App of the week - British Airways

Price: £free

Platform: Apple iPhone, Apple iPod touch, Android, BlackBerry

You have to hand it to BA. No matter how easy the company makes it to prefer other airlines - whether from union solidarity, antitrust concerns or simply because you hate Terminal 5 - it's surprisingly difficult to find anyone else flying to destinations even slightly out of the way.

Then our national airline goes and does something like this: a surprisingly well thought-out and easy to use app that does pretty much everything you might want from an airline (aside from instant, free upgrades to Business Class).

First and foremost, you can check in using the app, a process that works quickly and simply. If you're on a Heathrow to Edinburgh flight, the app will even give you a virtual boarding pass to flash at the departure gate - hopefully this will extend to more flights shortly.

The Flight Info icon does what you'd expect: allow you to search by route, flight or airport for specific flights, or browse timetables. It'll give expected arrival and departure times for recent flights, but there are no prices (or miles equivalents) for booking future trips.

Regular BA travellers can enter their Executive Club username and password to get a readout of their miles and tier status, and any upcoming bookings. Don't go trying to change a seat or choose an Asian Veg meal (always a good choice from Heathrow), though.

In the More section, there's a handy list of contact phone numbers for every country BA flies to, Travel News for the latest strike/volcano updates and a list of BA tweets - although annoyingly you can't click on links or twitpics. Despite this, well worth a download if you find yourself on the Heathrow Express more often than you'd like.