British Airways Ltd

This article is about the 1930s airline British Airways Ltd. For the 2012 airline of similar name, see British Airways Ltd (2012–2015). For the UK flag carrier and parent company of the 2012 airline, see British Airways.

British Airways Ltd
Company typePublic limited company
IndustryAir transport
Predecessor
Founded30 September 1935 (1935-09-30)
Defunct1 September 1939 (1939-09-01)
FateMerged with Imperial Airways
SuccessorBritish Overseas Airways Corporation
Headquarters
United Kingdom
Number of locations

British Airways Ltd was a British airline company operating in Europe in the period 1935–1939. It was formed in 1935 by the merger of Spartan Air Lines Ltd, United Airways Ltd (no relation to the US carrier United Airlines), and Hillman's Airways. Its corporate emblem was a winged lion.

DH.86 of British Airways Ltd at the Beehive (Gatwick Airport), July 1936
CASA 352 at RAF Museum Cosford, painted as Junkers Ju 52 (G-AFAP) of British Airways Ltd.
Lockheed 14 (G-AFGN) of British Airways Ltd at Heston, September 1938