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British Airways purchased the internet domain ba.com in 2002 from previous owner Bell Atlantic, [161] 'BA' being the company's initialism and its IATA Airline code. [162] British Airways is the official airline of the Wimbledon Championship tennis tournament, and was the official airline and tier one partner of the 2012 Summer Olympics and ...
Imperial Airways Handley Page H.P.42. Hanno in 1931. On 31 March 1924, Britain's four pioneer airlines that started up in the immediate post war period—Handley Page Transport, British Marine Air Navigation Co Ltd, Daimler Airways and Instone Air Line—joined to form Imperial Airways Limited, [3] developing routes throughout the British Empire to India, some parts of Africa and later to ...
Merged with 3 other airlines to form Imperial Airways. Handley Page Indo-Burmese transport 1919 [4] 1921 [c] India: First airline in India (then under British rule). Instone Air Line: 1919: March 31, 1924 United Kingdom: Merged with 3 other airlines to form Imperial Airways. A/S Aero: January 1920: 1921 Norway: Merged with Norske Aeroplanfabrik ...
2018 (31 March): British Airways is the first passenger airline to have generated more than US$1bn (£800m) on a single air route in a year, between London Heathrow and New York JFK.
A Boeing 747-400 wearing the Chelsea Rose livery takes off past two other 747s in the Chatham Dockyard livery, c. 2002. In 1997 British Airways (BA) adopted a new livery.One part of this was a newly stylised version of the British Airways "Speedbird" logo, the "Speedmarque", but the major change was the introduction of tail-fin art.
Aircraft purchased by British Airways Ltd and used to form British Airways Iberia Ltd Culliford Airlines: 1947: 1949: Operated Avro Anson, Miles Aerovan [125] Cunard Eagle Airways: EG: 1960: 1963: Renamed/merged to British Eagle: D: Daimler Air Hire: 1919: 1921: Acquired Aircraft Transport and Travel to form Daimler Airway [126] Daimler Airway ...
British Airways Flight 5390 was a flight from Birmingham Airport in England for Málaga Airport in Spain. On 10 June 1990, the BAC One-Eleven 528FL suffered an explosive decompression . While the aircraft was flying over Didcot , England, an improperly installed windscreen panel separated from its frame, causing the captain to be partially ...
The aircraft, a Boeing 737-236(A), named River Orrin, was flown by British Airtours, a wholly owned subsidiary of British Airways. It had 131 passengers and six crew on the manifest. During the takeoff roll, a loud thump was heard, and takeoff was aborted. An engine failure had generated a fire and the captain ordered evacuation.