BA surprises passengers with festive flash mob
British Airways’ surprised unsuspecting passengers at Heathrow Terminal 5 with a Christmas carol flash mob.
The airline’s choir sang a special re-worded version of Deck The Halls as passengers waited to collect their luggage.
The surprise performance was kicked off by cabin crew member Pippa Roblin, then other staff joined in, before joining the rest of the choir in the arrivals hall.
During the festive season, BA crew will be ‘spreading the holiday cheer’ by wearing Christmas jumpers and accessories, decorating aircraft and playing seasonal songs at 35,000 feet.
Here’s BA’s festive period in numbers:
10 British Airways flights will take to the skies on December 25
721 flights will operate on New Year’s Eve
Cabin crew will be serving over 100,000 traditional Christmas dinners, made up of:
450,000 brussels sprouts
360,000 roast potatoes
11,000kgs of turkey
135,000 mince pies
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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