British Airways has celebrated Black History Month by operating its first ever flight entirely staffed by black employees – covering cabin crew, pilots, ground staff, dispatchers and gate agents.
The flight operated from Bridgetown in Barbados to London’s Heathrow.
One crew member tweeted: “A very monumental day in BA’s history. So grateful to have been apart of this,” a British Airways employee tweeted along with the hashtags #WeMadeHistory #BlackHistory.“
Passenger Matthew Wilson tweeted: “I am on the first ever @British_Airways all black crew from #Barbados to #London. What pride! We clapped when the pilot announced this.#Diversity #RepresentationMatters”
Black History Month – which is commemorated annually between February 1 and March 1 – is now officially marked in the US, Canada, across Africa, the UK, Ireland, Germany and France.
