De hecho, BOAC es claramente uno de los últimos coletazos de ese imperio, lo que se ve en su extensísima red de rutas que cubría todo el planeta. En 1974, BEA y BOAC se unieron para formar la actual British Airways.
Este es un folleto de BOAC editado en los años 60, bastante similar a este otro de Iberia, con la típica información que hoy encontramos en la revista de a bordo: flota, rutas, etc. la empresa volaba entonces con Boeing 707 y el modelo británico Vickers VC10.
In 1946, the United Kingdom split its public owned airlines into three companies : BSAA (British South American Airways) flew to South America and the Caribbean, BEA (British European) did domestic and European routes and BOAC (British Overseas Airways Corporation, which merged with BSAA in 1949, flew long haul and British Empire destinations.
BOAC was quite probably, as many think, one of the last remains of the British Empire and its huge world network provided air links within it. In 1974, BEA and BOAC merged together and the current British Airways was born.
Parte del mapa de rutas, y rutas de BEA BEA routes and one page from the maps section |
Sorry, there were many detailed maps in the booklet, but I am only posting this one because I don't want to damage it.
Enlaces (links)
- BOAC en la Wikipedia
- A little VC10derness
- Grupos en Flickr :
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