Choose your pathway

We have a variety of dedicated career pathways for you to choose from for graduates and current university students still studying. Our apprenticeships offer you the opportunity to earn while you learn, and gain qualifications along the way, too.

Summer Internships

Duration: 10-Weeks
Location: London Heathrow
Requirement: Minimum predicted 2:2 degree, or equivalent in any subject.
Salary: £22,000 Pro Rata
Applications: Opening 4th November 2024

About the scheme:
It may only last the summer, but we’ll pack plenty in. Take on responsibility in one of a variety of placements in our head office departments and beyond. You’ll complete projects, business as usual tasks and activities that make a real difference to our business, all while working alongside knowledgeable colleagues who’ll guide and support you. You’ll have plenty of opportunities to build your network with the Graduate community and learn about other areas of the airline too. We’ve always been interested in different perspectives and viewpoints. Fresh thinking and new ideas. So we encourage applicants from any degree discipline.

The internship is tailored to every individual, based on your career ambitions, strengths, areas of development and where we have exciting projects for you to get your teeth stuck into.

Business Placements

Duration: 11-Months
Location: London Heathrow
Requirements: Second-year student for third-year Industrial Placement, sandwich degree.
Salary: 22,00 Pro Rata
Applications: Opening 4^th November 2024

About the scheme:
Over the course of this 11-month placement, you’ll develop an enviable set of skills through exposure to different business areas across the airline, in our head office and beyond, and involvement on various significant projects. We’re open to your fresh ideas and different perspectives. You’ll be asked to challenge our current thinking and look for ways to improve on existing processes – you could genuinely make us work faster, and smarter. 

Your placement will refine your business skills and commercial thinking and offer you a chance to impact our business performance. Which live projects you work on is very much up to your interests, and the skills you bring with you. 

You’ll have the chance to work with colleagues at all levels, from recent graduates to senior leaders. This placement is all about making things happen through working with others. At the same time, you’ll get to build networks with our graduate communities. 

Commercial Business

Duration: 3 Years
Location: London Heathrow
Requirements: 2:2 degree, or equivalent in any subject.
Salary: £33,000<
Applications: Opening 4^th November 2024

About the scheme:

Over 3 years, you’ll complete 3 very different and unique roles across our Commercial departments with the aim of developing you to become a commercial expert and leader of the future.

You’ll take on a series of 12-month placements that will challenge and inspire you and give you exposure to every facet of our global commercial business, often with some international travel along the way.  You may be placed in our Revenue Management team understanding how an airline drives revenue and makes profit where you will be personally owning decisions on how we price our products, decide on their availability and how we exploit and develop ancillary sales for a specific region in the world; You may be in our Digital Product and experience team where you will not only get expertise in agile, scrum and product management, but you will be delivering products and features on our website ba.com and the BA app that drive customer value; or you could be placed in our Sales, Retail & Customer Relationship Management, Commercial Strategy or Distribution and Payments teams.

Commercial Analytics

Duration: 2 Years
Location: London Heathrow
Requirements: 2:2 degree, or equivalent, in any subject (either achieved or expected).
Salary: £33,000
Applications: Opening 4^th November 2024

About the scheme:

You’ll be responsible for change that you'll be able to see in our airports, with our aircraft and to when and where we fly. Or with our marketing communications, on our customer website, in our supplier and partner relationships and in our passenger numbers. Ultimately, in the exemplary customer experience, you help us to deliver. The placements you may experience in our area include Commercial Analytics where you’ll be working hand in hand with our front-line Global Sales team, so we can improve revenue and market share and understanding how we get our products in front of our customers and how our customers pay for them; or our Network Analytics team where you’ll plan our network, schedules, fleet, airport slot portfolio and more.  

Data Science

Duration: 2 Years 

Location: London Heathrow

Requirements: 2:2 degree, or equivalent, in any subject (either achieved or expected).

Salary: £33,000

Applications: Opening 4^th November 2024

About the scheme:

The Programme 

Airlines are complex, everchanging and data rich, which means that the industry provides one of the most varied and interesting places for data and analytics professionals to work. Problems like determining the optimal mix of aircraft to buy for the next 20 years, or how to improve overbooking set up, requires a creative approach identifying and exploiting value from current and new data sources, applying advanced analytical techniques and visualisations.  You will provide the analytics, recommendations, tools and models to input into key business projects which cover all aspects of the airline. You’ll have a big impact on the profitability, sustainability and customer satisfaction of our company by increasing revenue, reducing costs, helping to manage risks and optimising our customer experience.

Finance

Duration: 3 Years 

Location: London Heathrow

Requirements: 2:2 degree, or equivalent, in any subject (either achieved or expected).

Salary: £33,000

Applications: Opening 4^th November 2024

About the scheme:

You’ll make the most of your three years via three rotating placements, experiencing different ideas and projects across the business – all while building your network along the way and business partnering critical areas of the British Airways business. You could be influencing investment decisions on our onboard products, analysing commercial decisions on network growth opportunities, or negotiating with our vast supplier network to maintain cost competitiveness. We have influential Finance teams sitting in every department. You’ll quickly become an invaluable asset within any team, experiencing the breadth and depth of opportunities that only one of the world's biggest and best-known airlines can provide. We’ll also sponsor and support you to gain your preferred professional finance qualification – CIMA, ACCA or ACA (ICAEW) 

Future Leaders

Duration: 3 Years 

Location: London Heathrow

Requirements: 2:2 degree, or equivalent, in any subject (either achieved or expected).

Salary: £33,000

Applications: Opening 4^th November 2024

About the scheme:

Through a series of placements, you will get stuck in to the day-to-day tasks of running our business, as well as contributing to our long-term strategic vision and success. This is a hands-on programme in which you'll step out of your comfort zone, constructively challenge others and make your ideas reality.  Imagine leading a group of 75 cabin crew, or escorting the media on overseas trips as a PR Manager. How would it sound to run the ground staff at Heathrow? How about developing sales strategies for exciting new markets, or even influencing what our fleet should look like in 20 years’ time?  The projects will give you big-picture understanding and foresight of what it takes to begin introducing innovations and leading positive change – so that we deliver our strategic vision and customer promise.  

Operations Planning

Duration: 2 Years 

Location: London Heathrow

Requirements: 2:2 degree, or equivalent, in any subject (either achieved or expected).

Salary: £33,000

Applications: Opening 4^th November 2024

About the scheme:

Across the programme you will have the opportunity to experience different aspects of the planning and resource functions for our global airline. You will work in a directorate that has a direct impact on the British Airways operation. You will learn and apply new skills in Workforce planning and deployment, Post operational analysis, Stakeholder relationship management, People and change management and Continuous improvement. These placements will develop your ability to work with a range of people from different business areas, using a variety of technologies, methods, and measures to meet changing business needs. 

Engineering Technical

Duration: 2 Years 

Location: London Heathrow

Requirements: 2:2 degree, or equivalent, in a discipline involving mechanical or aeronautical engineering (either achieved or expected). 

Salary: £35,000

Applications: Opening 4^th November 2024

About the scheme:

Being part of our technical team in engineering means one thing: you’ll be at the heart of ensuring our aircraft are safe and reliable. With a fleet of over 250 aircraft, you’ll find yourself tackling a mix of new and old technology on our aircraft. You could be influencing the roll out of our new business class seats; inspecting a new aircraft after delivery; or being part of our largest cabin design for the new Boeing 777-X. You will apply your technical knowledge to make a tangible impact on the airline as your recommendations will drive key business decisions and your projects will deliver reliable aircraft that is leading edge to keep our aircraft flying for the longest timespan.

Engineering Planning & Supply Chain

Duration: 3 Years 

Location: London Heathrow

Requirements: 2:2 degree, or equivalent, in any subject (either achieved or expected).

Salary: £35,000

Applications: Opening 4^th November 2024

About the scheme:

Through a series of placements, you’ll get under the skin of the strategic planning that makes our engineering function tick. With a large fleet of over 250 aircraft, you’ll have a breadth of exposure to our incredible operation. A big challenge of the role is managing the huge volumes of suppliers we work with to ensure we have the right parts in the right place at the right time, anywhere in the world enabling the smooth running of our operation. You could be organising the maintenance schedules for both our short haul and long haul aircraft; developing the long term strategy of maintenance considering efficiency, cost, time and quality of how we do things; or delivering projects around which aircraft we are entering and exiting in the business.

Our programmes

Our Apprenticeships have been designed to give you the best possible start to your career, across our Customer, Business and Operations teams. You’ll earn while you learn, and gain qualifications along the way, too. View our Apprenticeship programmes below.

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Customer Service

Duration: 18 Months
Location: London Heathrow
Requirements: Aged 16 by apprenticeship start date. English and Maths GCSE at grade 9 - 4 (A*- C) is desirable.
Salary: £16,900
Applications: Open 4th November 2024

About the scheme:
Working on varied shifts in Customer Service at Heathrow Airport, you’ll take on duties across the team – from check in and flight connections to arrivals and premium areas. Your helpful, welcoming personality will equip you to meet, greet, deal with queries and be a true ambassador for our brand. The role will give a phenomenal insight into the entire customer journey. We can promise that most days will be anything but ‘every day’, especially with so many different customers to meet and colleagues to support in our every-changing industry.

Throughout the programme, you’ll study towards the Aviation Customer Service Operative apprenticeship.

Customer Service Advisor

Duration: 2 Years
Location: Manchester and Newcastle
Requirements: Aged 16 by apprenticeship start date. English and Maths GCSE at grade 9 - 4 (A*- C) is desirable.
Salary: £17,800
Applications: Open 4th November 2024

About the scheme:
We’ll make sure you’re ready to deliver the very best service to our customers in our Global Engagement Centres, by giving you full training on everything that goes into our unique British Airways hospitality. It’s not about following a script – it’s about using your personal judgement and product knowledge to get the best outcome for all, even when you’re dealing with incredibly sensitive situations. With your natural adaptability and flair for customer service, you’ll be supporting customers on the phone, by email and through social media channels to help book their dream holiday or answer queries about their bookings. It’s a demanding, high pressure, but ultimately rewarding role that gives you the kind of experience and knowledge that’ll be valuable in any part of our business.

Business professional

Duration: 3 Years
Location: London Heathrow
Requirements: English and Maths GCSE at grade 9 - 4 (A*- C) is desirable.
Salary: £19,400
Applications: Open 4th November 2024

About the scheme:
Completing rotational placements in our head office and beyond, you’ll need to be ready for anything. We’ll give you real responsibility from the first day. We want you to meet every challenge head on in our fast-paced, collaborative culture. It could be collating and analysing Cabin Crew performance data, running meetings at Heathrow or organising an internal conference. Every step along the way, you’ll be working with, and supported by, people from different teams and business levels. For the first 12 months, you will study towards a Business Administration qualification. Upon successful completion, tailored conversations will then explore your onward pathway to study a further qualification within a more specialised area of our business.

Data Science

Duration: 4 Years
Location: London Heathrow
Requirements: GCSEs in English and Maths at grade 9 - 4 (A*- C) or equivalent.  As well as hold or be predicted to hold 3 A Levels totalling a minimum of 128 UCAS points (equivalent to ABB), with a minimum grade of B at A Level Maths, or equivalent.
Salary: £26,900
Applications: Open 4th November 2024

About the scheme:
Airlines are complex, everchanging and data rich, which means that the industry provides one of the most varied and interesting places for data and analytics professionals to work. Projects like tracking flight revenue against commercial targets, or measuring the impact on a change in fares, requires a creative approach identifying and exploiting value from current and new data sources, applying advanced analytical techniques and visualisations.
You will study a Level 6 BSc in Data Science with our chosen training provider NCH.

Aspiring Leader

Duration: 4 Years
Location: London Heathrow
Requirements: GCSEs at grade 9-  4 (A*- C) are desirable, and you’ll need to hold or be predicted to hold 2 A Level passes or Level 3 equivalent.
Salary: £26,900
Applications: Open 4th November 2024

About the scheme:
You’ll need to be ready for anything. We’ll give you real responsibility from your first day. This apprenticeship will see you taking on several rotational placements in our Head Office and beyond, giving an in-depth insight into our colleague and customer experience and commercial, operations and strategy roles. You will gain the knowledge, skills and behaviours to become the type of leader we need, in our journey to A Better BA. On placement, you'll lead projects, be a key player in developing and implementing new ideas and even have the opportunity to mentor colleagues, giving you people management experience. In addition to all these amazing experiences, you’ll also complete a placement at Heathrow Airport in our customer experience team - enabling you to gain a real-life insight on the frontline with our customers, and use this learning to influence the projects you’ll be working on. You will study a Level 6 in Chartered Management qualification.

Heathrow Aircraft Maintenance

Duration: 3 Years
Location: London Heathrow
Requirements: Aged 16 by apprenticeship start date. Minimum of a grade 5 (B) in Maths. English and Science GCSE at grade 9 – 4 (A* - C) is desirable. We accept predicted grades but they must be achieved by the start of the apprenticeship. If you are already studying towards or have studied an engineering qualification, you are welcome to apply. Following your application, we will conduct a skills scan of your experience and prior qualifications to check your eligibility for apprenticeship funding.
Salary: £15,000, increasing in year 2 & 3
Applications: Open 4th November 2024

About the scheme:
You’ll work alongside and learn from some incredibly talented engineers to become an aircraft engineer of tomorrow. Every day, you’ll develop your skills on real aircraft, in a real job. The initial training for this Apprenticeship will take place at our London Heathrow base. For the majority of the first year, you will then be based off-site and living away from home which is where you will train and study towards your CAA Part-66 Category A Licence Modules, as well as a Level 2 Diploma in Aerospace and Aviation Engineering, City and Guilds 4605-2. During your time away from Heathrow, we will provide complimentary accommodation for you close to your training base.

For years two and three, you will return to our Heathrow Base to work alongside our engineers with the potential to be placed in one of our other UK operational bases. You’ll continue to study towards achieving a Level 3 Engineering Technician apprenticeship (Aircraft Maintenance Fitter/Technician - Fixed and Rotary Wing); and by completing a Level 3 Diploma in Aviation Maintenance (Development Competence).

Glasgow Aircraft Maintenance

Duration: 3 Years
Location: Glasgow Airport, increasing in year 2
Requirements: Five National 5’s at grades A – C (or equivalent) which must include English, any Science subject and Maths. We do accept predicted grades, but they will need to be achieved by the apprenticeship start date.
Salary: £16,200
Applications: Open 4th November 2024

About the scheme:
British Airways Maintenance Glasgow (BAMG) carries out heavy maintenance on the British Airways shorthaul fleet of Airbus A319/A320/A321 aircraft within a two-bay hangar based at Glasgow International Airport. This is an exciting and challenging opportunity to become the future talent in aircraft engineering. The Apprenticeship is a three-year programme with direct entry to British Airways Engineering, aimed at developing you to become a professional Aircraft Engineer and assist in the delivery of an outstanding engineering operation. The programme is crafted to give you a broad understanding of the Engineering Operation whilst gaining the qualifications you need to become a future Aircraft Mechanic.

Due to the nature of the scheme, you are ineligible to apply if you hold, or are due to achieve, any of the following qualifications (please look out for experienced Engineer roles on our team instead).
• A C&G / SVQ level 3 qualification in Aircraft Maintenance.
• An HNC/HND or degree in Engineering.
• Any EASA Part 66 A or B license modules.

Wales Aircraft Maintenance

Duration: 3 Years
Location: Barry, Cardiff
Requirements: Achieved or are predicted to achieve 5 GCSES A*-C including a B grade in Maths, C or above in English Language and Science. Alternatively, we will accept Level 2 qualification in Engineering (which includes the study of Mathematics and Science at Distinction level).
Salary: £12,000, increasing in year 2
Applications: Open 4th November 2024

About the scheme:
Our British Airways Engineering Wales team encompass three areas of specialised engineering including aircraft maintenance, interiors and aircraft avionics, which apprentices complete rotational placements around these three areas. The apprenticeship, based at Coleg y Cymoedd, Nantgarw Campus, will be full time on an enhanced engineering programme in year one.  You will study a technical certificate as well as an NVQ practical qualification. 

On successful completion of year one, you will then work on site at British Airways Engineering Wales (BAEW) in year two, with one day released to college per week.  During this year you will work towards the second year of your technical certificate and in the workplace, you will follow an industry relevant NVQ practical qualification.   Year three will see you work full time at British Airways whilst continuing with the second year of the NVQ practical qualification.  All of this will enable you to become a professional Aircraft Engineer at the end of your scheme.

Aircraft Workshop

Duration: 3.5 Years
Location: London Heathrow
Requirements: Aged 16 by apprenticeship start date. Minimum of a grade 5 (B) in Maths (we accept predicted grades but they must be achieved by the start of the apprenticeship). English and Science GCSE at grade 9 – 4 (A* - C) is desirable.
Salary: £16,900 increasing in year 2 & 3
Applications: Open 4th November 2024

About the scheme:
They’ll help you to develop your engineering skills, whilst repairing aircraft components in both ‘ramp’ and ‘hangar’ environments. You’ll rotate through different workshops, learning different skillsets, so you understand the nature of highly sophisticated aircraft components. Every day will feel new, and you’re going to be busy. As well as training on the job, you’ll be studying for the qualifications you need to become one of our future Workshop Engineers.

The initial training will take place at our London Heathrow Base. For the remainder of the first year, this Apprenticeship will then split between Farnborough College of Technology, where you will study towards a Composite Technician apprenticeship and the job training at British Airways. For year one, you will achieve an EAL level 2 Diploma in Advanced Manufacturing Engineering and study towards your knowledge skills and behaviours, and you will undertake placements at British Airways Heathrow base. In your second year, you will still attend college to further cover the knowledge skills and behaviours criteria and in your final year you will complete your work-based portfolio of evidence in preparation for the end point assessment which will complete your apprenticeship.

We will also supplement your learning with additional Aircraft related training in Air Legislation, Human Factors and Aircraft Composite repairs.

Due to the nature of the scheme, we cannot accept an application if you have achieved prior qualifications of HNC/HND or Degree in Engineering; or a BTEC Level 3 in Engineering.

Engineering Supply Chain

Duration: 15 Months
Location: London Heathrow
Requirements: Aged 16 by apprenticeship start date. 3 GCSE’s including English and Maths GCSE at grade 9 - 4 (A*- C) is desirable.
Salary: £16,900
Applications: Open 4th November 2024

About the scheme:
You’ll work alongside and learn from some incredible people who support our engineering operation around the globe. Every day, you’ll develop your skills in a worldwide logistics operation, shipping aircraft components to our UK maintenance bases and overseas line stations. Over a series of placements, you’ll work in different areas of logistics and inventory management, gaining the experience and know how to help keep materials flowing to our engineers and aircraft. You’re going to be busy. Alongside comprehensive on-the-job training, you’ll be studying towards the qualifications you need to become one of our future Material Suppliers. You will also have opportunities to work in different operational environments supporting our aircraft maintenance inputs, ensuring that the right materials arrive at the right time in the right location.

Ground Operations

Duration: 18 Months
Location: London Heathrow
Requirements: 3 GCSE’s including English and Maths GCSE at grade 9 - 4 (A*- C) is desirable. Full UK driving licence with 6 months driving experience by the start of the programme, and due to the manual handling aspect of the job, you’ll need to be able to lift up to 32kg.
Salary: £16,900
Applications: Open 4th November 2024

About the scheme:
It takes a carefully coordinated team effort to ensure our customers, and their luggage, leave on time, all the time. British Airways colleagues in Baggage Handling, Aircraft Loading and Ground Logistics all play their part. You’ll gain experience across all three teams, to learn how to operate our different systems and vehicles – and to gain a full understanding of how we deal with disruption and keep fights on schedule.

There’s a big focus on safety and security, so you’ll be kitted out with uniform, protective equipment and weather-resistant gear to enable you to do your job safely. You also need to be flexible and adaptable to different shift patterns, and just as happy being outdoors in all kinds of weather conditions. With extensive training, support and hands on experience, the programme will give you everything you need to gain an apprenticeship as an Aviation Ground Operative.