merged with the British European Airways (BEA) in 1974 to form British Airways. The establishment of Imperial Airways occurred in the context of facilitating...
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customer, Imperial Airways, which had originally developed the requirements to which it was initially ordered and designed. Imperial Airways, and its successor...
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developed during the early-to-mid 1920s in response to a statement by Imperial Airways that new multi-engined airliners were being sought to replace its single-engined...
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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...
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variant with the 450 hp (340 kW) Napier Lion for Imperial Airways (four built). When Imperial Airways introduced the Handley Page HP.42 in 1931, the W...
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response to a specification issued during 1928 by British airline Imperial Airways. The two models share considerable similarities, with the H.P.42 being...
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with London-bound Imperial Airways. London to Brisbane service commenced on 13 April 1935. Imperial Airways and Qantas Empire Airways opened the 12,754-mile...
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Hellenic Imperial Airways was an airline which had its head office in Ellinikon, South Athens, Greece. It operated charter and scheduled flights. The company...
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Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) was the British state-owned airline created in 1939 by the merger of Imperial Airways and British Airways Ltd. It continued...
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Speedbird (category Imperial Airways)
corporate logo for Imperial Airways. It became a design classic and was used by the airline and its successors – British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC)...
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The 1933 Imperial Airways crash may refer to 1933 Imperial Airways Dixmude crash in which Armstrong Whitwort Argosy G-AACI crashed with the loss of 15...
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of Spartan Air Lines Ltd, United Airways Ltd (no relation to the US carrier United Airlines), and Hillman's Airways. Its corporate emblem was a winged...
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Imperial Airways in 1925. Daimler Airway merged with Handley Page Transport, Instone Air Line and British Marine Air Navigation into Imperial Airways...
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Daimler Airway, to form Imperial Airways. List of aircraft of Imperial Airways List of defunct airlines of the United Kingdom Imperial Airways enthusiasts'...
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the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC), which had been formed out of the merger of Imperial Airways and British Airways. The type would be flown...
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Japan Airways Co.Ltd (大日本航空株式会社, Dai Nippon Kōkū Kabushiki Kaisha, also known as Imperial Japanese Airlines, Great Japan Airlines or Greater Japan Airlines)...
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operated under the aegis of the British corporation Imperial Airways. Throughout these years, Palestine Airways flew thousands of passengers, its best year being...
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Qatar Airways in 2014 to operate flights for IAG Cargo using Boeing 777F aircraft owned by Qatar Airways Cargo.[needs update] British Airways World Cargo...
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Breeze, the chief flight engineer of an Imperial Airways flying boat, later the same year. At the time, Imperial Airways used Corfu as a waypoint between Africa...
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to Imperial Airways (later BOAC) as Fiona in 1939. It was scrapped in September 1943. A 1/10 scale model of the Albatross owned by British Airways was...
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Australian Airways Adelaide Airways South Africa South African Air Force United Kingdom Imperial Airways On 6 September 1929 an Imperial Airways DH.66 Hercules...
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consolidation. In 1924, Imperial Airways was formed from the merger of Instone Air Line Company, British Marine Air Navigation, Daimler Airway and Handley Page...
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Pan Am (redirect from Pan American Airways)
Pan American World Airways, originally founded as Pan American Airways and more commonly known as Pan Am, was an airline that was the principal and largest...
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Qantas (redirect from Qantas Airways Limited)
1934, QANTAS and Britain's Imperial Airways, a forerunner of British Airways, formed a new company, Qantas Empire Airways Limited (QEA). In December 1934...
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specifically developed to fulfil the needs of the British airline Imperial Airways, who sought a new four-engined airliner to serve its African routes...
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produced, it formed the basis for the successful Avro Anson. In 1933, Imperial Airways issued a specification to Avro, for a light airliner to transport four...
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Airways, and two regional airlines, Cambrian Airways and Northeast Airlines. On 31 March 1974, all four companies were merged to form British Airways...
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first national airline, Imperial Airways, on 31 March 1924, Croydon became the new airline's operating base. Imperial Airways was the British Government's...
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War, the airline represented Imperial Airways / British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC). In 1947, Gibraltar Airways formed a business relationship...
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Ross Stainton (category Imperial Airways)
executive of British Airways and BOAC in the 1970s. He attended independent school in Worcestershire. He joined Imperial Airways in 1933. He served in...
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