BRITISH AIRWAYS is calling time on its telephone check-in facility for Executive Club members at the end of the month. This was available up to 24 hours prior to a flight but has now been effectively overtaken by an online service which can be used by all passengers and has grown tenfold since it was introduced in 2001. Also going, at the end of July, is the check-in service at Paddington. A sad loss as luggage could also be disposed off, saving all the problems of taking suitcases onto the Heathrow Express and getting out at the other end. The number of passengers using the service did not justify the cost, according to BA. http://www.ba.co.uk