Originally Posted by
bafan
Of course Molton Brown used to be the key toiletry provider, and despite now being Japanese owned, makes a play of being a British brand. Ironic then that BA dropped it.
And BA has been pushing its version of ‘afternoon tea’ for years on the basis that it is a British tradition. Also, as someone has also commented, the new (now old) F suites were also sold on the basis of British heritage and style - particularly the leather.
So, BA could (and perhaps should) do more of this, but I think the fact that it doesn’t shows just how confused BA is about its products and what it stands for these days...
this topic sounds increasingly like Chris Grayling's incorrect pontificating on uk farming.
BA (and AF, Lufthansa, etc) are businesses not national window shops. They'll go with what customers want and will pay for (or rather the least they can get away with).
more to the point, products nowadays contain many items from all over, so the idea of a purely 'British' product is some 1950s fantasy. Components come from many places. Indeed anyone on here preening over owning a German Porsche or Mercedes may wish to check where it and its parts were really made (hint Finland makes some bits or even whole 'German' cars)
Those that don't like that are surely welcome to find an airline that is 'all British', and vote with their feet instead. (But last I checked the Isle of Wight did nt have an international airline).