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Regional Trade Newsletter – February 2012

FANTASTIC FARES TO INDIA FROM THE REGIONS

Travelling to India is now simpler and Terminal 5 with double daily flights more affordable for your customers with to Delhi and Mumbai, daily flights British Airways’ new range of competitive to Bangalore and five flights a week fares in our World Traveller and World to Hyderabad and Chennai. Traveller Plus cabins. Additional connections are available Our great deals offer low fares all year through our partners giving your round from Manchester, Newcastle customers even more opportunities and Glasgow to India’s most popular to earn Avios, which they can redeem destinations; Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, on reward flights and cabin upgrades Hyderabad and Chennai. WELCOME TO THE For more information, speak to your LATEST EDITION OF Convenient schedules offer quick onward British Airways Account Manager. connections at Heathrow BRITISH AIRWAYS’ TRADE NEWSLETTER FOR THE REGIONS.

This newsletter is dedicated exclusively to our partners and colleagues working outside of London, and will help to keep you updated with all the latest news concerning our operations in your local area. In this edition you’ll find information about a new range of fares to India from popular airports throughout the UK. You’ll also find details of an upgraded offering on USA AND CANADA DOMESTIC ADD-ONS board American REDUCED TO ZERO flights, as well as extra capacity on our Glasgow Domestic add-ons to and from Aberdeen (ABZ), Edinburgh (EDI), Glasgow (GLA), Manchester to Heathrow routes. (MAN), Newcastle (NCL) and Jersey (JER) have been reduced to £0 (zero) for all journeys to and from the USA and Canada. I trust you will find this newsletter useful and This changes applies to all booking classes and all cabins. I would like to thank you for all your support in helping to sell British Airways to your customers. Warm regards,

Jackie Clark, Trade Sales Manager Dine Pair your favourite beverage with exciting, flavourful meal options, developed by our experienced culinary team who play an instrumental role in developing inflight menu offerings to enhance your dining experience onboard American. And Relax Make your experience more relaxing, productive and enjoyable from the moment you step on board to the moment COMPLIMENTARY BEER AND you arrive at your destination. So whether you want to relax in the Admirals Club lounge before your flight, stay productive or WINE WITH just be entertained with newly-released movies, audio and games Enjoy complimentary beer and wine when you travel in the from our extensive library - you can fly without putting your life main cabin onboard AmericanAirlines’ international flights from on pause. 1 February. Customers travelling on American Airlines operated flights between the U.S. and Europe, the U.S. and Asia and/or Whether you’re embarking on a trip or planning a future onboard long-haul flights between the U.S. and Argentina, Brazil, adventure, American Airlines now offers you even more access Chile, and Uruguay can choose from a variety of complimentary to hundreds of destinations around the world and a range beer and wine options, in addition to the full selection of of services and benefits to make your worldwide travel easier nonalcoholic beverages. and more rewarding. Wine American Airlines collaborates closely with classically trained

wine maker and viticulturist Ken Chase to hand-select fine wines *Complimentary Beer and Wine Service is available in international main cabins onboard for various routes, paying close attention to menu parings, as well international flights between the U.S. and Europe, the U.S. and Asia and select flights between the U.S. and Latin America, including: Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil (CNF); Brasilia, Distrito as the ethnic, cultural, seasonal and stylistic differences for each Federal, Brazil (BSB); Buenos Aires, Argentina (EZE); Rio De Janeiro, Brazil (GIG); Sao Paulo, Brazil destination. Our award winning wines are custom-designed (GRU); Santiago, Chile (SCL); Montevideo, Uruguay (MVD); Salvador, Bahia, Brazil (SSA); and Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil (REC). Beer and wine offerings will vary by flight. As they are today, to best fit the particular market being served and complement all nonalcoholic beverages will remain as complimentary offerings in all classes of service and all our inflight menus. beverages will remain as complimentary offerings in First and . FLIGHTS OPERATED BY REGIONAL Iberia Nostrum, Iberia’s franchise partner for regional flights, continues to operate services from both Manchester and Glasgow to , offering good connections to Iberia’s South American network. Under the IB franchise, the MAN-MAD operates as a daily flight and the GLA-MAD operates on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Route Flight Days of Route Flight Days of Operation Operation MANMAD BA7265 Daily GLAMAD BA7267 Tues,Thurs MADMAN BA7266 Daily MADGLA BA7268 Tues,Thurs BRITISH AIRWAYS INCREASE IN CAPACITY ON GLASGOW – HEATHROW

British Airways has increased the number of seats on its Glasgow – Notes on the 767 aircraft: Heathrow service by 25 percent to meet the additional demand. • The aircraft operates one return service on Monday, The increase means an additional 4,000 seats a week are now Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday of each week. available on the route during this winter flying season compared • It operates as BA1472, departing Heathrow at 7.05am, arriving in with the corresponding 2010/2011 winter season. Glasgow at 8.30am, returning as the BA1477, departing Glasgow at 9.30am, arriving into Heathrow at 11am. From January 2012, the number of return services per week between Glasgow and Heathrow has increased to 67, providing Summer 2012 134 flights between the airports. In addition, we will be increasing our frequency in weekend flying to Glasgow as part of the Summer season. In the corresponding period last year we operated a maximum of 57 roundtrips per week. This extra flight will be available for travel between 06 July - 09 September. In addition to more flights, capacity on the Glasgow – Heathrow route has been boosted by using 252-seat Boeing 767 aircraft Route Flight Days of to operate return services four times a week. Operation British Airways also operates up to five return services a day LHRGLA 1490 5 between Glasgow and and up to four GLALHR 1491 6 a day between Glasgow and Gatwick.