British Caledonian

E170073
airline defunct airline

British Caledonian was a former independent British airline known for its international routes and distinctive tartan branding before being absorbed into British Airways.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
British Caledonian Group 2
British Caledonian canonical 1
British Caledonian Airways 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf airline ⓘ
defunct airline ⓘ
acquisitionBy British Airways ⓘ
acquisitionYear 1987 ⓘ
alliance British Caledonian self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: British Caledonian Group
alsoKnownAs BCal ⓘ
British Caledonian ⓘ
surface form: British Caledonian Airways
brandingFeature lion rampant logo ⓘ
tartan livery ⓘ
callsign CALEDONIAN ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dissolved 1988 ⓘ
fleetSizeAtPeak about 40 aircraft ⓘ
foundedBy Adam Thomson ⓘ
headquartersLocation Crawley ⓘ
surface form: Crawley, West Sussex

Gatwick Airport ⓘ
surface form: London Gatwick Airport
IATAcode BR ⓘ
ICAOcode BCA ⓘ
inception 1970 ⓘ
keyPerson Adam Thomson ⓘ
Sir Freddie Laker (early involvement via BUA context) ⓘ
legalSuccessor British Airways ⓘ
mainHub Gatwick Airport ⓘ
surface form: London Gatwick Airport
marketPosition Britain's second international scheduled airline after BOAC/BA ⓘ
mergedInto British Airways ⓘ
notableRoute Gatwick Airport ⓘ
surface form: London Gatwick – Houston

London Gatwick – Lagos ⓘ
London Gatwick – Rio de Janeiro ⓘ
operatedAircraftType Airbus A320-200 ⓘ
surface form: Airbus A320

BAC One-Eleven (re-engined variants) ⓘ
surface form: BAC One-Eleven

Boeing 707 ⓘ
Boeing 737 ⓘ
Boeing 747 ⓘ
surface form: Boeing 747 (leased)

McDonnell Douglas DC-10 ⓘ
RAF VC10 ⓘ
surface form: Vickers VC10 (earlier via BUA)
operationalBase Gatwick Airport ⓘ
surface form: Gatwick Airport South Terminal
parentCompany British Caledonian self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: British Caledonian Group
predecessor British United Airways ⓘ
Caledonian Airways ⓘ
regionServed Worldwide ⓘ
regulatorConflict UK government aviation policy in 1970s ⓘ
routeFocus Africa ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
North America ⓘ
South America ⓘ
secondaryHub Heathrow Airport ⓘ
surface form: London Heathrow Airport
slogan We never forget you have a choice ⓘ
typeOfBusiness scheduled passenger airline ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

British Airways → formerSubsidiary → British Caledonian ⓘ
British Caledonian → alliance → British Caledonian self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Caledonian Group
British Caledonian → parentCompany → British Caledonian self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Caledonian Group
British Caledonian → alsoKnownAs → British Caledonian ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Caledonian Airways