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British Airways was created in 1974 after the merger of two previous companies - The British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC - founded 1939) and British European Airways (BEA - founded 1946).However, BOAC was in turn created when a number of airline companies (including a privately owned British Airways Ltd, founded in 1935) were nationalised following a governmental review.
Mainly British Airways and Air France operated the majority of Concorde's with Singapore Airlines sharing one with British Airways and Braniff International Airways leasing 10 Concorde's (5 from BA and 5 from Air France).
British Airways owns 55% of the International Airlines Group after merging with Iberia. The remaining 45% belongs to Iberai's shareholders. You can get more information about this at the Wikipedia. Once on the website, type "British Airways" into the search field at the top of the page and press enter to bring up the information.
No, it was owned by the Spanish until the US annexed it in the 1830s.
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Yes, American Airlines is owned by American Airways. They are the same company whose name has changed over time.
On 31 march 1924, Britain's four pioneer airlines-Instone Air Line, Handley Page Transport, Daimler Airways and British Air Marine Navigation Ltd. that had started up in the immediate post war period -merged to form Imperial Airways, which developed its Empire routes to Australia and Africa.[7] Meanwhile a number of smaller UK air transport companies had started flights. These merged in 1935 to form the original privately owned British Airways Ltd.(not the same company) Following a government review, Imperial Airways and British Airways were nationalised in 1939 to form the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC). Post-war, BOAC continued to operate long-haul services, other than routes to South America - these were flown by British South American Airways, which was merged back into BOAC in 1949. Continental European and domestic flights were flown by a new nationalised airline, British European Airways (BEA), which compulsorily took over the routes of existing UK independent airlines. These airlines all merged together to make British Airways.
On 31 march 1924, Britain's four pioneer airlines-Instone Air Line, Handley Page Transport, Daimler Airways and British Air Marine Navigation Ltd. that had started up in the immediate post war period -merged to form Imperial Airways, which developed its Empire routes to Australia and Africa.[7] Meanwhile a number of smaller UK air transport companies had started flights. These merged in 1935 to form the original privately owned British Airways Ltd.(not the same company) Following a government review, Imperial Airways and British Airways were nationalised in 1939 to form the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC). Post-war, BOAC continued to operate long-haul services, other than routes to South America - these were flown by British South American Airways, which was merged back into BOAC in 1949. Continental European and domestic flights were flown by a new nationalised airline, British European Airways (BEA), which compulsorily took over the routes of existing UK independent airlines. These airlines all merged together to make British Airways.
The shares of Qantas Airways Limited are owned by Australians.
There a are number of active airlines. Some are private and some are owned and subsidised by the South African state or owned as subsidiaries of entities which are owned by the state. South African Airways (state subsidised and the most dominant) SA Airlink (state subsidised) SA Express (state subsidised) Mango (state subsidised) 1Time Airlines Comair Kulula BA (British Airways South African franchise) Velvet Sky