British European Airways

E223793

airline defunct airline state-owned enterprise

British European Airways was a former British state-owned airline that operated domestic and European routes from the late 1940s until its merger into British Airways in 1974.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
British European Airways canonical	17
British European Airways Corporation	2
BEA Elizabethan (in BEA service)	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	airline ⓘ defunct airline ⓘ state-owned enterprise ⓘ
alliance	none ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
dateFounded	1946 ⓘ
dissolved	1974 ⓘ
endOfOperations	1974 ⓘ
fleetType	jet aircraft ⓘ piston aircraft ⓘ turboprop aircraft ⓘ
fullName	British European Airways self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: British European Airways Corporation
governmentOwnership	100% ⓘ
headquartersLocation	London, England ⓘ surface form: London United Kingdom ⓘ
IATAcode	BE ⓘ
ICAOcode	BEA ⓘ
industry	aviation ⓘ
languageOfName	English ⓘ
legalForm	public corporation ⓘ
mainHub	Heathrow Airport ⓘ surface form: London Heathrow Airport
mergedInto	British Airways ⓘ
notableAircraftOperated	Airbus A300 ⓘ surface form: Airbus A300 (ordered, briefly operated via British Airways) Hawker Siddeley Trident ⓘ Vickers Vanguard ⓘ Vickers Viscount airliner ⓘ surface form: Vickers Viscount de Havilland Comet ⓘ
notableLiveryElement	red square tail logo ⓘ
operatedBy	British European Airways self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: British European Airways Corporation
operatedFromAirport	Edinburgh Airport ⓘ Glasgow Airport ⓘ Gatwick Airport ⓘ surface form: London Gatwick Airport Heathrow Airport ⓘ surface form: London Heathrow Airport Manchester Airport ⓘ
operatingRegion	Europe ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
ownedBy	UK government ⓘ surface form: Government of the United Kingdom
parentOrganization	British Airways ⓘ surface form: British Airways Board
predecessor	British Overseas Airways Corporation European routes ⓘ
regulator	British Airways ⓘ surface form: British Airways Board
routeNetwork	European routes ⓘ domestic routes within the United Kingdom ⓘ
secondaryHub	Gatwick Airport ⓘ surface form: London Gatwick Airport
serviceType	cargo air transport ⓘ passenger air transport ⓘ
shortName	BEA ⓘ
startOfOperations	1946 ⓘ
successor	British Airways ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

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

Munich air disaster → operator → British European Airways ⓘ

Hawker Siddeley Trident → primaryUser → British European Airways ⓘ

Hawker Siddeley Trident → enteredServiceWith → British European Airways ⓘ

Nicosia International Airport (disused, in buffer zone) → usedBy → British European Airways ⓘ

subject surface form: Nicosia International Airport

British European Airways → fullName → British European Airways self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: British European Airways Corporation

British European Airways → operatedBy → British European Airways self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: British European Airways Corporation

Airspeed Ambassador → usedBy → British European Airways ⓘ

Airspeed Ambassador → primaryOperator → British European Airways ⓘ

Airspeed Ambassador → alsoKnownAs → British European Airways ⓘ

this entity surface form: BEA Elizabethan (in BEA service)

Airspeed Ambassador → MunichAirDisasterOperator → British European Airways ⓘ

BEA Flight 609 → airline → British European Airways ⓘ

BEA Flight 609 → operator → British European Airways ⓘ

Busby Babes → airlineInvolved → British European Airways ⓘ

Vickers VC.1 Viking airliner → enteredServiceWith → British European Airways ⓘ

subject surface form: Vickers VC.1 Viking

Vickers VC.1 Viking airliner → operator → British European Airways ⓘ

subject surface form: Vickers VC.1 Viking

Vickers Viscount airliner → firstCustomer → British European Airways ⓘ

subject surface form: Vickers Viscount

Vickers Viscount airliner → operator → British European Airways ⓘ

subject surface form: Vickers Viscount

HSTR → associatedWith → British European Airways ⓘ

BA → foundedByMergerOf → British European Airways ⓘ

subject surface form: British Airways

Trident 3B → primaryOperator → British European Airways ⓘ