British Airways (BA) is the flag carrier airline of the United Kingdom. Its main hub is at London Heathrow Airport.
The British Airways Board was established in 1971 to control the two nationalised airline corporations, British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) and British European Airways Corporation (BEA), and two smaller, regional airlines, Cambrian Airways and Northeast Airlines. In 1974, all four companies were merged to form British Airways. After almost 13 years as a state company, that was sold in 1987 as part of a privatisation plan by the Government. The carrier soon expanded with the acquisition of British Caledonian in 1987 and Dan-Air in 1992. British Airways and Air France operated the supersonic airliner Concorde, the world’s first supersonic passenger service, from 1976 till 2003.
British Airways is a founding member of the Oneworld airline alliance in 1998. The merger between British Airways and Iberia was completed in 2011, formally creating the International Airlines Group. In 2012, IAG purchased British Midland International (BMI).
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