British Airways
global flag carrier, major size, GB.
- Ownership
- state, flag carrier
- Starting fleet
- 1 x Aerospatiale BAC Concorde, 38 x Boeing 747-100, 52 x Boeing 707-320B and 320C, 15 x Vickers Super VC10, 16 x Lockheed L-1011 TriStar, 80 x Hawker Siddeley Trident 2E and 3B, 36 x BAC One-Eleven 200 to 400, 16 x Vickers Viscount 800
- Bases
- LHR
- Starting routes
- LHR-BAH, LHR-JFK, LHR-LAX, LHR-MIA, LHR-SIN, LHR-HKG, LHR-DXB, LHR-BOS, LHR-ORD, LHR-YUL, LHR-YYZ, LHR-JED, LHR-BOM, LHR-MAD, LHR-FRA, LHR-FCO, LHR-ATH, LHR-ZRH, LHR-CDG, LHR-AMS, LHR-BRU, LHR-CPH, LHR-DUB, LHR-GLA, LHR-EDI, LHR-MAN, LHR-BHX, LHR-NCL, LHR-JER, LHR-GCI
- Confidence
- estimated (to be verified)
Fleets and networks are approximations for the prototype and are scaled to the model. Source: History of British Airways and British Caledonian pages (exact): formed 1 April 1974 from BOAC, BEA, Cambrian and Northeast; first L-1011 delivered October 1974 and introduced January 1975; the London to Glasgow shuttle began 12 January 1975; scheduled traffic 25,463 million revenue passenger kilometres in 1975; Concorde seven delivered, two in service from 21 January 1976. Real fleet about 220 mainline aircraft. Routes are estimates; Concorde starts at Bahrain as in January 1976 (Washington followed on 24 May).