Imperial Airways

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Imperial Airways was a pioneering British commercial airline of the interwar period that operated international routes across Europe, Africa, and Asia.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British company
airline
defunct airline
abbreviation IA
country United Kingdom
dateMergedInto 1940
dissolutionDate 1939-11-24
fleetIncludedAircraft Armstrong Whitworth Argosy
Handley Page HP.42 airliner
surface form: Handley Page HP.42

Handley Page W.8
Short Empire flying boat
de Havilland DH.66 Hercules
formedByMergerOf British Marine Air Navigation Company
Daimler Airway
Handley Page Transport
Instone Air Line
foundingDate 1924-04-01
headquartersLocation London, England
surface form: London

United Kingdom
industry air transport
aviation
commercial aviation
languageOfName English
mainHub Croydon Airport
London, England
surface form: London
mergedInto British Overseas Airways Corporation
namedAfter British Empire
notableService Empire Air Mail Scheme
operatedInPeriod interwar period
operatedOnRoute Africa
Asia
Australia
Empire routes
Europe
India
Middle East
Trans-African Highway network
surface form: Trans-African routes
operationalStatus defunct
parentOrganization UK government
surface form: British government
receivedSubsidyFrom UK government
surface form: British government
role flag carrier of the British Empire
servedCity Cairo
Cape Town
Karachi
London, England
surface form: London

Paris
Sydney
sponsoredBy UK government
surface form: British government
successor British Overseas Airways Corporation

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Palestine Airways foundedBy Imperial Airways
Palestine Airways parentCompany Imperial Airways
Short Brothers collaboratedWith Imperial Airways
Handley Page Limited collaboratedWith Imperial Airways
Lydda Airport usedBy Imperial Airways
Short Empire flying boat primaryUser Imperial Airways
Short Mayo Composite operator Imperial Airways
Short Mayo Composite airlineContext Imperial Airways
this entity surface form: Imperial Airways transatlantic services
Short Mayo Composite sponsor Imperial Airways
Short Calcutta operatedBy Imperial Airways
Short Calcutta enteredServiceWith Imperial Airways
Short Kent operator Imperial Airways
Short Kent usedBy Imperial Airways
Short Kent airlineCustomer Imperial Airways
Short Kent primaryUser Imperial Airways