Free black cab rides by British Airways

Posted by Yamna in Airline News on May 14th, 2009 | 556 views | no responses
1 Star2 Stars3 Stars4 Stars5 Stars (No Ratings Yet)
 Loading ... Loading ...

Long-haul passengers flying with British Airways (BA) in Club and First Class will now be offered a free black cab ride to and from the airport, thisislondon reports. The perk is reminiscent of Virgin Atlantic’s chauffeur service for Upper-Class passengers, and it comes as BA attempts to drum up demand for its premium products. First and Club-Class bookings with BA fell by 15 per cent over the winter, as business travellers cut back on expenses in response to the economic downturn.

People who read this also read...

  • British Airways offers SMEs ‘free’ business flights posted on 28 April 2009

    British Airways is offering small businesses flights to help boost their exports. The airline has announced that it is giving away up to 5,000 return flights in Club Europe and Club World from Heathrow, Gatwick and London City to SMEs looking to export for the first time, existing SME exporters entering...
    Read More

  • Avis and British Airways partnership extended to all passengers posted on 21 April 2009

    The agreement signed by British Airways and rental car company Avis 11 years ago has now been extended to cover all passengers travelling on the airline. Previously, only BA Executive Club members were eligible to participate. In the new five-year, world-wide partnership the rental car company will...
    Read More

  • Luxury Travel Declines at British Airways posted on 04 October 2008

    British Airways said first- and business-class travel fell 8.6 percent last month as the credit crisis and economic slowdown led to job losses and tighter budgets in the City of London and Wall Street. Overall traffic declined 4.8 percent from a year earlier, the airline said. Load factor, a measure...
    Read More

  • British Airways to Open New Lounge at Heathrow posted on 07 May 2009

    British Airways will open a luxurious new lounge for premium passengers and top tier oneworld members at London Heathrow’s Terminal 3 on 11 May 2009. The 300-seat Galleries Club Lounge is for eligible customers travelling to Barcelona, Madrid, Lisbon, Helsinki, Vienna and Malaga. A second dedicated...
    Read More

  • British Airways new Club World flies into Qatar posted on 11 November 2008

    British Airways has introduced its Boeing 747 aircraft with the new Club World cabin on the Qatar route in the winter schedule. The new cabin, based on extensive research, with the customer in mind, offers a wider and more comfortable bed, which for the first time has a ‘z’ bed position,...
    Read More

No Comments »

No comments yet.

RSS feed for comments on this post. TrackBack URL

Leave a comment

Get Adobe Flash playerPlugin by wpburn.com wordpress themes