   British Airways is the national flag carrier of the United Kingdom, and operates full international and domestic scheduled air services for the carriage of passengers, freight and mail and the provision of ancillary services. British Airways operates to 169 destinations around the world with a fleet of 256 aircraft. British Airways are one of the world’s leading scheduled premium international airlines. Their main principal place of business is Heathrow, one of the world’s premier airport locations, which serves a large geographical area with a comparatively high proportion of point-to-point business. The airline has 60 aircraft on order including 12 Airbus A380 super jumbos, and 8 Boeing 787 aircraft. Route: Belfast George Best City International Airport to London Heathrow Airport Departure date and time of flight: February 2013, 18:05pm Flight Number: BA1419 Flight duration: 50 minutes Class: Economy Class (AKA: Domestic flights are all Economy Class) Aircraft type: Airbus A320 Punctuality of the flight: The aircraft departed Belfast around 10 minutes late because the Captain had to get some paperwork completed, and also waited so that he could avoid holding too much in a stack over London (to get the slot for a straight in approach into Heathrow). Belfast Citry Airport is named after the former England football player the late George Best, and is a small airport, and the taxi from the terminal to the runway is very short (only about 4 minutes!). We landed on Heathrow’s runway 27 right, which provided an opportunity to get some awesome shots of Central London on final approach. Any baggage issues: No issues- the bags arrived on time and in one piece. Comments on the check- in staff and any issues: No check in issues. Everything went perfectly smoothly at Belfast. Comments regarding the pre-meal service: Choice of various hot and cold drinks Comments regarding the first meal: Since this was a domestic flight so not much was expected, but even then the usual sandwich was not offered. Instead a choice of a mixed nuts by Forest Feast (consisting of various nuts, fruits, and seeds), a packet of handmade crisps, and a packet of chocolate chip cookies by Lily O’Brians. Comments regarding the drinks service: A second round of drinks were offered after the meal. Comments regarding the in-flight snacks (if any): None in economy. Comments regarding the second meal (if any): None Comments on the in-flight system (if any): None Comments of professionalism of the cabin crew: The cabin crew were very professional and polite. Just a normal flight, without any incidents. Improvements that could be made: This was a great flight, and on such a short flight, it is difficult to find any faults. Everything was just fine. Comments on the interior of the aircraft (including seat comfort): British Airways have 46 Airbus A320 series aircraft in service. British Airways uses these aircraft for their short to medium haul routes within Europe and the United Kingdom. The aircraft is used from both Gatwick and Heathrow. The interior is a standard 3-3 for Economy Class on all domestic flights. The seats are all leather in navy blue colour (typical of the signature for British Airways). Overall rating 1-10 (worst-best): 10        The interior of the Airbus A320: Photo Copyright Navjot Singh            Beautiful London: Photo Copyright Navjot Singh  easyJet Airlines (London Gatwick Airport to Belfast International Airport), AIRBUS A320-2002/5/2013
  EasyJet is a British low-budget airline based at it's headquarters at London Luton Airport. With a fleet of 188 aircraft (including the largest number of Airbus A319's operated by any global airline at 138 aircraft), the airline flies to 134 destinations. The airline employees over 8,000 people in Europe. Apart from Luton, their other base is at Geneva Airport in Switzerland. Route: London Gatwick Airport to Belfast International Airport Departure date and time of flight: February 2013, 17:30pm Flight Number: EZY837 IATA Code: U2 IACO: EZY Flight duration: 1 hour and 5 minutes Class: Economy Class (only one class) Aircraft type: Airbus A320-200 Punctuality of the flight: The flight was on time and landed around 5 minutes early. Any baggage issues: No issues- the bags arrived on time and in one piece. Comments on the check-in staff and any issues: The check in staff were polite, and very professional. Gatwick Airport is never as busy as Heathrow, and the time taken to get from check-in through to the gate was around about 15 minutes at the most. Comments regarding the pre-meal service: None- food was available for purchase if anyone wanted to. Comments regarding the first meal: None- food was available for purchase if anyone wanted to. Comments regarding the drinks service: None- food was available for purchase if anyone wanted to. Comments regarding the in-flight snacks (if any): None- food was available for purchase if anyone wanted to. Comments regarding the second meal (if any): None- food was available for purchase if anyone wanted to. Comments on the in-flight system (if any): Just the in-flight Magazine for EasyJet, but no PVTs’. Improvements that could be made: None. Comments on the interior of the aircraft (including seat comfort): Very clean and beautiful. The colour scheme is all based on the trademark bright Orange colour. It’s so striking that when you are on a EasyJet flight, its difficult to get rid of the thought of eating a fresh bright Orange! EasyJet's fleet of Airbus A319s and A320s have a seat configuration of 3-3 on all their aircraft. Overall rating 1-10 (worst-best): 10  |
 Navjot Singh inside an Airbus A320 cockpit of British Airways at Heathrow Airport About Airline PRThis is a special section on Airline Branding, and Airline Public Relations written by me on all the flights I have been fortunate enough to have been on. These are not records taken from somewhere else, but are actual flights I have been on. Most of the flight trips are officially sponsored by the airline companies in order to promote their certain routes, and aircraft. Airline promotion and PR related work in the aviation industry is one of my expertise. 
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