British Airways reveals how 500,000 people will be flying over the bank holiday weekend

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British Airways reveals how 500,000 people will be flying over the bank holiday weekend

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It sounds like the party of the century – nearly 10,000 bottles of champagne, half a million meals and a few hundred massages dished out.

But it's how more than 500,000 people will be flying this bank holiday weekend, according to British Airways.

The four days from 22nd-25th August are set to be some of the busiest travel days of this year as holidaymakers take in summer's last hurrah on a total of 4,000 flights on 280 aircraft.

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Champagne with almost 10,000 bottles to be served to some of the 500,000 people flying over the weekend

Grub's up in the air: over 400,000 meals will be served, not to mention 3,270 packets of crisps, by BA between Friday and Monday of the Bank Holiday

Some 100,000 of the half a million passengers on board will be travelling light, with an estimated 400,000 of that total expecting to be carrying bags, which are expected to weigh up to 5000 tonnes.

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Perhaps those travelling luggage-free will be the same 84,000 people who choose to use mobile boarding passes, hoping for a speedier check in.

The flowing champagne and more than 5,000 cabin crew attending to travellers won't be the only reason they'll no doubt get their bank holidays off to a relaxing start.

4,000 British Airways flights will take to the sky over the Bank Holiday weekend, carrying 500,000 passengers

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500,000 people flying with BA over the bank holiday weekend, travelling 5,500,000 miles
92,958 bottles of wine, 9,906 bottles of champagne and 234,445 cups of tea and coffee will be served on board over four days
48,000 people will drink 560 bottles of champagne, eat 3,270 bags of crisps, and receive 487 massages in 39 lounges before boarding
405,916 in-flight meals will be served on board followed by 69,824 hot towels
31,428 toilet rolls will be loaded over the four days on 280 aircraft
5,292 cabin crew will be on duty as well as 2,304 flight crew
50,000 newspapers will be handed out on flights and 3,000 sky kits will be given to children

Almost 500 massages will be visiting the BA lounge pre-flight before 50,000 newspapers are handed out on board, while those not reading are most likely to be watching Frozen or The Big Bang Theory.

Chief commercial officer, Drew Crawley said: 'It's a huge and fantastic logistical effort from everyone at British Airways, working side-by-side to ensure all of our customers can fly with as little fuss as possible, despite the huge numbers we carry.

'This will be the most people that have ever flown with British Airways over the August Bank Holiday and the airline aims to pull out all the stops to ensure it runs as smoothly as possible.

'With over 1,200 children expected to be flying unaccompanied, let's just hope there are no mischievous moments to ruin the peace.'

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