How Imperial Airways Laid The Foundation For British Airways
A direct predecessor to today's British Airways, Imperial Airways was the first British airline to service the majority of the British Empire's routes in the Eastern Hemisphere, before being merged into BOAC in November 1939.
When Imperial Airways merged into BOAC, most of their procedures and techniques were employed by the new company, allowing it to effectively compete against Juan Trippe's Pan Am.
35 years later, when BOAC was merged into today's British Airways, those very same procedures and techniques pioneered by Imperial Airways were employed by the new British Airways... albeit significantly updated for the modern world.
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Background
On December 17 1903, American aviation pioneers Wilbur and Orville...
