{"id":3686,"date":"2019-02-05T12:25:24","date_gmt":"2019-02-05T18:25:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planesintheair.com\/?p=3686"},"modified":"2019-02-05T12:25:26","modified_gmt":"2019-02-05T18:25:26","slug":"18-reasons-to-fly-with-british-airways-in-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/?p=3686","title":{"rendered":"18 REASONS TO FLY WITH BRITISH AIRWAYS IN 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

British Airways\u2019 new year\u2019s resolution is to provide its customers with even more quality and choice in every cabin on every route – \u00a0with a \u00a36.5bn investment and 18 great reasons to look forward to flying with the airline in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are some of the reasons to fly with British Airways this year:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. New routes. Customers can try out the airline\u2019s new routes to Charleston y\u2019all, with Pittsburgh, Osaka, Kos and Corsica, Ljubljana, Montpellier, among others. It\u2019s the airline\u2019s most extensive route network in more than a decade. \u00a0\u00a0<\/li>
  2. New aircraft. Customers can fly on one of the carrier\u2019s 15 plush new aircraft being delivered this year \u2013 including four fabulous A350 aircraft.<\/li>
  3. A brand-new Club World seat, featuring on the new A350 aircraft, and two 777 aircraft by the end of the year.<\/li>
  4. WiFi. The best, live streaming WiFi on all short-haul flights and the vast majority of long-haul flights so customers can sit back and enjoy films and TV shows from their favourite streaming service.<\/li>
  5. A new look for First. New first-class dining, bedding and amenity kits from one of the UK\u2019s best-loved designers.<\/li>
  6. An industry-leading makeover for World Traveller Plus. Look out for\u00a0new bedding and new dining\u00a0 in this intimate and exclusive cabin.<\/li>
  7. New lounges for customers to relax and enjoy ahead of their flight, in San Francisco, Johannesburg, Geneva and JFK.<\/li>
  8. An extended partnership with premium dining supremo Do&Co, the airline\u2019s new in-flight caterer from Heathrow and already providing meals in Club Europe.<\/li>
  9. A new ba.com homepage, making booking with British Airways even easier and more intuitive.<\/li>
  10. New partners for the British Airways Executive Club, offering even more ways to collect and spend Avios.<\/li>
  11. Digital bag tags. A UK airline first. Sync your personal baggage tag with the BA app, drop your luggage at the airport, and fly.<\/li>
  12. Self-service baggage drops at Heathrow T3 offering customers the same service as T5.<\/li>
  13. Facial recognition technology. More biometric technology at Heathrow, London City and Gatwick, New York JFK, Orlando, Los Angeles, Miami and many more. The system makes boarding faster and more convenient, helping British Airways depart flights on, or ahead of time.<\/li>
  14. New emissions-free, remote-controlled pushback vehicles for long-haul aircraft to continue to improve punctuality. Short-haul versions reduced pushback delays by more than 70 per cent.<\/li>
  15. New winter equipment \u2013 helping British Airways safely de-ice its fleet of almost 300 aircraft quicker than ever during the frosty winter months.<\/li>
  16. Hotel reservations. Investment in new technology will see rooms automatically booked for customers who miss their flights due to disruption.<\/li>
  17. Enhanced\u00a0customer service. Almost 30,000 staff will receive the airline\u2019s all-new customer service training. \u00a0At T5 \u2013 more airport hosts than ever before are being re-trained to manage any customer issue, from re-booking to upgrades, lounge access, baggage and transfer queries and flight information.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>
  18. And last but not least \u2013 look out for British Airways\u2019 Centenary celebrations. It\u2019s going to be 100 years\u2019 old this year, and will be celebrating in style, sharing its heritage and looking at what to expect from flying in the future.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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    A British Airways 787 Dreamliner G-BBJA flying over Derby ‘s Rolls Royce sites.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    Story and image from http:\/\/www.britishairways.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    British Airways\u2019 new year\u2019s resolution is to provide its customers with even more quality and choice in every cabin on every route – with a \u00a36.5bn investment and 18 great reasons to look forward to flying with the airline in 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[798,797,89,799,2203,1397,868,1103],"tags":[205,49,47,464,92,625,3294,3298,41,624,3289,851,2698,3291,1767,1907,1671,2880,729,3296,3297,620,915,3295,3293,3292,87,1936,718,412,1890,3290,2047,719,2879,1162],"class_list":["post-3686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-airbus-news","category-airline-news","category-aviation-news","category-boeing-news","category-finance-news","category-stock-news","category-transportation-news","category-travel-news","tag-205","tag-a350","tag-airbus","tag-aircraft","tag-airport","tag-airways","tag-amenity","tag-avios","tag-boeing","tag-british","tag-charleston","tag-class","tag-club","tag-corsica","tag-europe","tag-executive","tag-first","tag-francisco","tag-gatwick","tag-geneva","tag-heathrow","tag-iag","tag-jfk","tag-johannesburg","tag-kit","tag-kos","tag-london","tag-network","tag-new","tag-news","tag-orlando","tag-osaka","tag-pittsburgh","tag-routes","tag-san","tag-york"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3686"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3686\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3688,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3686\/revisions\/3688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}