British Airways (BA) is the flag carrier airline of the United Kingdom, based in Waterside, near its main hub at London Heathrow Airport. It is the largest airline in the UK based on fleet size, international flights and international destinations and second largest measured by passengers carried, behind easyJet.
The company also offers airline marketing, healthcare, aircraft leasing, engineering, bond, finance, trust, call center, insurance, transport, and ground services, as well as operates tours. It operates approximately 290 aircraft covering approximately 200 destinations in 80 countries.
London-based International Airlines Group is the combination of Aer Lingus from Ireland, British Airways, and Spanish airlines Iberia and Vueling. Yearly, the group transports nearly 97 million passengers to 255 locations on its fleet of 525 aircraft.
In 2014, the Skytrax World Airline Awards included all four group airlines in the World’s Top 100 Airlines in 2015 list with British Airways coming it at #17, Aer Lingus at #65, Iberia at #67, and Vueling rounding out the list at #96.
