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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 ...
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 ...
The new logo featured two seagulls formed into a bigger seagull, representing the spirit of Greece and the airline's values. The new logo was inspired by Greek sky and seas, historical architecture and the country's design heritage. [4] Aerolíneas Argentinas: A condor. Aeromexico: An eagle knight. Air Arabia: A seagull. Air Lithuania: A crane.
Cambrian Airways was an airline based in the United Kingdom which ran operations from Cardiff Airport and Liverpool John Lennon Airport between 1935 and 1974. It was incorporated into British Airways when BOAC, BEA, Cambrian and Northeast merged on 1 April 1974. DH.114 Heron 2 of Cambrian at Manchester Airport in 1958.
English: Final wordmark/text logo for British European Airways prior to the merger with British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) to form British Airways in 1972. Original design by FHK Henrion in 1968.
Northeast Airlines Hawker Siddeley Trident G-AVYD at Teesside Airport in 1974, now in British Airways/Northeast Airlines hybrid livery. The airline commenced operations in February 1952 from its base at Southend Airport as BKS Aero Charter flying a Douglas C-47 Dakota [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] ( BKS were the founders' initials – i.e. James B arnby, T ...
Another all-over colour livery was adopted by airline group British Air Services in late 1970. Group members Northeast Airlines and Cambrian Airlines had their aircraft painted white/grey/yellow and white/grey/orange. Related pink and green liveries were designed for group members Scottish and Channel Islands Airways, but never saw service use.
The Speedbird emblem.. The Speedbird is the stylised emblem of a bird in flight designed in 1932 by Theyre Lee-Elliott as the corporate logo for Imperial Airways.It became a design classic [1] and was used by the airline and its successors – British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) and British Airways – for 52 years.