Originally Posted by
flyboy777
Whilst at the same time we've seen:
first beds in First class
first beds in Business Class
LHR stronghold
T5 - when teething problems sorted
AVOD
Network to all continents on earth - excluding antartica
I'm not quite sure this list is much to gloat about, or even to be particularly proud of, considering almost any airline of even marginal quality fulfills all these criteria. They may not have had the first flat beds, but some airlines have surpassed BA in hard product (as well as soft product). Just about every airline can claim a stronghold at their home base. Most other large airlines have a more extensive route network than BA, especially KLM/Air France (except North America of course). Having AVOD is not special; not having AVOD is fast becoming unacceptable, even in economy. T5, well, maybe that's special, but it's not the only terminal that's pretty and works well (eventually, hopefully).