British Airways celebrates 70 years in Barbados
SEVENTY YEARS AGO, the first direct British Airways (BA) flight landed in Barbados.
Yesterday, the Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc (BTMI) celebrated the occasion with a media briefing in the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre, Two Mile Hill, St Michael, followed by a reception at llaro Court.
BTMI’s chief operations officer, Cheryl Carter, spoke about the increasing airlift from the United Kingdom, while BA’s chief commercial officer, Colm Lacy, said they were spending $9 billion to transform the airline and reduce its environmental impact. (CA)
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