Non-smoking BA Flights

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Oct 21, 2019, 2:36 am

snaxmuppet

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Non-smoking BA Flights

I have just looked at MMB for an up and coming trip and I noticed that the flight is described as:

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BA0295 Non smoking

Obviously I must have seen this every time I look at my flight details on MMB but it is the first time it has occurred to me that the "Non smoking" was even there.

Do BA have any flights where passengers are allowed to smoke anymore? I would be surprised if there were then surely explicitly saying "Non smoking" is completely superfluous?

Are there any commercial flight anywhere nowadays where smoking is allowed?

Oct 21, 2019, 2:38 am

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I seem to recall that JAL had some flights that allowed smoking but they may now have stopped

Oct 21, 2019, 2:40 am

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I would guess it's a multi-cultural, multi-National, reminder that we don't do that any more!

Oct 21, 2019, 2:41 am

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No more superfluous than all the non-smoking signs in buildings in countries where it's illegal to smoke indoors.

Oct 21, 2019, 2:44 am

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Originally Posted by jeremyBA

I seem to recall that JAL had some flights that allowed smoking but they may now have stopped

And Tokyo was the last route where BA allowed smoking, it being banned from 1 April 1998. Virgin's final smoking-allowed flight was also on the same day, same route.

Oct 21, 2019, 2:48 am

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I have a vague recollection that airlines have a legal requirement to point out that flights are non-smoking, hence all the seemingly superfluous reminders. Am I imagining this?

Oct 21, 2019, 3:06 am

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My recent MH flights they seemed to be really really pushing the no smoking thing, including on arrival “welcome to......and thank you for observing malaysia airlines no smoking policy”. Made me wonder if there have been an upsurge in incidents?

Oct 21, 2019, 3:40 am

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Maybe its due to people using e-cigs who thinks its fine to use them onboard?

Oct 21, 2019, 4:19 am

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Is this not just a hangover from when flights were classified as smoking or non-smoking in the GDS?

It's probable that no-one's got around to changing it!

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Oct 21, 2019, 4:22 am

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There's one BA pilot who says something along the lines of "I need to advise you this is a non smoking flight, which probably sounds obvious but the CAA oblige me to point this out".

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Oct 21, 2019, 5:01 am

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