The British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) was the British state airline from 1939 until 1946 and the long-haul British state airline from 1946. The company started life with a merger between Imperial Airways Ltd. and British Airways Ltd. BOAC was merged in 1974 with British European Airways Corporation (BEA) to form British Airways.
On 1 September 1972, the British Airways Board was formed, a holding board that controlled BOAC and BEA. On 31 March 1974, both the BOAC and BEA were dissolved and their operations merged to form British Airways.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Boac was created in 1977.
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Marinduque's capital city is Boac.
BOAC - in the song, "Back in the U.S.S.R."
Boac is the capital city of the province of Marinduque, Philippines.
British Overseas Airways Corp, better know as BOAC, started transatlantic service with the de Havilland Comet, the first commerial production jet aircraft. BOAC was eventually to become part of British Airways.
Zaijan Jaranilla - Amoingon, Boac, Marinduque
Sam Wright has written: 'Beaufighters, BOAC and Me' 'Crowds and riots'
British Airways Ltd. ended in 1939.
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.
The British De-Havilland Comet first flew on 27 July 1949 and entered service with BOAC on 2 May 1952.