British Airways

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The UK's largest international scheduled airline, flying to over 550 destinations at convenient times, to the best located airports is British Airways. The British Airways group consists of British Airways Plc and a number of subsidiary companies including in particular British Airways Holidays Limited and British Airways Travel Shops Limited. Whether customers are in the air or on the ground, British Airways takes pride in providing a full service experience.

British Airways is one of the top ten leading cargo airlines in the world, carrying over 740 million kilos of freight, mail and courier traffic to nearly 200 destinations in over 80 countries each year. One of the many reasons why people choose British Airways World Cargo as their preferred freight carrier is our extensive global network. Customers around the world recognise the advantage of our mainline network, freighter schedule and our ability to provide bespoke logistics solutions that provide unrivalled flexibility.

British Airways World Cargo's portfolio of products has been designed to provide our customers with straightforward freighting solutions that are simple to use, easy to understand and focused on their key requirements for reliability and proactive communication. All our products have clearly defined, globally consistent standards and specifications, supported by a unique recovery promise and are designed to work with our extensive mainline and freighter networks.

British Airways World Cargo also handles freight at London's Gatwick and Stansted airports and, in conjunction with its partner British Airways Regional Cargo, all of the main regional airports throughout the UK. Services from these airports are supported by an extensive trucking network connecting them with the London hubs.

Alliances

British Airways co-operates with other airlines forming different types of alliances, which enable us to extend the number of destinations and benefits we can offer you. When you fly with these airlines, you will enjoy similar levels of service and the high standards that you expect from British Airways, either on the ground or in the air. When you book online, or via any other booking method, you will be advised if you will be travelling with another airline.

Corporate Responsibility

British Airways is committed to being a good neighbour, concerned for the community and environment. We continually strive to improve our social and environmental performance, with the objective of ensuring that our activities contribute to the sustainable development of the communities in which we operate.

Four main elements underpin British Airways' management of social and environmental issues and its approach to corporate responsibility:

Sound corporate policies; effectively communicated. Robust management systems for social and environmental issues. Open and honest reporting. Engagement with stakeholders.