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Welcome to Flying Messenger, BAA's range of services for mobile devices. Designed to make your journey to, through and from our airports as smooth as possible, these services give you access to the most up-to-date flight information, wherever you are in the UK*.
We now offer the service on all mobile networks. There are two easy-to-use services – Flying Messenger (an instant status update for the flight you are interested in) and Flying Messenger Plus (an enhanced service which updates you on the flight's progress).
We recommend you read the terms and conditions before using either of our services.
Flying MessengerThis service gives you an instant status for any scheduled flight to or from any BAA airport. You tell us the flight you're interested in and we automatically send you a text alert (via SMS) with its current status.
The airport short codes that you need to use when you contact us can be seen in the table below.
| Airport name | Airport short code |
|---|---|
| Heathrow | LHR |
| Stansted | STN |
| Glasgow | GLA |
| Edinburgh | EDI |
| Aberdeen | ABZ |
| Southampton | SOU |
Flying Messenger is now free for flights departing from Heathrow – register your flight in advance at heathrowairport.com/flyingmessenger.
How to use Flying MessengerYou send an SMS (text message) to 82222 with the following information:
- Airport shortcode (see above)
- Flight number
Example 1 – For an arriving flight
lhr ba123
Example 2 – For a departing flight
lhr ba456
We then send you an SMS with the flight's current status – For example 1, information would be as below:
- Flight: BA123
- From: PARIS
- Scheduled:15/01/06 11:45
- Arriving: LHR Terminal 1
- EXPECTED 11:56
- ON APPROACH
- Last updated 15/01/06 11:48
The Flying Messenger service costs 25p** plus standard network message rate (including VAT) for each request, and holds information on flights until four hours after landing and up to 12 hours ahead of the current time. If you would like information more than 12 hours ahead, or require regular updates on the status of your flight, please use the Flying Messenger Plus service.
PLEASE NOTE: This is an automated service. Only flight information requests will be recognised.
If you have any queries about this service please send an email to sms_feedback@baa.com. Please note that emails can only be responded to between 08:30 and 16:30, Monday to Friday.
* Subject to network availability.
** If you are using a pre-paid SIM card the service can only be used if you have enough credit to cover the cost of the service.