British Airways Balloon?!

[Radio2.0]

G-CDJY British Airways - CAMERON C-80

Why does British Airways have an Balloon?!
An on which Rout does BA use them?   

[Anmer]

It would help if you included the source of that reference?

[Smudger98]

G-CDJY British Airways - CAMERON C-80

Why does British Airways have an Balloon?!
An on which Rout does BA use them?   

And why should British Airways not have a balloon..?  A good advertising feature one would have thought.

[Radio2.0]

It would help if you included the source of that reference?

http://www.caa.co.uk/application.aspx?catid=60&pagetype=65&appid=1&mode=detailnosummary&fullregmark=CDJY

And why should British Airways not have a balloon..?

I never see an Airline wit an Balloon before...

[Anmer]

Thanks for the link.

Possibly for promotional purposes.  Virgin has had branded balloons for years.

[Smudger98]

Advertising venture..

http://www.abpic.co.uk/search.php?q=G-CDJY&u=reg

[apgphoto]

BA have been using balloons for years and years, they have been used all over the world.

Great shot of some historic's here www.airliners.net/photo/British-Airways/Cameron-Balloons-N-105/0932744/L/

And a nice clip showing one of their current mainline and balloon pilots Matt Nicholson in action http://youtu.be/qpjVALG64Nc

CDJY is a nice balloon I own a C-80 too