British Airways, (a founding member of the Oneworld airline alliance) is the UK’s largest carrier and third largest in Europe (behind Air France-KLM and Lufthansa), based in Harmondsworth, England. With its franchise partners, such as GB Airways, BMED, and Comair as well as codeshare partners, the airline operates scheduled passenger services to more than 300 destinations in Europe, Oceania, Asia, Africa and the Americas. British Airways maintains major hubs at London Heathrow and London Gatwick with other hubs in Birmingham, Manchester and Glasgow.