BAW is the callsign.

Ok, thanks, what happened to 'Speedbird'?

It's still "Speedbird" BAW is the IATA code on the flightstrip

Ah, I see, I think. Is this an ATC thing?

more of an IATA thing, it can actually confuse ATC eg; MSK used to be "bluestar" (Maersk when operating as a BA franchise)

Isn’t BAW an ICAO allocation ? & IATA code being BA.

yes, sorry I was thinking of airport 3 letter identifiers which are IATA, the callsign is ICAO

For the uninitiated:

IATA (International Air Transport Association) airline codes have two letters (or a number & letter) whilst ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organisation) codes have three letters. BA needed a third letter for its ICAO code so BAW made sense. (BAL was Britannia.)

With airports IATA have three letters & ICAO four. Heathrow for example is LHR & EGLL The pilots on PPrune tend to use ICAO codes & SLFs like me IATA ones but you can always check them on the web.

Thankyou for the explanation.
Just to be clear, when someone uses the expression BAW, it means BA?

Yes: we understand BAW means British Airways! :ok:

Bit annoying that. Got the NAPS email and thought to myself "didn't BA take a pension holiday in the '90s".

All corporations see Pension Plans as optional. The really should be laws about this. Pension is salary.

Ex Cargo Clown

Lots of companies did. Investments were strong, and pension funds then were not permitted to add to surpluses.

Ex Cargo Clown

APS took the hit on that, not NAPS.

In return for the payment delay, the NAPS trustees appear to have negotiated a charge over the East and West Maintenance areas. No idea what they are worth but it seems like a reasonable thing to do in the current dire circumstances and it will have been negotiated with a lot of legal / covenant advice and possibly with oversight from the Pension Regulator. I cannot see what else they could have done without risking the company.

Accra and Islamabad move to LGW is now off (as is the domestic LGW routes for now). Expect DOH to follow suit and all to remain at LHR

DOH is a different kettle of fish. I believe this is a OneWorld thing, Qatar will be doing the LHR to DOH on behalf of the alliance and, because Qatar have dropped LGW themselves, BA will thus take up the slack. I stand to be corrected but I believe this is the rationale here.

Qatar haven’t dropped LGW. Do you check anything you write before posting it?

What flights do Qatar operate out of LGW? Can't find any for sale - all come up as BA flts