aircraft at Engineering, London Heathrow on April 9, 2019 (Picture by Nick Morrish/British Airways)
British Airways has, for the first time today, brought together its four heritage liveried aircraft which were repainted to mark the airlineโs centenary this year, alongside an A319 in the current Chatham Dockyard livery, to capture a rare image of some of the airlineโs most iconic designs together.
The photos captured today also mark the fact that 50,000 customers have already flown around the globe on the four heritage liveries since they re-joined the fleet, with the Boeing 747s having travelled to destinations such as New York, Cape Town, Dubai and Lagos, while the BEA liveried Airbus A319 has flown far and wide across the airlinesโ UK and European network to cities including Manchester, Newcastle, Edinburgh, Milan, Zurich and Amsterdam.
Alex Cruz, British Airwaysโ Chairman and CEO, said: โThe excitement and pride that weโve witnessed from customers and colleagues as these heritage liveries, which we painted to mark our centenary, have flown around the globe has been unparalleled.
โSocial media has been fired up with images from travellers all over the world when theyโve spotted the aircraft and as some 50,000 people have now flown on them since they arrived back in the fleet we wanted to capture a special photo to share with them.โ
To capture the photo, the four heritage aircraft, which were in scheduled downtime and parked at the airlineโs engineering base, were lined up alongside an aircraft with the current Chatham Dockyard design.
The painstaking process of arranging them for the photo took over two (careful) hours.
The retro designs are part of a special series to mark British Airwaysโ centenary, as the airline celebrates its past while looking to the future and can be followed using tracking website Flightradar24, which features special images of the aircraft.
In this, its centenary year, British Airways is hosting a range of activities and events. As well as looking back, the airline is also hosting BA 2119 – a programme, which will lead the debate on the future of flying and explore the future of sustainable aviation fuels, the aviation careers of the future and the customer experience of the future.
The airline will be working with expert partners to identify BAโs 100 Great Britons; the people up and down the country who are currently shaping modern Britain, and of course, the year would not be complete without some special flying and moments for customers.
The centenary activity is taking place alongside the airlineโs current five-year ยฃ6.5bn investment for customers. This includes the installation of the best quality WiFi and power in every seat, fitting 128 long-haul aircraft with new interiors and taking delivery of 72 new aircraft. The airline has also revealed a brand-new business class seat with direct aisle access, the Club Suite, which will debut on the Airbus A350 later this year.
- The Boeing 747 in BOAC livery (G-BYGC) arrived in to LHR on February 18, 2019
- The Airbus A319 in BEA livery (G-EUPJ) arrived in to LHR on March 3, 2019
- The Boeing 747 in Landor livery (G-BNLY) arrived in to LHR on March 9, 2019
- The Boeing 747 in Negus livery (G-CIVB) arrived in to LHR on March 21, 2019
Photos: British Airways.
British Airways takes the top brand for the United Kingdom
British Airways has been voted the number one British brand in both the consumer and business Superbrands lists for 2019.
Over 1,500 brands were included in both surveys and British Airways was voted in fourth place in the Business Index and fifth place in the Consumer Index. The airline also secured the number one spot in the โTravel โ Airlinesโ category in the consumer survey, ahead of 18 of its competitors from the UK and internationally.
All voters were asked to judge brands against the three core factors inherent in a Superbrand: quality, reliability and distinction. According to the experts at Superbrands, brand perception and voting by individuals is also influenced by a range of both short and long-term factors, from the brandโs current profile to its latest marketing activities and new product and service developments, giving a holistic picture of how brands are currently perceived.
The business Superbrands voting process involving 2,500 UK business professionals, supplemented by an expert council comprising 24 senior business-to-business marketing leaders.
In addition to the British public vote in the consumer Superbrands survey, which was weighted to reflect the breadth of opinion across the whole country, all brands awarded Superbrand status were also highly rated by an objective and voluntary council of senior industry experts to provide a secondary quality control mechanism.
Brands do not pay or apply to be considered – in order to provide a broad review of the market and identify the strongest brands in each category, all the key players in each sector need to be voted on.
The research process was managed by The Centre for Brand Analysis (TCBA) in partnership with Dynata, one of the worldโs leading data research companies.
Top Copyright Photo: British Airways Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner G-ZBKM (msn 38629) LHR (SPA). Image: 944862.
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British Airways’ first early morning flight in 20 years takes off from Inverness
British Airways made this announcement:
The first British Airways early-morning flight between Inverness and London Heathrow for more than two decades took off from the Highland capital this morning.
BA Heathrow Flight
British Airways customers were piped on board the aircraft by members of the Inverness Royal British Legion Pipe Band which, like the airline, is celebrating its centenary this year.
The service was operated by an Airbus A319 aircraft registration G-EUPJ, in the heritage livery of BEA, part of British Airwaysโ centenary celebrations.
Above Copyright Photo: BEA – British Airways Airbus A319-131 G-EUPJ (msn 1232) LHR (Antony J. Best). Image: 945932.
The new Heathrow โ Inverness schedule will see a 30 percent increase in capacity on the route and brings the number of flights up to three return services on Saturdays and Sundays, with a double daily service Monday to Friday. From October British Airways will operate a double daily service between the two cities seven days a week.
This morningโs flight means that, for the first time since the route was reintroduced in 2016, British Airways customers will be able to travel between the two cities and return the same day, a major boost to the regionโs business sector.
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The final British Airways heritage livery arrives at London Heathrow
G-CIVB Rolling Out. Iain White – Fennell Photography.
British Airways has made this announcement:
The fourth and final British Airways aircraft in a heritage livery has touched down at Heathrow this morning.ย The Boeing 747-400 (above) adorns the Negus design which was originally on the British Airways fleet from 1974-1980.
The arrival of the aircraft rounds off a nostalgic few weeks for the aviation community.
Enthusiasts around the world have already been treated to a British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) liveried Boeing 747-400, a British European Airways (BEA) Airbus A319 and a British Airways Landor 747-400, which have collectively flown to more than 30 destinations across the UK, Europe, Africa, the Middle East and North America.
The special series of designs have been introduced to mark British Airwaysโ centenary, as the airline celebrates its past while looking to the future. Alongside the heritage liveries, all new aircraft entering the fleet, including the A350, will continue to receive todayโs Chatham Dockyard design.
Copyright Photo: Michael Kelly.
The Negus-liveried 747-400, registration G-CIVB, entered the IAC paint bay at Dublin Airport earlier this month where it was painted with the first version of the Negus livery which adorned the British Airways fleet from 1974-1980, directly after the merger of BOAC and BEA and the formation of the airline that customers know today. The aircraft will head to Cape Town later today for its first commercial flight in its retro design.
When it initially flew, the Negus livery was the first to carry โBritish Airwaysโ since 1939, when the original British Airways Limited merged with Imperial Airways to form BOAC. Interestingly, the Union Flag is not present on the side of the aircraft as, like the final BEA aircraft livery, the flag began to be fully celebrated on the aircraftโs tailfin instead.
In its centenary year, British Airways is hosting a range of activities and events. The airline is hosting BA 2119 – a program, which will lead the debate on the future of flying and explore the future of sustainable aviation fuels, the aviation careers of the future and the customer experience of the future.
The airline will be working with expert partners to identify BAโs 100 Modern Britons; the people up and down the country who are currently shaping modern Britain, and of course, the year would not be complete without creating some special moments for customers โ on and off board.
The centenary activity is taking place alongside the airlineโs current five-year ยฃ6.5bn investment for customers. This includes the installation of the best quality WiFi and power in every seat, fitting 128 long-haul aircraft with new interiors and taking delivery of 72 new aircraft. Earlier this week the airline also revealed its highly-anticipated new business class seat – ‘Club Suite’ – and confirmed it will arrive on the first of its A350 aircraft in July.
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