BA upsets Welsh rugby fans with support for England

British Airways has apologised after upsetting Welsh rugby fans by wishing England luck in this weekend’s fixture between the two sides. The airline, which has a sponsorship arrangement with England Rugby, sent luck to England via Twitter on Saturday morning before their Autumn Nations Cup fixture against Wales in Llanelli later in the day. The tweet, which was subsequently deleted, read: “Good luck to the England Rugby team against Wales today”, and contained a short video. In response, the Welsh health minister, Vaughan Gething, tweeted: “Good way to annoy 3m+ potential customers.” The Labour MP Chris Bryant described the airline as “utter divots”, adding: “How is this right?” And the Welsh BBC News presenter Huw Edwards joked: “I love easyJet.” Meanwhile, the phrase “English Airways” trended on Twitter as some Wales fans suggested the airline should rebrand. YesCymru, the campaign for Welsh independence, tweeted: “To be clear, even when Wales becomes independent, it will still be a constituent part of the island of Britain. Your brand isn’t ‘UK Airways’, it’s ‘British Airways’. Regardless, we’ve had enough of this unequal, broken ‘union’.” BA, the official airline partner of England Rugby, apologised for having “strayed offside” with the message.<br/>