British European Airways (BEA) was a British airline which existed from 1946 until 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, as well as remote areas of the British Isles. From 1946 until 1974, BEA operated a network of internal German routes between West Berlin and West Germany as well.
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.
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, which remained the airline’s main operating base until the merger with BOAC in 1974.
In 1950, BEA operated the world’s first turbine-powered commercial air service from London to Paris. The airline entered the jet age in 1960.
BEA ceased to exist as a legal entity in 1974 when the merger with BOAC to form British Airways (BA) took effect.
Source: Wikipedia

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