IATA BA

British Airways

Airline IATA designator BA — AWB prefix 125.

BA · BAWCargo AirlineUnited Kingdom
British Airways
IATA Code
BA
2-letter airline designator
ICAO Code
BAW
3-letter airline designator
AWB Prefix
125
Air Waybill number prefix
Callsign
SPEEDBIRD
Radio telephony callsign
Country
United Kingdom
Air Waybill Prefix
125

Air Waybill numbers issued by British Airways begin with 125. For example, a typical AWB number would be 125-12345678.

Operates: Operating — basis: its ICAO designator is listed for it in the current FAA Order JO 7340.2. Checked 2026-10-30.

VerificationUnverifiedchecked 2026-08-11

Audited but not yet independently confirmed — confirm operationally critical codes with IATA/ICAO or the carrier.

Audited in the 2026-05-13 anchor pass, but awb_prefix carries no per-field carrier-published citation and the anchor sources include aggregators (which score zero). Held at unverified until a later wave re-sources it.

FreightUtils airline code compilation (public sources)checked 2026-05-13pending-verification

The call returns the same answer, with its source and its status: Pending.

The same answer in your agent
{"tool":"airline_lookup","arguments":{"iata":"BA"}}
MCP server: https://www.freightutils.com/api/mcp/mcp
Through the API
# British Airways — IATA BA.
curl 'https://www.freightutils.com/api/airlines?iata=BA'
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