BA.com - History of the BA.com Domain and Website by VB.com

april 26 1995
ba.com first registered
by Bell Atlantic
(one of the Baby Bells / ex Old AT&T
going back to the inventor of the Phone
Alexander Bell)

first BA.com historic website by Bell Atlantic from 1996

BA.com historic website by Bell Atlantic from 1997

1998 BA.com Website
made by Bell Atlantic

1999 BA.com Website
made by Bell Atlantic

2000 Company Merger

BA.com historic website from 1998 by Bell Atlantic

BA.com historic website from 1999 by Bell Atlantic

june 30 2000
Bell Atlantic buys
the company GTE -
name changes to Verizon.
(the $ 52 billon merger is
one of the biggest in US history.)

2000 BA.com Website
made by Verizon

2001 BA.com Website
made by British Airways

BA.com historic website from 2000 by Verizon

april 13 2001
British Airway
buys the domain BA.com
from Verizon.
(amount of the Domain Transaction
not published.)

BA.com historic website from 2001 by British Airways

2002 BA.com Website
made by British Airways

2003 BA.com Website
made by British Airways

2004 BA.com Website
made by British Airways

BA.com historic website from 2002 by British Airways

BA.com historic website from 2003 by British Airways

BA.com historic website from 2004 by British Airways

2005 BA.com Website
made by British Airways

2006 BA.com Website
made by British Airways

2007 BA.com Website
made by British Airways

BA.com historic website from 2005 by British Airways

BA.com historic website from 2006 by British Airways

BA.com historic website from 2007 by British Airways

2008 BA.com Website
made by British Airways

2009 BA.com Website
made by British Airways

BA.com historic website from 2008 by British Airways

Company Overview
Company: British Airways Plc
website: ba.com
ticker symbol: bairy
Waterside, HBA3 Harmondsworth, Middlesex ENG UB7 0GB United Kingdom Founded: 1974 Founder: merger of 2 existing airlines BOAC and BEA Revenue 2006: 8.5 billion £ (16.3 billion $) Income 2006: 705 million £ (1.35 billion $) Employees 49,490 Market Capitalisation 6,17 billion £ (11.83 billion $) exact Market Capitalization



Activity: one of the World´s largest Airlines flying to over 550 destinations
Segment: B2C medium and upper
Countries: UK and others



Brand Management
primary brand	British Airways with logo and website ba.com primary use of company name accompanied by ba.com website

secondary brand	BA in combination with subsidaries BA Share

full Company Name	British Airways Plc
Rebranding	1974 from BOAC to British Airways

Companies that missed the BA.com domain
The Domain BA.com is desired by other companies that are in the Internet Hall of Shame There are many "BAs" ... but only one BA.com

no ... BA.com	no ... BA.com	no ... BA.com	no ... BA.com	no ... BA.com
only.... Bank of America.com only.... BAC.com (ticker symbol)	only.... Bell Atlantic.com	only.... Buenos Aires.gov.ar	only.... GBA.gov.ar	only ..... Fbihvlada.gov.ba



Bank of America, USA Revenue 124,320,000,000 $ Income 14,980,000,000 $ Employees 171,000	Bell Atlantic, now Verizon , USA Revenue 93,780,000,000 $ Income 5.520.000.000 $ Employees 239,000 sold the BA.com Domain after namechange	City of Buenos Aires, Argentina	Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina	Country of Bosnia and Herzegovina, local Internet code .ba