Imperial Airways

E280374
British company airline defunct airline

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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Label Occurrences
Imperial Airways canonical 16
Imperial Airways transatlantic services 1

Statements (49)

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

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

Palestine Airways → foundedBy → Imperial Airways ⓘ
Palestine Airways → parentCompany → Imperial Airways ⓘ
Short Brothers → collaboratedWith → Imperial Airways ⓘ
Handley Page Limited → collaboratedWith → Imperial Airways ⓘ
British Overseas Airways Corporation → predecessor → Imperial Airways ⓘ
Lydda Airport → usedBy → Imperial Airways ⓘ
Short Empire flying boat → primaryUser → Imperial Airways ⓘ
Short Empire flying boat → enteredServiceWith → 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 ⓘ