British European Airways
IATABE ICAOBEA
- Founded
- 1 January 1946
- Callsign
- BEALINE
- Headquarters
- BEAline House, Ruislip, Hillingdon, England
- Hubs and bases
- London–Heathrow, London–Northolt
- Ceased operations
- 31 March 1974 (merged with BOAC, Cambrian Airways and Northeast Airlines to form British Airways)
What they fly
- Vickers Viking 80
- Douglas C-47 Skytrain 78
- de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide 53
- Vickers Viscount 800 43
- Vickers Viscount 700 32
- Hawker Siddeley 121 Trident 3B 28
- Hawker Siddeley 121 Trident 1C/E 26
- Airspeed AS 57 Ambassador 22
- Vickers Vanguard 953C 20
- BAC One-Eleven series 500 18
- de Havilland DH.106 Comet 4B 17
- Avro Anson and XIX 16
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About the airline
British European Airways (BEA), formally British European Airways Corporation, was a British airline which was founded in 1946 and ceased operations in 1974. BEA operated to Europe, North Africa and the Middle East from airports around the United Kingdom. The airline was also the largest UK domestic operator, serving major British cities, including London, Manchester, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Belfast, as well as areas of the British Isles such as the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. BEA also operated a network of internal German routes between West Berlin and West Germany as part of the Cold War agreements regulating air travel within Germany. The company slogan was Number One in Europe. Formed as the British European Airways division of British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) on 1 January 1946, BEA became a crown corporation in its own right on 1 August 1946. Operations commenced from Croydon and Northolt airports, with DH89A Dragon Rapides and Douglas DC-3s. Having established its main operating base at Northolt, BEA operated its first service from Heathrow in April 1950; by late 1954, all Northolt operations had moved to Heathrow,…
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