British Airways Ltd

British Airways Ltd
Company typePublic
IndustryAir transport
Predecessor
Founded30 September 1935 (1935-09-30)
FounderBernard Clive Pearson
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.