LAST EDITED ON 16-05-01 AT 07:23 PM (GMT)[p]I have heard that bea now has a code sharing agreement with Delta from the uk to Atlanta,Cincinntati,Dallas.The agreement should be up by august and it would allow passenengers to use just one flight number and ticket plus your luggage would be checked through from your connecting flight.This service would be only avaliable at gatwick for bea passengers connecting from belfast city,guernsey and jersey.This is quite useful for me as i travel from guernsey to the us quite often(via gatwick)Can any one give any more info on this and i am woundering if bea may be interested in joining the sky team alliance as they already have a code share agreement with air france(i am probably wrong about this) thanks!!!
Regards Saab 2000
By: V1 - 19th June 2001 at 22:16
RE: BEA-LINKS TO THE US?
Wingflaps is quite right, it is BEA who have the link with DL. The thing that originally threw mw was the mis-information on a BHX related website, and the fact that the BEA website did not mention anything about this recent link.
Ah well, now we know. Good luck to BEA.
By: Wingflaps - 19th June 2001 at 19:35
RE: BEA-LINKS TO THE US?
It is British European who are linked to Delta Airlines not British Regional. Although British Regional are present at BHX, it is British European who have a major hub system at the airport.
British Regional are affiliated to Oneworld through the purchase by BA and British European are affiliated to Skyteam, through its codesharing and franchise operations with Air France.
My friends at British European, David Attenburrow, the Director of Strategy [the person who decides which planes to buy] and Barry Perrott, Chief Executive informed me last month that they were watching the issue of alliances from the sidelines at the moment. They were talking of further co-operation with Air France, but were not sure whether they wanted to join the Skyteam alliance at this stage.
If you read Flight International magazine page 20, 12th-18th June 2001, you will be able to read about the British European and Delta code share further.
As somebody mentioned earlier, British European are indeed a very fine airline.
By: V1 - 23rd May 2001 at 22:15
RE: BEA-LINKS TO THE US?
Well, according to a Birmingham Airport related website, the link up is with British Regional. Perhaps this web site is wrong…..From what you say, it does sound like British European. I’ll be quite glad if it is, BEA is a superb airline. I’ll have a look into this and I’ll let you know within the next couple of days.
Regards,
V1
By: Saab 2000 - 22nd May 2001 at 17:43
RE: BEA-LINKS TO THE US?
Sorry should of said british european instead of bea.V1 are you sure it was british regional because in my local newspaper it said tha bea have signed a code share agreement with us carrier delta,they also spoke to ian taylor,the general manager of bea over here in the channel islands.
Regards Saab 2000
By: V1 - 21st May 2001 at 19:50
RE: BEA-LINKS TO THE US?
By BEA, do you mean British European Airways? It is actually British Regional which has the tie up with Delta. I’ve only just found out about this new alliance so I don’t know too many details.
British Regional may be used to connect smaller regional airports with larger ones so they can feed the DL services. In fact, DL have now made it clear that they want to fly Birmingham – Atlanta daily from 2002. British Regional already have a notable prescence at BHX…Not as much as Manchester of course…
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May 16, 2001 at 6:35 pm