Talk:British Airways Ltd

Bathurst WA?

Where is meant by "Bathurst WA"? It isn't wikilinked, and I assume that the article isn't referring to either Washington State or Western Australia as neither are in the South Atlantic. ... ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.26.235.14 (talk) 08:03, 6 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Don't know about the WA, but two possibilities are Banjul (formerly called Bathurst) and Bathurst, Eastern Cape in South Africa. I suspect the first given the reference to a South Atlantic servies and WA could be "West Africa". Emeraude (talk) 12:21, 6 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

But, confusingly, there is a Bathurst Ireland in Australia (though Northern Territory, not WA) which did feature in a British Airways England to Australia survey flight in 1933 though by Imperial Airways; see British Airways website("Explore our past: 1930-1939") which, however, makes no mention of survey flights in the South Atlantic. Emeraude (talk) 12:38, 6 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Why American Style in the Title of an Article on a British Topic?

U.S. style puts a full stop on all abbreviations, regardless, but UK style distinguishes between abbreviations and contractions, and "Ltd" is a contraction so doesn't take a full stop. Could the full stop please be removed from the title, if only to stop misleading schoolkids in the UK? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.197.139.41 (talk) 10:50, 4 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

That's not a rule I've ever come across. The use of full stops in such cases is really a matter of personal choice and typing style - you can't, for example, use B.B.C. and ITV in the same text but must be consistent throughout. In UK usage, the use of full stops in this way is declining and has been since the widespread adoption of blocked paragraphing in typing from the 1960s (so Mr, Ltd, Co, have tended to replace Mr., Ltd. and Co.) Emeraude (talk) 11:33, 4 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]