Timeline of British Airways

This is a timeline of the history of British Airways plc (including the history of predecessor companies which influence its shape today).

1920s

• 1924
• 31 March – Imperial Airways formed by merger of four British airline companies.

1930s

• 1936
• 1 January – British Airways Ltd formed by merger of three airlines.
• 1939
• 24 November – Imperial Airways and British Airways Ltd merged under provisions of BOAC Act to form the British Overseas Airways Corporation

1960s

• 1960
• 23 June – BOAC signs a contract for the Vickers VC-10.
• 1964
• 11 March – First passenger flight of BEA's Hawker Siddeley Trident.
• 29 April – First passenger flight of Standard Vickers VC-10.
• 1968
• 17 November – BAC One-Eleven enters commercial service with BEA.

1970s

• 1971
• 14 April – BOAC undertakes its first commercial flight with the Boeing 747–100, the fourth airline to fly the 747.
• 1972
• 1 September – British Airways Board formed, a holding board which controlled BOAC and BEA.
• 1974
• 31 March – BOAC and BEA dissolved and operations merged to form British Airways.
• 1976
• 21 January – British Airways and Air France begin commercial flight with Concorde. (BA:London-Bahrain, Air-France:Paris-Rio de Janeiro)
• 1979
• May – Margaret Thatcher becomes Prime Minister. Within two months she announces her government's intention to return BA to profit and privatise it.

1980s

• 1980
• June – Livery changed, "British airways"......
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