Airline company British Airways is the flag carrier airline of the United Kingdom and its largest airline

e based on fleet size, international flights and international destinations. When measured by passengers carried it is second-largest, behind easyJet.Wikipedia Headquarters: HARMONDSWORTH, ENG, United Kingdom CEO: Keith Williams Founded: March 31, 1974 British Airways (BA) is the flag carrier airline of the United Kingdom and its largest airline based on fleet size, international flights and international destinations. When measured by passengers carried it is second-largest, behind easyJet. The airline is based inWaterside near its main hub at London Heathrow Airport. A British Airways Board was established by the United Kingdom government in 1972 to manage the two nationalised airline corporations, British Overseas Airways Corporation and British European Airways, and two smaller, regional airlines, Cambrian Airways, from Cardiff, and Northeast Airlines, from Newcastle upon Tyne. On 31 March 1974, all four companies were merged to form British Airways. After almost 13 years as a state company, British Airways was privatised in February 1987 as part of a wider privatisation plan by the Conservative Government. The carrier soon expanded with the acquisition of British Caledonian in 1987, Dan-Air in 1992 and British Midland International in 2012. British Airways is a founding member of the Oneworld airline alliance, along with American Airlines, Cathay Pacific, Qantas, and the now defunct Canadian Airlines. The alliance has since grown to become the third-largest, after SkyTeam and Star Alliance. British Airways merged with Iberia on 21 January 2011, formally creating the International Airlines Group (IAG), the world's third-largest airline group in terms of annual revenue and the second-largest in Europe. IAG is listed on the London Stock Exchange and in the FTSE 100 Index. A long-time Boeing customer, British Airways ordered 59 Airbus A320 family aircraft in August 1998. In 2007, it purchased 12 Airbus A380s and 24 Boeing 787 Dreamliners, marking the start of its longhaul fleet replacement. The centrepiece of the airline's long-haul fleet is the Boeing 747-400; with 55 examples in the fleet, British Airways is the largest operator of this type in the world.

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British Airways World Cargo

British Airways World Cargo is the world's fifth largest international cargo airline, a core British Airways business, and a profit centre in its own right. A worldwide operation with UK stations at Manchester, Birmingham and Glasgow airports, carrying almost a million tonnes of freight, mail and courier shipments every year to 200 destinations in more than 80 countries. The BA network and our

freighter programme make us one of the largest single carrier networks with a reliable schedule, same day connections between most continents and destinations, and extensive road connections. Our cargo terminal at Heathrow, Ascentis, is one of the largest and most advanced automated freight handling systems in the world. The size of six football pitches, with elevated transfer vehicles and a bar-coding system instantly tracking a piece of freight at any point on its journey. Ascentis is also linked to our cargo business centre Carrus.

A cargo operation at Gatwick and a perishables centre at Heathrow support Ascentis and Carrus. Heathrow also has a Special Handling Centre managing time critical services for our couriers and express delivery customers. As a leading member of the industry body Cargo 2000, we have established electronic trading processes, however our focus on people remains. We continue to remain dedicated to delivering thoughtful service to freight customers around the world through a developed portfolio of products tailored to meet the individual customers needs. Our flying know-how is supported by all the specialist functions you'd expect in a multi-million pound global organisation - from marketing, finance to IT and business planning. Whilst many of our Team Leaders, Shift Managers and Business Managers are recruited from within, there are also fantastic external opportunities to join the experienced operational and commercial teams worldwide. Within the many other roles on offer everyone takes pride in delivering high levels of performance and thoughtful customer service.