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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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