Wednesday, May 29, 2019

British Airways opens centenary archive collection to celebrate its 100-year history

Mumbai: British Airways’ has opened its archive collection to the public for the first time to share never-before-seen memories of key moments from its 100-year history.

The never-before-seen photographs and videos from its 100-year history will be hosted on the airline’s dedicated centenary site.

Among the images include those of Concorde, Royal flights and vintage airline posters. "An interactive year-by-year timeline illustrates how British Airways became one of the world’s leading airlines," said a press statement issued by British Airways.

It explores moments from the very first international flight with its predecessor airline, Aircraft Transport and Travel Limited (AT&T) on August 25, 1919 carrying a journalist, Devonshire cream, leather and several brace of grouse, to the latest images of its brand-new Club Suite.
The airline statement said that the collection showcases hundreds of historical photos and videos, as well as articles explaining how the British Airways evolved from a single-engine De Havilland aircraft flying the world’s first daily international scheduled flight to Paris, to become an airline flying more than 45 million customers a year to more than 200 destinations across the world.
28/05/19 Manju V/Times of India
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