Airline Essentials - British Airways

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British Airways tau tsim muaj rau lub Yim Hli 26, 1919, raws li Aircraft Thauj thiab Ncig Tebchaws Txwv. Nws ua haujlwm rau ntiaj teb thawj hnub huab cua hauv kev pab cuam - lub davhlau ntawm London mus rau Paris, tau nqa ib tus neeg nrog caij, nrog rau cov khoom thauj nrog cov ntawv xov xwm, Devonshire Lee, cov kab thiab cov khib nyiab.

Nyob rau hauv 1940, tsoomfwv tsim British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) los khiav haujlwm rau World War II.

Rau xyoo tom qab, British European Airways (BEA) thiab British South American Airways (BSAA) raug tsim los tswj cov npav coj mus muag rau Tebchaws Europe thiab South America, raws li.

Xyoo 1974, BOAC thiab BEA tau sib sau ua ke los tsim British Airways. Tus neeg tsav tsheb tau qiv hauv xyoo 1987. Ib xyoos tom qab, British Airways tau sib koom nrog Gatwick-raws li British Caledonian Airways.

Lub tshav dav hlau muaj 40,000 tus neeg ua haujlwm nrog rau 15,000 tus neeg coob coob, ntau tshaj 4,000 tus neeg tsav tsheb, thiab ntau tshaj 10,000 tus neeg ua haujlwm hauv av. Nws muaj sijhawm rau cov kawm tiav thiab kawm tiav.

British Airways, nrog rau Iberia, Aer Lingus thiab Vueling, yog ib feem ntawm Spain lub International Airlines Group, yog ib lub ntiaj teb cov dav hlau coob. Ua ke, IAG tus tswvcuab airlines muaj 533 aircraft uas ya mus rau 274 destinations nqa ze li ntawm 95 lab neeg caij tsheb rau ib xyoos.

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Lub dav hlau muaj ze li ntawm 400 aircraft thiab 14 hom, xws li ntawm 70-tog Embajer 170 rau Airbus A380 jumbo dav hlau.

Nws yoov tawm ntawm London Heathrow rau ntau tshaj 190 destinations hauv 80 lub teb chaws.

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Queen Elizabeth II tau qhib British Airways 'flagship Terminal 5 ntawm London Heathrow thaum Lub Peb Hlis 14, 2008. Lub vev xaib yog tsim los ntawm lub tsev loj, nrog rau cov chaw B thiab C cov tsev uas txuas nrog lub tsheb ciav hlau los yog cov kev taug kev mus los, uas yog zoo stroll tom qab lub davhlau ntev.

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Ntawm 29 Lub Kaum Ob Hlis Ntuj 2000, British Airways Flight 2069 yog txoj kev los ntawm London mus rau Nairobi thaum muaj kev puas siab ntsws neeg nkag mus rau hauv lub cockpit thiab tuav cov tswj. Raws li cov pilots tawm tsam tshem tawm cov neeg phem, lub Boeing 747-400 stalled ob zaug thiab banked mus rau 94 degrees. Muaj ntau tus neeg ntawm pawg thawj coj tau raug mob los ntawm kev sib ntaus sib tua maneuvers uas luv luv ua rau lub davhlau rau 30,000 ft ib feeb twg. Tus txiv neej yog thaum kawg khi nrog kev pab los ntawm ntau tus neeg caij tsheb thiab cov nqi tsav rov qab tswj hwm. Lub davhlau tsaws nyab xeeb hauv Nairobi.

Ntawm 17 Lub Ib Hlis 2008, British Airways Davhlau 38, tsoo tsaws - tsis muaj kev tuag, raug mob hnyav thiab kaum ob raug mob.

Thaum 22 Lub Kaum Ob Hlis Ntuj 2013, British Airways Davhlau 34, sib tsoo hauv tsev, tsis muaj kev raug mob ntawm cov neeg coob los yog 189 neeg caij tsheb, tab sis plaub tug tswv cuab ntawm cov neeg ua hauj lwm hauv tsev raug mob thaum lub kooj tis ntaus hauv lub tsev. [158]

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Qhov Tseem Ceeb: Cov British Airways Heritage Collection yog ib phau ntawv tseem ceeb uas yog cov ntaub ntawv tsim, kev loj hlob thiab kev lag luam ntawm British Airways thiab nws cov tuam txhab ntawm cov thawj.

BA yog tsim los tom qab sib koom ua ke ntawm British Overseas Airways Corporation thiab British European Airways, nrog lub regional airlines Cambrian Airways thiab Northeast Airlines thaum xyoo 1974. Tom qab lub dav hlau tau txais ntawv cog lus nyob rau hauv 1987, nws tau ntxiv los ntawm kev txais British Caledonian, Dan-Air thiab British Midland. Tus sau los kuj yog nyob hauv lub tsev kawm ntawv lub memorabilia thiab artifacts, nrog rau ntau dua 130 tsho ntawm lub sijhawm xyoo 1930 mus txog rau tam sim no, nrog rau kev sau cov dav hlau dav dav thiab cov duab.