British Airways Ltd
Other Business Names:
- United Airways Ltd
- Spartan Air Lines Ltd
- Allied British Airways Ltd
- Hillman's Airways Ltd
- Imperial Airways Ltd
- British Overseas Airways Corp
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
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Transport services
Air transport services
Notes:
Traced origins to merger in 1935 of United Airways Ltd and Spartan Air Lines Ltd to form Allied British Airways Ltd which, later that year, acquired Hillman's Airways Ltd to form British Airways Ltd. 1939 merged with Imperial Airways Ltd to form British Overseas Airways Corp
Publications:
- Britain's Imperial Air Routes, 1918-1939. The story of Britain's overseas airlines by Higham, Robin D S
- British Airways. An airline and its aircraft. Volume 1, 1919-1939. The imperial years by Davies, R E G
- British Airways Ltd, 1935-40 by Higham, Robin D S
- British Aviation Posters by Anthony, Scott, & Oliver Green
- Highways in the Air. The development of British civil aviation through Imperial Airways and BOAC by Unknown
- Seven Skies. A study of BOAC and its forerunners since 1919 by Pudney, John S
- Triple Alliance. The predecessors of the first British Airways by Doyle, Neville
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- United Airways Ltd
- Spartan Air Lines Ltd
- Allied British Airways Ltd
- Hillman's Airways Ltd
- Imperial Airways Ltd
- British Overseas Airways Corp
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
- Transport services Air transport services
Notes:
Traced origins to merger in 1935 of United Airways Ltd and Spartan Air Lines Ltd to form Allied British Airways Ltd which, later that year, acquired Hillman's Airways Ltd to form British Airways Ltd. 1939 merged with Imperial Airways Ltd to form British Overseas Airways CorpPublications:
- Britain's Imperial Air Routes, 1918-1939. The story of Britain's overseas airlines by Higham, Robin D S
- British Airways. An airline and its aircraft. Volume 1, 1919-1939. The imperial years by Davies, R E G
- British Airways Ltd, 1935-40 by Higham, Robin D S
- British Aviation Posters by Anthony, Scott, & Oliver Green
- Highways in the Air. The development of British civil aviation through Imperial Airways and BOAC by Unknown
- Seven Skies. A study of BOAC and its forerunners since 1919 by Pudney, John S
- Triple Alliance. The predecessors of the first British Airways by Doyle, Neville