Business & Money | Wednesday 18 March, 2015 10:02 am |

British Airways is set to be one of the first companies to have a specially developed app on the new Apple Watch when it launches on April 24.
There will be two elements to the app to make travel even easier for customers of the airline. The 'glance' screen which appears on the Apple Watch face will display a summary of their flight including the departure time, the flight status and a countdown to a departure time.
Customers will also benefit from timely check-in and airport gate notifications, and those using the lounges at Heathrow's Terminal 5 will receive iBeacon powered welcome messages. British Airways was one of the first airlines in the UK to utilise iBeacon technology in its lounges and uses it to provide customers with useful and timely information as they pass through the airport.
A swipe of the 'glance' screen will open the BA app, designed to fit the Apple Watch screen and make it easy and quick to interact with. It will display a more detailed summary of the customer's next flight, the flight number, route, departure time, flight status, a countdown to the departure time and the weather at the destination.
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Notes to editors:

About British Airways:

• British Airways flies to 179 destinations, 9 destinations in the UK, 84 in Europe and 86 in the rest of the world.
• British Airways offer an extensive range of carefully selected hotels, car hire and experiences in a wide range of worldwide destinations available to book with flights from ba.com/holidays
• The airline is one of the world's largest international airlines carrying approximately 40 million passengers around the world every year.
• The airline offers a choice of four cabins on the majority of its long-haul services.
• The airline is investing in new aircraft, new cabins, new technology and new routes.
• British Airways operates the majority of flights from Terminal 5, its home at London Heathrow. This terminal is capable of handling 30 million customers a year and is the size of 50 football pitches.
• British Airways is half way through a more than £5bn investment in new aircraft, smarter cabins, elegant lounges and new technologies to make life more comfortable in the air and on the ground.
• British Airways’ home Terminal 5 has been recognised as the world’s best terminal for the fourth consecutive year in the Skytrax awards.