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Trade Newsletter – January 2013

NEW AIRCRAFT SEAT CONFIGURATIONS REVEALED

Two hundred and fourteen customers will enjoy the comforts of the new WELCOME TO Dreamliner and the A380 will be the largest aircraft in the , with 469 customers.

THE LATEST The 24 Dreamliners and 12 A380s will feature the elegant cabin designs fitted on British EDITION OF THE Airways’ new 777-300ER aircraft, which have proved hugely popular with customers. BRITISH AIRWAYS British Airways is set to be the first European airline to operate both new aircraft types, with its first Dreamliner arriving in May and A380 deliveries starting in July.

NEWSLETTER The British Airways Dreamliner will have 35 seats for customers in the new Club World triple configuration of 2:3:2; 25 seats in a World Traveller Plus layout of 2:3:2; and a further I hope you all thoroughly enjoyed the 154 seats for those travelling in World Traveller, with a 3:3:3 configuration. festive season and are now nicely settled into 2013. On the British Airways A380 there will be 14 seats in First on the main deck, with extra personal and stowage space; the Club World cabin will feature 44 seats in a 2:4:2 Looking forward to 2013, I think we configuration; and there will be 199 seats in World Traveller, with a 3:4:3 layout. have a very exciting year ahead. We’ll The A380 upper deck will feature 53 seats in the new Club World triple configuration of be welcoming the A380 and B787 2:3:2; 55 seats in a 2:3:2 World Traveller Plus layout; and World Traveller will have 104 seats Dreamliner to our fleet of aircraft in a 2:4:2 configuration. as well as adding new routes to our ever-growing list of destinations. This Both new aircraft will also feature the airline’s latest Thales in-flight entertainment system, is a great opportunity to offer our which offers customers 50 per cent more movies, 200 per cent more TV shows and 200 customers more choice and convenience. per cent more audio programmes and music.

This newsletter talks about the seat Customers will also benefit from new larger screens in all cabins and an easier to use system configurations on these new aircraft with shortcut buttons. They will also be able to connect personal devices, such as laptops as well as details of our services to and use the in-seat power available for the first time in all cabins. Chengdu that have recently become available for sale. NEW BRITISH AIRWAYS - I trust you find this newsletter informative CODESHARES (BA*AB) and helpful and I hope you have a great month. Thank you again for supporting The British Airways code has now been added to Air Berlin’s services between Berlin British Airways and Happy New Year. (TXL) and Gdansk (GDN), which is Poland’s largest port and a major industrial centre situated in the north of the country on the Baltic Sea coast. In addition, Air Berlin’s code has been added to our London Heathrow (LHR) - Hanover (HAJ) flights.

FLIGHT ROUTING TIMINGS NUMBER

Berlin Tegel (TXL) - Gdansk BA*AB7699 17:20/18:30 (GDN)

Gdansk (GDN) - Berlin Tegel BA*AB7698 11:10/12:15 Jackie Clark, (TXL) Trade Sales Manager MORE FLIGHTS MORE TIME TO WATCH INFLIGHT TO MEXICO FOR ENTERTAINMENT (IFE) SUMMER 2013 British Airways has become the first UK airline to enable customers to watch their in-flight entertainment screens from the second they reach their seat to the moment British Airways will be adding a Tuesday they arrive at their destination. departure between Heathrow and Mexico City for Summer 2013, increasing From 1 December, British Airways customers will be able to spend even more time – our frequency from four to five flights up to an hour more – enjoying movies, top TV shows and a wide selection of music per week. The extra LHR-MEX rotation onboard the airline’s flights. will be on Tuesdays and will start from 2 April 2013. All flights will be operated by a -400 with a 4-cabin configuration (F/C/W/Y). *Flights are now available for sale*

NEW BA ROUTE TO CHENGDU IN CHINA British Airways will begin flying to Chengdu (CTU) in China from 22nd September 2013.

• Chengdu is the capital of Sichuan Province in Southwest China and will become BA’s 3rd destination in mainland China NEW BRITISH AIRWAYS - • BA will operate 3 x weekly LHR-CTU on Tue, Thu and Sun, using a 4 cabin B777-200ER CODESHARE • Flights are now available for sale British Airways will codeshare with Loganair on Flight details their route between (DUB) and Donegal (CFN). The flights are operated by Loganair for FLIGHT NBR ROUTING TIMINGS DAYS OF WEEK AIRCRAFT TYPE . Flights are sold on a connecting basis to British Airways’ London Heathrow (LHR) BA089 LHR-CTU 1530/0855hrs Tue, Thu, Sun B777-200ER to Dublin services. Loganair flights with British 4 cabin config Airways’ code will operate twice daily between BA088 CTU-LHR 1055/1500 Mon, Wed, Fri Dublin Terminal 1 and Donegal. The minimum *arrives next day connecting time at Dublin (DUB) is 45 minutes. Carry-on baggage is restricted to 6kg. Check-in Chengdu is the major city of a fast growing region of 87 million people, with a USD340 billion baggage is restricted to 1 x 23kg for these flights. economy based on agriculture, heavy industry, car manufacture, aerospace and defence.

Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport is located approx 16kms (10miles) southwest of the city centre, it is linked to downtown by Expressway and several airport buses ply to different parts of the city. BA will operate from Terminal 1, together with affiliate, Dragonair and oneworld designate, . It is the 5th busiest passenger and cargo airport in mainland China, handling aprroximately 30 million passengers per year.

Tourism is well established in Sichuan with panda visits at the Bifeng Gorge Panda Research Center, tours of the mountainous region on the Tibetan border, the dinosaur museum of Zigong and the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Mount Emei where the giant Buddha of Leshan is located.