British Airways

British Airways (BA) is the largest airline of United Kingdom and second largest measured by passengers carried in the world. It belongs to many airbuses to provide services a large number of customers around the world. British Airways is a founding member of the one world airline alliance, along with American Airlines, Cathay Pacific, Qantas, and the now defunct Canadian Airlines. British Airways flies to 168 destinations, and alone with code shares it flies to more than300 destinations. It is one of only ten carriers to fly to all six permanently inhabited continents. British Airways has 235 aero planes in their fleet and 222 destinations. It carried more than 33 million passengers, earning over £8.7 billion in revenue in 2007/08 (British Airways, 2008). Employee headcount in March 2008 stood at 42,377 people (Data monitor, 2008). Now it has approximately 57,000 employees, involve in different department and several division of British Airways. Staff working for British Airways is represented by a number of trade unions, pilots are represented by British Air Line Pilots' Association, cabin crew by British Airlines Stewards and Stewardesses Association (a branch of Unite the Union), and while other branches of Unite the Union represents other employees.
History:
The British Airways Board was established in 1971 after the merger of two nationalized airlines corporation BOAC and BEA. In February 1987 British Airways was privatized. The Headquarter for British Airways is in Waterside, near its main hub at London Heathrow Airport. Waterside was completed in June 1998 to replace British Airways' previous head office, Speed bird House, on the grounds of London Heathrow Airport. This former headquarters was sometimes nicknamed the "Birdseed House". British Airways operates a second hub at Gatwick Airport and a third hub, served through its fully owned subsidiary, BA City Flyer, at London City Airport. The parent company is International Airlines Group. British Airways