British Airways is the UK's largest international scheduled airline, flying to over 550 destinations at convenient times, to the best located airports.
Its main network hubs are London's Heathrow and Gatwick airports.

The British Airways brand is also carried by a range of franchise partners: BMed, Comair (South Africa), GB Airways, Loganair and Sunair (Scandinavia).

The British Airways group consists of British Airways Plc and a number of subsidiary companies including BAConnect, British Airways Holidays Limited and British Airways Travel Shops Limited.

British Airways is a founder member of the oneworld alliance, which includes American Airlines, Cathay Pacific, Qantas, Finnair, Iberia, Aer Lingus and LAN as its global partners.

In the 12 months ended March 31, 2006 the British Airways group operated a total fleet of 284 aircraft and carried over 35.5 million passengers.