Originally Posted by
Charlie Whiskey
This seems to me to raise some interesting policy issues . Some would regard it as clear misrepresentation. Perhaps more importantly:
Is Excel Airways classed by BA as a Franchise Partner (it is certainly not listed as such) ?
Are their operating and aircraft standards approved and independently checked by BA? Or is it just up to GB Airways to trawl for a charter airline that can be passed off as a schedules BA flight?
Doesn't BA have a clear duty to make it very obvious to the layman that this is not a BA flight in any shape or form?
An Itinerary/Receipt document must conform to IATA Resolution 722g, which states that the eticket receipt must have the "Name of the Operating Carrier when it is different from the Marketing Carrier", BA therefore surely should be advising you of the op. carrier.