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Line 1: {{Use dmy dates\|date=~~May~~September ~~2017~~2019}} {{Use British English\|date=May 2017}} {{Infobox ~~Airline~~airline \|airline = BA Connect \|logo = Baconnect logo.svg Line 41: [[File:G-gntz-mrh.jpg\|thumb\|BAe 146-200 departing [[Manchester Airport]] in 2007]] BA Connect handled most of British Airways' domestic and European services that do not serve [[London Heathrow Airport\|London Heathrow]] or [[London Gatwick Airport\|Gatwick]] airports. It had hubs in [[Birmingham]], [[Bristol]], [[London City Airport\|London City]], [[Manchester]] and [[Southampton]]. From these locations the carrier operated services to several northwest European destinations and also to [[Glasgow]], [[Edinburgh]] and [[Aberdeen]]. A few services also operated from Gatwick. In total, BA Connect flew from 17 airports in the UK and [[Republic of Ireland\|Ireland]] on 63 routes to major or central regional airports. On 3 November 2006, British Airways chief executive said that he had reached an agreement for [[Flybe]] to purchase BA Connect. BA will ensure that Flybe has sufficient funding in order to achieve its growth targets and the transition out of current BA Connect fleet. In return BA will acquire a 15% stake in the new business. The acquisition (which does not include BA Connect routes to London City or from Manchester to New York) will significantly increase the Flybe route network in both the UK and continental Europe, making Flybe the largest regional airline in Europe. Retention of the London City routes will result in BA retaining the RJ100 aircraft for these domestic and European services. BA had to pay Flybe a sum of money to take on the company due to Flybe actually taking on a company that will cost them money rather than make profits for the foreseeable future.<ref>[http://atwonline.com/news/story.html?storyID=6983 ATW: August terrorist scare, BA Connect charge weigh on BA profit~~<!-- Bot generated title -->~~]</ref><ref>{{cite news\|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6419307.stm\|title=Q&A: Sale of BA Connect to Flybe\|work=BBC News\|date=5 March 2007}}</ref> Much concern was made of the shedding of routes across Scotland, but Flybe stated that BA Connect routes will be kept and expanded.<ref>http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/73626.html</ref> On 6 March 2007 Flybe stated that they would not be operating any former BA Connect services from Bristol. Consequently, the last flights on any of BA Connect's routes from Bristol was on 24 March 2007. Line 56: The BA Connect fleet included the following aircraft, before the sale to Flybe (March 2007) 1 [[BAe 146\|BAe 146-100]] (To [[Flybe]]) 2 [[BAe 146\|BAe 146-200]] (To Flybe) 1 [[BAe 146\|BAe 146-300]] (To Flybe) 10 [[BAe 146\|Avro RJ100]] (To [[BA CityFlyer]]) 6 [[De Havilland Canada Dash 8\|Bombardier Dash 8 Q311]] (To Flybe) 10 [[Embraer ERJ 145 EP]] (To Flybe) *18 [[Embraer ERJ 145 EU]] (To Flybe) == References ==

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