Royal Aeronautical Society Heathrow Branch September 2019 Lecture -
"British Airways: 100 Years of Airline History"
by Adrian Constable, Aviation Historian, British Airways Heritage Centre


ABSTRACT:
On 25th August 1919, British Airways (BA)’s earliest predecessor, Aircraft Transport & Travel Ltd. (AT&T), inaugurated the world's first scheduled international air service with a converted de Havilland 4A day bomber leaving Hounslow (later Heathrow) to Bourget in Paris.

Today, BA is one of the world's leading airlines, and the UK's national flag carrier, celebrating its first 100 years of commercial services.

Built upon a great presentation given by Alex Cruz, the Chairman & CEO of British Airways on 11 April 2019, who provided an outline of the airlines’ key milestone, the current £6.5bn investment for customers, the opportunities and challenges the next hundred year holds.

Adrian Constable from the British Airways Heritage Centre, will cover the history of the airline from the very earliest days in private hands, through Imperial Airways and British Airways Ltd, British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC), British South American Airways (BSAA) and British European Airways (BEA) to the merger into the modern British Airways, all in the September 2019 lecture.


ABOUT THE SPEAKER:
Adrian Constable is an aviation enthusiast from an early age. With more than 20 years working on major IT projects across the British Airways group companies gave his unique access to many interesting areas.

After taking an early retirement, Adrian spent the last ten years as a volunteer archivist in the British Airways Heritage Centre.