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I-British Airways yasungulwa ngo-Agasti 26, 1919, njengeThuthi zoThutho kunye nohambo oluPhezulu. Yasebenzisa inkonzo yehlabathi yosuku lokuqala lwe-air-scheduled air-flight from London ukuya eParis, ithwele umgibeli omnye, kunye nemithwalo enokubandakanya amaphephandaba, i-Devonshire cream, i-jam kunye ne-grouse.
Ngowe-1940, urhulumente wabumba i-British Overseas Airways Corporation (i-BOAC) ukuqhuba iinkonzo zeMfazwe yehlabathi II.
Kwiminyaka emithandathu kamva, iBritish European Airways (BEA) kunye neBritish South American Airways (BSAA) zadalwa ukuphatha iindiza zorhwebo kwiYurophu naseMzantsi Melika, ngokulandelanayo.
Ngowe-1974, i-BOAC ne-BEA zadibaniswa ukudala iBritish Airways. Umphathiswa wabhalwa ngo-1987. Emva konyaka, i-British Airways idibanise ne-British Caledonian Airways yaseGitwick.
I-airline ine-40,000 abasebenzi abandakanya i-cabin crew abayi-15,000, abangaphezu kwama-4,000 abaqhubi, kunye nabasebenzi abangaphezulu kwama-10,000. Inika amathuba kubafundi nabafundi.
I-British Airways, kunye ne-Iberia, i-Aer Lingus kunye neVueling, inxalenye ye-Spain International International Group, enye yeqela elikhulu zehlabathi. Ukudibanisa, iinqwelo zeenqwelo-moya ze-IAG zineenqwelo ezingama-533 ezindiza kwiindawo ezingama-274 ezithwele abagibeli abayizigidi ezingama-95 ngonyaka.
Ikomkhulu: I- Waterside, eNgilani
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I-airline ineenqwelo-moya ezi-400 kunye neendidi ezili-14, ukusuka kwi-70-seat Embraer 170 ukuya kwi-jumbo jet ye- Airbus A380 .
Iphuma kwiLondon Heathrow ukuya kwiindawo ezingaphezu kwama-190 kumazwe angama-80.
Sihlalo seMephu
IiHobs: iLondon Heathrow, iWatwick Airport
INkosikazi uElizabeth Elizabeth II yavula ngokusemthethweni i-British Airways 'i-flagship Terminal 5 eLondon Heathrow ngo-Matshi 14, 2008. Esi siza sakhiwe kwisakhiwo esikhulu, kunye nezakhiwo zeSatellite B kunye neC ezixhunywe ngesitimela okanye indlela yokuhamba, ukuhamba kakuhle emva kwendiza ende.
Inombolo yefowuni: 1 (800) 247-9297
Inkqubo yeFlyer Programme / I-Global Alliance: iQela eliLawulayo / Oneworld
Iingozi kunye neziganeko:
Ngomhla wama-29 kuDisemba 2000, i-British Airways Flight 2069 yayisendleleni esuka eLondon iya eNairobi xa umgibeli ogula ngengqondo engena kwi-cockpit kwaye wayibamba ukulawula. Njengoko abaqhubi beenqwelo-moya bezama ukususa umgcini, iBoeing 747-400 igqitywe kabini kwaye ibhanki ibe ngama-94 degrees. Abantu abaningana ebhodini babenzakaliswe ngukunyanzeliswa kobundlobongela okwenza ukuba i-moya ihlawule nge-30,000 ft ngomzuzu. Le ndoda yagqitywa ngokuncediswa ngabagibeli abaningana kwaye umqhubi-mqhubi wafumana kwakhona ulawulo. Uhambo lwenqwelo-moya lwafika ngokuphepha eNairobi.
Ngomhla ka-17 kuJanuwari 2008, i-British Airways Flight 38, yahlaselwa-kungabikho ukufa, ukulimala okubi kunye nokulimala okulishumi elinesibini.
Ngomhla wama-22 kuDisemba 2013, i-British Airways Flight 34, ingozi yatshitshise isakhiwo, akukho nzakalo phakathi kwabasebenzi okanye abagibeli abayi-189, nangona kunjalo abasebenzi abane basebenzakala xa iphiko lichithwa kwisakhiwo. [158]
Iindaba ze-Airline: I- Media Centre
Inqaku elibalulekileyo: Iqoqo le-British Airways Heritage liqokelele ngokubanzi olubonisa ukuba kwakhiwa, ukuphuhliswa kunye nokusebenza kwe-British Airways kunye neenkampani zayo zangaphambili.
I-BA yenziwa emva kokuhlanganiswa kwe-British Overseas Airways Corporation kunye ne-British Airways yaseBrithani, kunye neenqwelo zeenqwelo-moya ze-Cambrian Airways kunye ne-Northeast Airlines ngo-1974. Emva kokuba i-airline ifihliwe ngo-1987, yanda ngokufumana iBritish Caledonian, iDan-Air kunye ne-British Midland. Iqoqo libuye libuyele kwiimemorabilia zeenqwelo zeenqwelo zeenqwelo zeenqwelo zeenqwelo-moya, kunye neefomferensi ezingaphezu kwe-130 ukususela kwiminyaka ye-1930 ukuya kutsho namhlanje, kunye neqoqo elikhulu lemifanekiso yeenqwelo moya kunye nemifanekiso.