Imperial Airways
British long-range airline (1924–1939) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Imperial Airways was an early British commercial long-range airline, operating from 1924 to 1939 and principally serving the British Empire routes to South Africa, India, Australia and the Far East, including Malaya and Hong Kong. Passengers were typically businessmen or colonial administrators, and most flights carried about 20 passengers or fewer. Accidents were frequent: in the first six years, 32 people died in seven incidents. Imperial Airways never achieved the levels of technological innovation of its competitors and was merged into the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) in 1939. BOAC in turn merged with the British European Airways (BEA) in 1974 to form British Airways.
Company type | Private |
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Industry | Air transport |
Predecessor | |
Founded | 31 March 1924; 100 years ago (1924-03-31) |
Defunct | 24 November 1939; 84 years ago (1939-11-24) |
Fate | Merged with British Airways Ltd |
Successor | British Overseas Airways Corporation |
Headquarters | , England |