British Airways Launches new Codeshare With S7 Airlines

<div> <div class="horizontalline">&amp;nbsp;</div> <div class="featured"></div> <p><span class="xn-location">CRAWLEY, England</span>, <span class="xn-chron">Feb. 10, 2011</span> /PRNewswire/ -- British Airways and Russian carrier S7 Airlines have started codesharing on each other's flights between London Heathrow, <span class="xn-location">Moscow</span> and across domestic routes in <span class="xn-location">Russia</span> from <span class="xn-chron">February 8, 2011</span>. This follows S7's recent entry into the Oneworld Alliance.</p> <p>British Airways' code will be placed on selected domestic Russian routes operated by S7 and its subsidiary Globus, while S7's code will be placed on all British Airways' services between <span class="xn-location">Moscow</span> and London Heathrow. The airlines' customers will be able to book their whole journey on each other's websites and earn frequent flyer points on the codeshare routes.</p> <p>British Airways general manager <span class="xn-location">Europe</span> and <span class="xn-location">Africa</span>, <span class="xn-person">Gavin Halliday</span>, said: "<span class="xn-location">Russia</span> is an important market for us and we are pleased that our relationship with S7 is developing well. The codeshare with S7 will give our customers much better access to many more cities across <span class="xn-location">Russia</span> and help S7 customers take advantage of better links to Heathrow Terminal 5."</p> <p>The codeshares will operate on S7 flights between <a href="http://www.britishairways.com/travel/moscow/public/en_gb" target="_blank"><font color="#993399">Moscow</font></a> and Krasnodar, Rostov-on-Don, <span class="xn-location">Samara</span>, Ekaterinburg, Kazan, Chelyabinsk, <span class="xn-location">Kaliningrad</span>, Krasnoyarsk and Ufa. All British Airways services between Moscow Domodedovo and <a href="http://www.britishairways.com/travel/terminal-5-changes/public/en_gb?gsLink=searchResults" target="_blank"><font color="#993399">London Heathrow Terminal 5</font></a> will carry an S7 code as well.</p> <p>British Airways offers a range of two to five-star hotels in Russian cities served by the new codeshare agreement. Customers can book flights to <a href="http://www.britishairways.com/travel/saint-petersburg/public/en_gb" target="_blank"><font color="#993399">St Petersburg</font></a> with British Airways and stay in hotels such as the 4* Radisson Blu Hotel Sonya which is a design hotel based on<i> </i>'Crime and Punishment' and the rooms featuring Rafael's Sistine Madonna on the walls or the 5* luxury Kempinski Moika 22 situated just off Palace Square with views to The Hermitage. </p> <p>For additional convenience, the airline also offers Avis car rental in <span class="xn-location">Moscow</span> and <span class="xn-location">St Petersburg</span>.</p> <p>The codeshare flights are available for sale on ba.com now. &amp;nbsp;</p> <p>About British Airways:</p> <p>British Airways plc offers a wide range of worldwide destinations - including holidays, European <a href="http://www.britishairways.com/travel/city-breaks/public/en_gb" target="_blank"><font color="#993399">city breaks</font></a>, flights, car rental and experiences. Customers can save time and money with ba.com when booking ATOL protected holiday packages, ATOL number is 5985. Passengers are offered added peace of mind to their holiday plans and the security of travelling with British Airways. British Airways plc constantly seeks to exceed customers' expectations, both in terms of the value for money and quality of the service provided.</p> <div class="divOverflow"> <div style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in"> <table style="BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none; BORDER-LEFT-STYLE: none; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: none" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1"> <colgroup> <col style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2pt; PADDING-TOP: 0pt"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="bottom"> <p style="MARGIN: 0in"><span class="prnews_span" style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">For further British Airways / British Airways Holidays Ltd media information please contact:</span></p> </td> <td></td></tr> <tr> <td valign="bottom"> <p style="MARGIN: 0in"><span class="prnews_span" style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Katja Cooper</span></p> </td> <td></td></tr> <tr> <td valign="bottom"> <p style="MARGIN: 0in"><span class="prnews_span" style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Astral Towers</span></p> </td> <td></td></tr> <tr> <td valign="bottom"> <p style="MARGIN: 0in"><span class="prnews_span" style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Betts Way</span></p> </td> <td></td></tr> <tr> <td valign="bottom"> <p style="MARGIN: 0in"><span class="prnews_span" style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">London Road</span></p> </td> <td></td></tr> <tr> <td valign="bottom"> <p style="MARGIN: 0in"><span class="prnews_span" style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Crawley</span></p> </td> <td></td></tr> <tr> <td valign="bottom"> <p style="MARGIN: 0in"><span class="prnews_span" style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">RH10 9XA</span></p> </td> <td></td></tr> <tr> <td valign="bottom"> <p style="MARGIN: 0in; WHITE-SPACE: nowrap"><span class="prnews_span" style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">01293 722513 </span></p> </td> <td></td></tr> <tr> <td valign="bottom"> <p style="MARGIN: 0in"><a class="prnews_a" href="http://www.ba.com/" target="_blank"><span class="prnews_span" style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><font color="#000000">www.ba.com</font></span></a></p> </td> <td></td></tr> <tr> <td></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /></div></div> </div>