Airline
British Airways
United Kingdom
- IATA
- BA
- ICAO
- BAW
British Airways is an airline registered in United Kingdom. Its two-character IATA designator is BA, which is the prefix on the flight numbers it sells, and its three-letter ICAO code is BAW.
Its main bases in our dataset are London (LHR) and London (LGW).
A flight number starting with BA is sold by British Airways, but on a codeshare it may be operated by another airline. The booking’s “operated by” line tells you which.
At a glance
- IATA designator
- BAFlight-number prefix
- ICAO code
- BAW
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Main airports
- LHR · LGW
- Codes checked
- 8 October 2026Hand-checked against public references