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British European Airways (BEA), formally British European Airways Corporation, was a British airline which existed from 1946 until 1974. BEA operated to Europe, North Africa and the Middle East from airports around the United Kingdom.〔''Classic Aircraft (Gone but not forgotten ... BEA)'', Vol. 45, No. 6, pp. 44/5, 49 (Jet equipment), Ian Allan Publishing, Hersham, June 2012〕 The airline was also the largest UK domestic operator, serving major British cities, including London, Manchester, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Belfast, as well as remote areas of the British Isles such as the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.〔''Classic Aircraft (Gone but not forgotten ... BEA: Highlands and Islands — Never on a Sunday)'', Vol. 45, No. 6, p. 46, Ian Allan Publishing, Hersham, June 2012〕 From 1946 until 1974, BEA operated a network of internal German routes between West Berlin and West Germany as well.〔''Classic Aircraft (Gone but not forgotten ... BEA: Internal German Services — Berlin-bound)'', Vol. 45, No. 6, p. 51, Ian Allan Publishing, Hersham, June 2012〕 Formed as the British European Airways division of British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) on 1 January 1946, BEA became a crown corporation in its own right on 1 August 1946.〔''Classic Aircraft (Gone but not forgotten ... BEA: Post-war pioneers)'', Vol. 45, No. 6, p. 45, Ian Allan Publishing, Hersham, June 2012〕 Operations commenced from Croydon and Northolt airports, with DH89A Dragon Rapides and Douglas DC-3s.〔 Having established its main operating base at Northolt,〔 BEA operated its first service from Heathrow in April 1950; by late-1954, all Northolt operations had moved to Heathrow, which remained the airline's main operating base until the merger with BOAC in 1974.〔''Classic Aircraft (Gone but not forgotten ... BEA means business)'', Vol. 45, No. 6, p. 47, Ian Allan Publishing, Hersham, June 2012〕 During 1952, BEA carried its one-millionth passenger,〔 and by the early 1960s it had become the Western world's〔excluding the former Eastern Bloc countries and the Peoples Republic of China〕 fifth-biggest passenger-carrying airline〔after American Airlines, United Airlines, Eastern Air Lines and Trans World Airlines (TWA)〕 and the biggest outside the United States.〔''Classic Aircraft (Gone but not forgotten ... BEA)'', Vol. 45, No. 6, pp. 45, 49 (Jet equipment), Ian Allan Publishing, Hersham, June 2012〕 In 1950, BEA operated the world's first turbine-powered commercial air service with Vickers' Viscount 630 prototype, from London to Paris.〔''Classic Aircraft (Gone but not forgotten ... BEA means business)'', Vol. 45, No. 6, p. 48, Ian Allan Publishing, Hersham, June 2012〕 The airline entered the jet age in 1960 with de Havilland's DH106 Comet 4B.〔''Classic Aircraft (Gone but not forgotten ... BEA: Jet equipment)'', Vol. 45, No. 6, p. 48, Ian Allan Publishing, Hersham, June 2012〕 On 1 April 1964, it became the first to operate the DH121 Trident; on 10 June 1965, a BEA Trident 1C performed the world's first automatic landing during a scheduled commercial air service.〔''Classic Aircraft (Gone but not forgotten ... BEA: Jet equipment)'', Vol. 45, No. 6, pp. 50/1, Ian Allan Publishing, Hersham, June 2012〕 For most of its existence, BEA was headquartered at ''BEAline House'' in Ruislip, London Borough of Hillingdon. BEA ceased to exist as a legal entity on 1 April 1974 when the merger with BOAC to form British Airways (BA) took effect.〔''Classic Aircraft (Gone but not forgotten ... BEA: Birth of BA)'', Vol. 45, No. 6, p. 52, Ian Allan Publishing, Hersham, June 2012〕 ==History== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「British European Airways」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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