British Airways

United Kingdom

BL

British Airways-BEA
November 1, 1973

"European and Mediterranean Area"
International routes, incl. intra-Britain routes to/from London

BL

British Airways-Cambrian/British Airways-Northeast
November 1, 1973

BL

British Airways-BOAC
January 1, 1974

"Intercontinental Timetable"
(BOAC system)

BL

April 1, 1974
"All Services Timetable"
(System)

BL

July 1, 1974
All routes of the former BOAC and international routes of the former BEA, incl. intra-Britain routes to/from London; in BOAC format

BL

July 1, 1974
"European and Mediterranean Area"
International routes of the former BEA, incl. intra-Britain routes to/from London; in BEA format

BL

July 1, 1974
"Transatlantic Services" and "Africa, Middle and Far East"
Combined: All routes of the former BOAC, incl. intra-Britain routes to/from London of the former BEA; in BEA format

BL

April 1, 1977
"All Services Timetable"
(System)

BL

July 1, 1977
"Intercontinental Timetable"
All routes of the former BOAC; in BOAC format

BL

July 11, 1977
"Intercontinental Routes"
All routes of the former BOAC; in BEA format

BL

March 28, 1982

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Early timetables of British Airways reflected the different traditions of the two main airlines behind the merger, BEA and BOAC. During the winter season 1973/74 there were still timetables in the old formats and styles of the merging airlines and featuring the names of the old airlines. From the summer of 1974 all timetables were British Airways only. Separate editions for former BOAC routes were published both in the quick-reference format unique to BEA (A-Z Countries) and in the traditional table format used by BOAC. The latter edition was not discontinued until 1979. The "European and Mediterranean Area" and "Intercontinental Routes" editions, both in BEA format, as well as the "All Services Timetable", more of an agents and employees' timetable than a public timetable, were available until BA issued its first "Worldwide Timetable" in the summer of 1982. This was in a revised quick-reference format, with three sections: To/from London, A-Z International cities and A-Z Domestic cities. This was obviously confusing and from the winter edition 1983/84 onwards BA's timetables have come in the usual quick-reference format of most other airlines.

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March 27 and May 29, 1988
(From the collection of Norbert Hahn)

July 1 and October 30, 1988
(From the collection of Norbert Hahn)

June 1 and October 29, 1989
(From the collection of Norbert Hahn)

March 25 and July 1, 1990
(From the collection of Norbert Hahn)

October 28, 1990
(From the collection of Josef Krauthäuser)

June 1 and October 27, 1991
(From the collection of Norbert Hahn)

October 27, 1991 and March 29, 1992
Cargo timetables
(Both from the collection of Norbert Hahn)

March 29, 1992
(From the collection of Norbert Hahn)

October 25, 1992
(From the collection of Josef Krauthäuser)

March 28, 1993
(From the collection of Norbert Hahn)

October 30, 1994
(From the collection of Josef Krauthäuser)

October 26, 1997
(From the collection of Josef Krauthäuser)

March 26, 2000
Cargo timetable
(From the collection of Norbert Hahn)

October 28, 2001
(From the collection of Sam Vaughn)

DZ

July 1, 2002

March 28, 2004
(From the collection of James Sullivan)

March 28, 2004
Germany-UK routes
(From the collection of Sam Vaughn)

BL

March 27, 2005

DZ

October 30, 2005

DZ

October 29, 2006
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See also Sun-Air of Scandinavia and predecessors BEA - British European Airways
and BOAC - British Overseas Airways Corporation.

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For quick comparison with other British Airways timetables,
visit the British Airways page of Perry Sloan's "AirTimes" site.

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This page last updated January 3, 2009.