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Flying Messenger by BAA
Welcome to Flying Messenger, our range of services for mobile
devices. Designed to make your journey to, through and from our airport
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. We offer two
easy-to-use services – Flying Messenger (an instant status report for
the flight you are interested in) and Flying Messenger Plus (an enhanced service which updates you on the progress of your flight over a period of up to 12 hours or more).
We recommend you read the Terms & Conditions before using either of our services.
Flying Messenger
This service gives you an instant status of any scheduled flight
arriving or departing from the following airports. You tell us the
flight you're interested in and we'll automatically send you a text
(SMS) alert with its current status. The airport shortcodes that you
need to use when you contact us can be seen in the table below.
Flying Messenger is now free at Heathrow for departing flights - register your flight in advance at heathrowairport.com/flyingmessenger.
How to use the Flying Messenger Service
You 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 4 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 emails will be responded to between 08:30 and 16:30, Monday to Friday.
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