Dan-Air

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Dan-Air was formed by shipping brokers Dan’s and Newman (Dan-Air derived its name from its parent’s initials, Davies, And, Newman). The company was incorporated on 21May1953, received its air operator’s certificate on 23May1953 and started with a single DC.3 on 01Jun1953. Scheduled services started in Jun1956. Acquired Scottish Airlines in 1961 and Skyways International in 1972. Operated the last passenger Comet 4 service. First operator of BAe 146 in 1983. On 27Nov1992, the company’s name was changed from Dan Air Services Ltd to British Airways (European Operations at Gatwick) after Dan-Air had been purchased by British Airways (ii)
< Extensive holiday charter and scheduled services. It operated cargo and passenger charter flights from Southend (1953–1955) and Blackbushe airports (1955–1960), Gatwick from then-on >[ – 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 31Mar1974. 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 30Mar2012
< scheduled passenger and cargo services and is the UK flag carrier >]

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