British United Airways (BUA) was the result of a merger between Airwork Services and Hunting-Clan Air Transport in July 1960. British and Commonwealth Shipping (B&C) became the newly constituted airline's main shareholder. During the 1960s it grew to become the largest wholly private, independent airline based in the United Kingdom.

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  • 1960-01-01 00:00:00 (xsd:date)
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  • British United Airways (BUA) was the result of a merger between Airwork Services and Hunting-Clan Air Transport in July 1960. British and Commonwealth Shipping (B&C) became the newly constituted airline's main shareholder. During the 1960s it grew to become the largest wholly private, independent airline based in the United Kingdom. By the end of the decade it had also become the UK's leading independent scheduled airline with a 71,000 km network spanning three continents - Europe, Africa and South America. In November 1970 B&C sold BUA to the Scottish charter airline Caledonian Airways for £12m. At that stage it operated an all-jet fleet numbering 20 aircraft and employed a staff of 3,000.
  • British United Airways (BUA) war eine britische Fluggesellschaft. Sie entstand im Juli 1960 durch den Zusammenschluss von Airwork und Hunting Clan Air Transport.
  • British United Airways, "BUA", var det största privata flygbolaget i Storbritannien under 1960-talet. Man flög bland annat Vickers VC10 En person som hade stort inflytande på detta flygbolag var Sir Freddie Laker
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  • British United Airways
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  • 1970 (xsd:integer)
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  • Central London
    (1960-1968),
    London Gatwick Airport
    (1968-1970)
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  • Air Holdings
    (1961-1968), BUA (Holdings) (1968-1970)
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  • British United Airways (BUA) was the result of a merger between Airwork Services and Hunting-Clan Air Transport in July 1960. British and Commonwealth Shipping (B&C) became the newly constituted airline's main shareholder. During the 1960s it grew to become the largest wholly private, independent airline based in the United Kingdom.
  • British United Airways (BUA) war eine britische Fluggesellschaft. Sie entstand im Juli 1960 durch den Zusammenschluss von Airwork und Hunting Clan Air Transport.
  • British United Airways, "BUA", var det största privata flygbolaget i Storbritannien under 1960-talet. Man flög bland annat Vickers VC10 En person som hade stort inflytande på detta flygbolag var Sir Freddie Laker
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  • British United Airways
  • British United Airways
  • British United Airways
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