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British 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 operating overseas services throughout World War II. After the passing of the Civil Aviation Act 1946, European and South American services passed to two further state-owned ...
Pages in category "British Overseas Airways Corporation accidents and incidents" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
British European Airways; British Global; British Island Airways; British Latin American Air Lines; British Marine Air Navigation Co Ltd; British Mediterranean Airways; British Midland Airways; British Midland International; British NorthWest Airlines; British Overseas Air Charter; British Overseas Airways Corporation; British Regional Airlines ...
Douglas Rookes was a draughtsman, employed by British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC). He resigned from his union, the Association of Engineering and Shipbuilding Draughtsman (AESD), after a disagreement. BOAC and AESD had a closed shop agreement, and AESD threatened a strike unless Rookes resigned also from his job or was fired. BOAC ...
Chidambaram Chettyar died on 13 March 1954 when the British Overseas Airways flight Lockheed L-749A Constellation, G-ALAM on which he was travelling, crashed at Kallang Airport, Singapore, when it landed short and struck a sea wall after a flight from Jakarta, killing 33 people out of 40 passengers and crew on board.
British Overseas Airways Corporation's resistance to opening the lucrative Far Eastern route to Singapore to home-grown competition by another British scheduled airline was so strong that BCal eventually only managed to obtain a renewable, three-months exempt charter permit, which entitled the airline to operate a small number of seat-only ...
Heathrow Airport has been the main hub of British Airways since its formation; most activity has been based in the Terminal 5 complex since 2008.. British Airways (BA), the United Kingdom's national airline, was formed in 1974 with the merger of the two largest UK airlines, British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) and British European Airways (BEA), and including also two smaller regional ...
People of the British Overseas Airways Corporation (11 P) Pages in category "British Overseas Airways Corporation" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.