BUA (British United Airways)

BUA (British United Airways) was formed on 01/Jul/1960. Caledonian Airways took over BUA and renamed it British Caledonian on 21/Oct/1970. BUA was formed by a merger between HUNTING CLAN AIR TRANSPORT, AIR CHARTER , AIRWORK, MORTON AIR SERVICES and OLLEY AIR SERVICES. Merged with CALEDONIAN AIRWAYS to form CALEDONIAN/BUA and named changed to BCAL. 1st MD was Frdedie Laker. First operator of BAC 1-11

[ – On 30/Nov/1970, Caledonian Airways acquired British United Airways (BUA) from British and Commonwealth (B&C) for £6.9 million and the combined airline was known for over a year as Caledonian / BUA before adopting British Caledonian Sep1971. BCal ceased to exist as a legal entity at 00.01 hrs. on 14/Apr/1988 when it merged into British Airways
< private independent airline which operated out of Gatwick Airport in south-east England > ]

[ – British Airways (ii) – Following the recommendations of the 1969 Edwards Report that a new British Airways Board, managing both BOAC (British Overseas Airways Corp.), BEA (British European Airways), and the two regional British airlines Cambrian Airways based at Cardiff, and Northeast Airlines based at Newcastle upon Tyne, was constituted on 01Apr1972, establishing British Airways as an airline on 31/Mar/1974. BA started operations on 01Apr1974. British Asia Airways, a subsidiary based in Taiwan, was formed in March 1993 to operate between London and Taipei. The carrier acquired BCAL (British Caledonian Airways) (1988) and Dan-Air (1992). In Jul2008, British Airways announced a merger plan with Iberia, another flag carrier airline in the Oneworld alliance, wherein each airline would retain its original brand. bmi was purchased on 30/Mar/2012
< scheduled passenger and cargo services and is the UK flag carrier >]

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