Originally Posted by
nd100
Incidentally what happened to the taped announcements in the language of the country you are flying to/from? I'm sure this has been discussed here before but it only recently occurred to me that they used to be heard on all BA flights and are not anymore. I'm sure they were highly appreciated by passengers back in the day.
I suspect that a lot of passengers, even those who are native speakers of the relevant language, probably prefer fewer rather than more repeat announcements across several languages. It could be quite challenging if your destination is Luxembourg, Switzerland or Belgium.
Even KLM do many announcements in English only and not in their own national language.
That said, I agree that it does change the ambience somewhat and makes BA feel less international/outward-looking than before