Up, Up & Away for Holiday Jetsetters.LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 23, 1998--A cracker of a Christmas is in store at British Airways British Airways in full British Airways PLC International passenger airline based in London. In 1936 British Airways Ltd. was founded through the merger of three smaller airlines. with nearly a quarter of a million passengers booked to jet away between Britain and the USA this week. The favorite holiday hotspots from the USA include London, of course, Paris and Rome. From the UK, the favorites are Florida, Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, , Thailand, Barbados and Antigua as well as the big cities on the European Continent. There are still some seats available to most destinations for those who have not yet planned their getaway. The airline has added extra flights from London to a number of destinations to cope with the heavy festive demand, including Belfast, the Caribbean and India. On Christmas Day British Airways will operate 132 flights in and out of London and will serve traditional fare totaling some 50,000 turkey dinners, followed by 60,000 mince pies and 3,000 Christmas puddings, all washed down with 5,000 bottles of champagne. Festive flyers will be entertained on board with a multitude of TV Christmas specials, ranging from favorites Harry Enfield Harry Enfield (born 30 May, 1961 in Sussex, England) is an English comedian. Early life Enfield was educated at Worth School, Collyer's Sixth Form College and the University of York (where he was a member of Derwent College and read Politics). and Christmas Chums and Spice Girls The Spice Girls are an English all-female pop group, formed in London in 1994. The Spice Girls, consisting of: Geri Halliwell, Melanie Chisholm, Emma Bunton, Melanie Brown, and Victoria Beckham signed to Virgin Records and released their debut single, "Wannabe", in 1996. Top of the Pop Christmas, to such regulars as Friends, Frasier, Stressed Eric Stressed Eric is a cartoon series that was produced by the UK's Absolutely Productions for the BBC Two TV channel in the United Kingdom. The cartoons revolve around Eric Feeble, a middle class man who is always stressed out, because of his family, work, co-workers, etc. , and the latest in hit movies such as The Mask of Zorro zorro: see fox. Zorro masked swordsman, defender of weak and oppressed. [Am. Lit.: comic strip (1919); Am. Cinema: Halliwell, 794; TV: Terrace, II, 461–462] See : Disguise and The Parent Trap. Passengers flying on Christmas Day won't miss out on the Queen's speech; it will be broadcast live on board the aircraft. And for those not jetting away this Christmas, British Airways is helping to bring millions of people together by transporting 130 million Christmas cards. There is still space leading up to Christmas and New Year's; flight information may be obtained from any local travel agent or from British Airways at its toll-free number, 1 800 AIRWAYS. |
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