British Airways Ltd [SEP] dissolved or abolished
British Airways Ltd
British Airways Ltd was a British airline company operating in Europe in the period 1935–1939. It was formed in 1935 by the merger of Spartan Air Lines Ltd, United Airways Ltd (no relation to the US carrier United Airlines), and Hillman's Airways. Its corporate emblem was a winged lion.
History.
On 30 September 1935, Allied British Airways Ltd was formed for the purpose of merging the publicly quoted company Hillman's Airways with the private companies of Spartan Air Lines and United Airways Ltd
of £37 million and other liabilities. In November 1992, the name was changed from Dan Air Services Ltd to British Airways (European Operations at Gatwick) Ltd.
John Wingett Davies was also chairman of British Cinematograph Theatres Ltd and in the 1977 New Year Honours was appointed OBE. He retired in 1984 and died in September 1991, leaving an estate valued at £614,274. Davies and Newman Holdings Limited was dissolved in 1996. Frederick Newman died on 19 October 2012, aged 96.
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