A guide to British airways routes
Author: Jez Rourke



British Airways is the largest international scheduled
airline in the United Kingdom, operating flights to over
500 destinations worldwide. The beginnings of British
Airways can be traced right back to the mid twenties when
four airlines merged to form Imperial Airways.

In 1936 another three companies formed British Airways and
a total merger of these companies in 1939 saw the formation
of BOAC. There have been several name changes between then
and today but in 1986 they once again returned to British
Airways.

Today British Airways offers low fares all the year round.
They have an extensive global network that opertes to and
from some of the most important airports. Here in the UK
they fly from Aberdeen, Barra, Belfast International,
Benbecula, Bristol, Cambeltown, Edinburgh, Glasgow,
Inverness, Islay, Jersey, Kirkwall, Leeds Bradford,
Lerwick, London City, Gatwick and Heathrow, Manchester,
Newcastle, Stornoway, Tiree, Wick and Sumburgh.

Many of British Airways routes are serviced via their
extensive list of partners. This is possible due to them
starting the Oneworld airline alliance. Although the main
hub for British Airways is Heathrow and Gatwick, you will
find partners such as Loganair operating on short flights
out of Aberdeen, Glasgow and Edinburgh, Flybe operating
from Manchester to Aberdeen, Aer Lingus from Heathrow to
Belfast International and BA City Flyer operating out of
London City to Amsterdam, Barcelona, Dublin, Edinburgh,
Frankfurt, Geneva, Glasgow, Lyon, Madrid, nice, Warsaw and
Zurich. Cities not covered in this list may operate BMI.

Flybe, the low cost airlines, also operate from Birmingham
to Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Milan, Paris and
Stuttgart. Other airlines operating on the same routes as
British airways routes include Iberia, SN Brussels
Airlines, Malév and Qantas. The list of routes the
British Airways brand themselves fly to and from is
exhaustive and it is sufficient to say that they cover
every corner of the world.

British Airways offer regular seat sales and special offers
on many of their routes. Sometimes a car hire company or
hotel chain sponsors these. Seats can be booked on BA
flights up to a year in advance. It really does pay to book
early as low fares are limited and sold subject to
availability, so this means they are soon snatched up and
fares will generally be more expensive the closer you book
to your intended departure date.

You can save money on long haul British Airway routes by
including a Saturday night and the best way to get the
lowest price is to book and buy your tickets online.

You can also check in and print off a boarding passes
online and there are check in kiosks at many airports, but
be aware that check in times differ from airport to
airport. Some smaller airports only require twenty minutes,
whereas those operating British Airways long haul routes
will require forty-five minutes. There are fast bag drop
machines available at many airports to drop off hold
luggage, as long as you have aready used the self-service
check in or have checked-in online.


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