This entailed introduction of new In early 1951, BEA introduced its first "Pionair" class Douglas DC-3, a In 1953, BEA began receiving the first 16 Viscount 701 turboprops it had ordered in August 1950. It assumed responsibility for BEA's entire BAC One-Eleven 500 fleet and all of the airline's Manchester operations other than those to and from the Channel Islands, as well as all of its Berlin operations, with at least six aircraft based at The Scottish Airways division was headquartered in Glasgow and assumed responsibility for all of BEA's Scottish internal routes, as well as all of the airline's Glasgow–Belfast, Aberdeen–Heathrow and Inverness–Heathrow services. Formed as the British European Airways division of Having established its main operating base at Northolt,For most of its existence, BEA was headquartered at BOAC formed a British European Airways division on 1 January 1946 in anticipation of that year's Civil Aviation Act. The following month, BEA launched a London–Guernsey Argosy freighter service.On 1 June 1964, Vanguards made their debut on BEA's Heathrow–Jersey route. British European Airways Prefixo: G-ARPI O voo British European Airways 548 foi um voo regular de passageiros realizado por um Hawker-Siddeley Trident que ia do Aeroporto de Heathrow em Londres, para o Aeroporto de Bruxelas e que caiu logo após a decolagem, matando todos os seus 118 ocupantes no dia 18 de junho de 1972. Thereafter, Cypriot nationals began to be hired and trained for the flight crews, which had previously been made up of British expatriates from BEA. Following the late-night arrival at Heathrow at 23:30 hrs of flight BE 943 ("Bealine 943"), BEA passed into history as of 00:00 hrs the following day.The Dragon Rapides BEA had inherited from Scottish Airways and other former independent airlines it had taken over in early-1947 initially operated the corporation's Scottish routes, including services to remote communities in the Highlands and Islands.From 1948, BEA Dragon Rapides were contracted to operate the In 1952, BEA began replacing Dragon Rapides with Pionairs across its Scottish network; however, the pre-war From 1962, BEA supplemented the Herons it used on its Scottish internal services with three new, 48-seater 1962 was also the year BEA introduced Viscounts on its Scottish network. Toimet tehtiin vakiokäytännön mukaisesti, kunnes 114 sekunnin kohdalla kapteeni nosti etureunasolakot, vaikka kone oli vasta 1 772 jalan korkeudella ja sen lentonopeus, 172 solmua, oli selkeästi miniminopeuden alapuolella.Kahden sekunnin kuluttua solakoiden nostamisesta koneen sakkauksenestojärjestelmä aktivoitui ja alkoi laskea koneen nokkaa nopeuden lisäämiseksi ja Lento 548 syöksyi pellolle A30-moottoritien viereen kello 16.11, 150 sekuntia lähtökiidon aloittamisen jälkeen. While this arrangement transferred overall control of Cyprus Airways was established on 24 September 1947 as a joint venture between BEA, the British In 1952, BEA took over the Cyprus Airways service to London with an In September 1957, with the political situation deteriorating in Cyprus, Cyprus Airways entered into a five-year agreement with BEA for the latter to operate services on its behalf. Lento 548 sai luvan käynnistää moottorit kello 15.39 paikallista aikaa. Compared with BEA, Pan Am's 727s carried 20% more passengers than the British carrier's Comet 4BsFrom August 1968, BEA supplemented its Tempelhof-based Viscount fleet with de Havilland Comet 4B series jetliners.Air France, West Berlin's third scheduled carrier, which had suffered a continuous traffic decline ever since the transfer of Berlin operations to more distant By 1971, BEA carried 2 million passengers each year on its Berlin routes. Category:British European Airways Flight 548. Jump to navigation Jump to search.

On June 18, 1972, British European Airways Flight 548 (callsign BEALINE 548), a Hawker Siddeley Trident 1C operated by British European Airways (BEA), crashed two minutes after takeoff from Heathrow Airport, killing all 118 passengers and crew on board. 1956 was also the year that saw Viscounts supplementing DC-3s/Pionairs on the corporation's Heathrow–Jersey route as well as a new summer service from Belfast to Jersey.BEA's acquisition of minority stakes in its independent associates Jersey Airlines and Cambrian Airways in 1956 and 1958 respectively resulted in the former's withdrawal from a number of mainly secondary routes serving the Channel islands, which were transferred to the latter.The launch of a new BEA summer weekend service from Aberdeen via Edinburgh to Jersey in 1957 was followed by the transfer of most of the corporation's London–Jersey and London–Guernsey flights from Heathrow to Gatwick when the latter reopened as London's second airport on 9 June 1958, in line with contemporary UK government policy to develop the airport.On 1 August 1960, a new paved runway opened at Guernsey, which enabled the introduction of bigger, heavier aircraft types on BEA's (and other airlines') services to and from the island.The withdrawal of Pionairs from BEA's Channel Islands services on 20 March 1961 resulted in the transfer of operations from Southampton to On 31 March 1962, BEA disposed of its minority holding in Jersey Airlines.In April 1963, most of the corporation's London – Channel Island flights transferred back to Heathrow as a result of the new competitive relationship between BEA and its former associate Jersey Airlines.

Railway Air Services,1947 was also the year BEA operated its first scheduled all-cargo flight from Northolt to Brussels with a Despite the previous year's nationalisation of several private airlines and their absorption into BEA, the government-owned carrier continued to contract its private sector counterparts to operate a limited number of regional feeder services on its behalf via "associate" agreements. On that day, the airline commenced jet operations from Heathrow to Athens, On 27 September 1960, BEA welcomed its 25-millionth passenger.Also in 1960, BEA took delivery of its final two Viscount 701sIn its 1960–61 financial year, BEA carried 3.99 million passengers at an average load factor of 65% and recorded a loss of £1.75 million.By the early 1960s, BEA carried just under four million passengers per year, more than any other airline in Europe (excluding On 1 March 1961, BEA began commercial Vanguard services following a delay to the aircraft's entry into service, as a result of major defects discovered in its On 1 April 1961, BEA moved some flights to Paris (Le Bourget) and other European destinations from Heathrow to Gatwick in accordance with the wishes of the British government to develop the latter airport.In 1962, BEA sold its 25% minority holding in Jersey Airlines. In addition to its Viscount mainline aircraft, Scottish Airways also operated a dedicated fleet of smaller The Channel Islands Airways division assumed responsibility for all of BEA's services to and from the Channel Islands other than those to and from Heathrow, Bristol, Cardiff, Leeds/Bradford, Liverpool and Newcastle. Cyprus Airways still relied on BEA for aircraft and in 1961 BEA began introducing Comet 4B jets on all Cyprus Airways routes through a joint aircraft pool arrangement that included Greece's Olympic Airways.