Regional Trade Newsletter – October 2011

FLY IN STYLE WITH BRITISH AIRWAYS DOMESTIC FLIGHTS

When your customers fly with • They can catch up on the latest news British Airways on Domestic flights with our selection of complimentary they can enjoy an all-inclusive newspapers experience that includes: Complimentary refreshments and snacks A choice of how to check in and • Your customers can enjoy complimentary where to sit refreshments from our extensive bar • Your customers can check in, select selection of carefully selected wines, their seat and print their boarding pass beers and spirits, including fruit juices, from 24 hours before flight departure teas and coffees WELCOME TO on ba.com, or using an Internet mobile • They can enjoy a hot breakfast on our BRITISH AIRWAYS’ phone at ba2go.com. For a small fee early morning flights and complimentary they can also select their preferred seat drinks and snacks are available TRADE NEWSLETTER from the time of booking throughout the day FOR MANCHESTER • At the airport they can check in at a Extensive network and frequent Check-in kiosk and drop their bags from flyer benefits AND THE NORTH three hours before their flight departs • Our extensive network means we fly WEST with speed and ease to centrally located airports at the most Free generous hand baggage and convenient times. And whenever your I’m delighted to introduce checked in baggage allowance customers choose British Airways they you to the very first edition • Your customers can take one standard can relax with the peace of mind that of our newsletter dedicated sized hand baggage and one laptop sized they will have experts to help them exclusively to our partners bag, handbag or briefcase. Plus they can throughout their journey, both on and colleagues working check in one piece of hold baggage up the ground and in the air in Manchester and the to 23kgs • Plus the British Airways Executive North West. A comfortable onboard experience Club will recognise and reward your • Your customers can relax in our customers by allowing them to collect This regular publication will ergonomically designed leather seat BA Miles* when they fly with us, which help to keep you updated with with a 31 inch seat pitch, making their can be used for reward flights all the latest news concerning journey a more comfortable one * Effective 16 November 2011, BA Miles will be our operations in your local renamed to Avios area. In this first edition you’ll find information about new routes operated with our NEW FLIGHTS MAD-MAN OPERATED BY IBERIA partner airlines that will offer REGIONAL AIR NOSTRUM your customers more choice We are pleased to announce that Iberia Regional Air Nostrum, Iberia’s franchise partner for and freedom to all corners regional flights, will be operating a new service from Manchester to Madrid on a daily basis of the globe. from 30 October 2011. I trust you will find this Under the IB franchise, the following schedule will operate: newsletter useful and I would Flight Origin Destination Departs Arrives Frequency like to thank you for all your support in helping to sell IB8502 Madrid Manchester 15:45 17:05 Daily British Airways IB8503 Manchester Madrid 17:35 20:55 Daily to your customers. The outbound flight has good connections to Buenos Aires, Cordoba, Lima, Mexico, Montevideo, Sao Paulo, and Santigo de Chile in Latin America as well as Johannesburg Warm regards, in South Africa. Air Nostrum also offers an executive class on all of its flights with its exclusive Business Class; offering special check-in facilities, access to VIP lounges, free parking in Madrid, increased luggage weight allowance, a select inflight catering service with Denomination of Origin food products, free newspapers and magazines and first class luggage handling. Jackie Clark, With further options available via LHR with the BA codeshare, Spain, Latin America and Africa Trade Sales Manager are now better accessed from Manchester than before. AA / BA* FARES OUT OF Here is what the new fares look like for BA & AA, all the existing fares on these routes remain in place: MANCHESTER MAN – JFK* We have introduced new public fares BA AA on the direct NYC/ORD fl ights operated by American Airlines out of Manchester. Fare Fare Advance Rule Fare Fare Advance Rule Basis £ Purchase Basis £ Purchase These are direct AA-metal routes and the new fares are only valid for travel on the direct J1UKJBD 5076 J1UKJBD 5076 MAN-NYC/ORD American Airlines fl ights C3UKJBD 3831 R3UKJBD 3831 (i.e. no travel via LON is permitted). D3UKJBD 3001 D3UKJBD 3001 R3UKJBD 2486 7 SUN I4UKJBD 2486 7 SUN I3UKJBD 1801 14 SUN I3UKJBD 1801 14 SUN

MAN – ORD* BA AA Fare Fare Advance Rule Fare Fare Advance Rule Basis £ Purchase Basis £ Purchase J1UKJBD 5876 J1UKJBD 5876 C3UKJBD 4910 R3UKJBD 4910 D3UKJBD 3760 D3UKJBD 3760 R3UKJBD 2759 7 SUN I4UKJBD 2759 7 SUN I3UKJBD 2116 14 SUN I3UKJBD 2116 14 SUN *excludes taxes

PREMIUM FAST TRACK BOARDING NOW AVAILABLE ON ALL FLIGHTS, INCLUDING UK DOMESTIC FLIGHTS, FROM LONDON HEATHROW TERMINAL 5

Fast track boarding gives customers travelling in eligible cabins It means that customers travelling from Terminal 5 in the following or Executive Club Gold and Silver Members priority boarding cabins will be able to use fast track boarding: at the departure gate. • First Fast track boarding is available for fl ights departing other • Club World airports around the network. The introduction at Terminal 5 is part of our commitment to ensure we deliver greater consistency • Club Europe for our customers. • Executive Club – Gold and Silver Members • Business UK ticket holders (travelling on a UK domestic service)

NEW ON BUSINESS BENEFITS FOR YOUR CUSTOMERS, INCLUDING DIRECT BENEFITS FROM MANCHESTER

As part of British Airways’ continuous commitment to Small and • Iberia Spanish domestic fl ights with a BA fl ight number when you Medium Sized companies (SMEs), we have further improved our book them in conjunction with a BA coded transatlantic fl ight or On Business Loyalty Programme. On Business members can now a BA coded fl ight from the UK (which can also be British Airways, earn On Business Points on selected codeshares with American American Airlines or Iberia operated) Airlines and Iberia. • Iberia long haul fl ights with a BA fl ight number This includes: On Business members will earn exactly the same On Business • All direct transatlantic fl ights between MAN – JFK and MAN – Points as when fl ying to those destinations with British Airways, ORD, operated by American Airlines, but booked with helping them earn rewards even faster. a British Airways fl ight number All tickets must be booked with a British Airways fl ight number • American Airlines US domestic fl ight connections with a BA fl ight to be eligible. number, when you book them in conjunction with BA coded transatlantic fl ights (which can be operated by British Airways, Remember, redemptions can only be booked on British Airways American Airlines or Iberia) mainline fl ights.