British Airways Plc · London United Kingdom(London: BAY)

A member of the royal family of European airlines, British Airways (BA) serves about 150 destinations in some 75 countries from hubs at London's Heathrow and Gatwick airports. The carrier operates a fleet of more than 240 aircraft, consisting mainly of Airbus and Boeing jets. BA extends its network to more than 500 destinations via code-sharing relationships, chiefly with AMR's American Airlines and other members of the Oneworld global marketing alliance, such as Iberia and Qantas. Among Europe's flag carriers, BA is outranked only by the combined Air France-KLM and by Lufthansa. In November 2009 BA agreed to merge with Iberia, Spain's #1 airline. To read the full description, subscribe now.