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  British Airways Encyclopedia Article @ USATravelSmart.com (USA Travel Smart)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
British Airways, faced with likely defeat, settled the case, giving £500,000 to Branson and a further £110,000 to his airline; further, BA was to pay the legal fees of up to £3 million.
British Airways is pioneering the use of "flat beds" in the premium cabins on their long-haul routes, with introduction of a new flat bed in Club world Summer 2006 and on demand video IFE system keeping up to date with the competition.
British Airways is part of the InterCapital and Regional Rail alliance, which in 1998 was awarded the contract to manage Eurostar (U.K.) Ltd. The company, which is the UK arm of Eurostar, the cross-Channel rail operator, makes up 10% of the alliance that also includes SNCF, SNCB and National Express Group.
www.usatravelsmart.com /encyclopedia/British_Airways   (5746 words)

  
 Livery - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Such things might be kept in a "livery cupboard." The sense later contracted to servants' rations and distinctive standardized outfits, like the knee-breeches worn by footmen in grand houses until World War I, and to provender for horses, from which we have inherited "livery stable" (1705).
A livery company is one of the most ancient guilds of the City of London; members of the company were allowed to dress their servants in the distinctive uniform of their trade, and the companies' charters enabled them to prevent others from embarking upon the trades within the Company's jurisdiction.
A "livery vehicle" remains a legalism in the US for a vehicle for hire, such as a taxicab or chauffered limousine, but excluding a rented vehicle driven by the renter.
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Livery   (425 words)

  
 British Mediterranean Airways - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
British Mediterranean Airways, trading as BMED, is an airline based at London Heathrow Airport in the United Kingdom.
British Mediterranean Airways was established in 1994 by a group of private investors and began operations on 28 October that year with an Airbus A320, flying from London Heathrow to Beirut, the Lebanese capital.
British Mediterranean Airways rebranded as BMED in November 2004, citing the shorter name and revamped logo will help stregthen the airline's image and be more recognisable for staff and customers alike.
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/BMED   (572 words)

  
 Liveries -- Recommendations and Resources   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
A livery company is one of the ancient guilds of the City of London; members of the company were allowed to dress their servants in the distinctive uniform of their trade, and the companies' charters enabled them to prevent others from embarking upon the trades within the Company's jurisdiction.
Livery Companies are governed by a Master (known in some Companies as the Prime Warden), a number of Wardens (who may be known as the Upper, Middle, Lower, or Renter Wardens), and a Court of Assistants, which elects the Master and Wardens.
Livery Dole is a street and crossroads in the Heavitree area of Exeter in Devon, England.
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 BOAC Encyclopedia Article @ FlyingWithChildren.com (Flying with Children)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
BOAC was merged with British European Airways in 1974 to form British Airways, following a British Act of Parliament in 1971.
On September 1, 1972, the British Airways Board was formed, a holding board that controlled BOAC and BEA.
Evolutions of the BOAC logo inherited from Imperial Airways, the Speedbird, continue to be used as the logo for British Airways, and continues to be used as BA's call sign.
www.flyingwithchildren.com /encyclopedia/BOAC   (861 words)

  
 British Airways ethnic liveries - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In 1997 British Airways adopted a new livery.
The adoption of this livery was seen as a move away from the traditional and strictly British image of the carrier.
The removal of the ethnic tailfins is a slow process for the hundreds of aircraft in BA's fleet; some aircraft continue to wear the world tailfins.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/British_Airways_ethnic_liveries   (683 words)

  
 Informat.io on British Airways
British Airways is pioneering the use of "flat beds" in the premium cabins on their long-haul routes.
On 10 June 1990, British Airways Flight 5390, a BAC 1-11 flight between Birmingham and Malaga, suffered a windshield blowout.
On August 2, 1990- British Airways Flight 149 landed at Kuwait International Airport four hours after the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, leading to the capture of the passengers and crew, and the destruction of the aircraft.
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 Livery Encyclopedia Article @ Embarked.org   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
In 1300s, "livery" referred to an allowance of any kind (for instance the city of Exeter in Devon, England has a street called "Livery Dole" after the Livery Dole Almshouses and Chapel, founded in March 1591), but especially clothes delivered (French livrée) to servants and members of the household.
Such things might be kept in a "livery cupboard." The sense later contracted to servants' rations and distinctive standardized outfits, like the knee-breeches worn by footmen in grand houses until World War I, and to provender for horses, from which we have inherited "livery stable" (1705) [1].
In some jurisdictions a "livery vehicle" covers vehicles that carry up to seven passengers, but not more, thus including a jitney but excluding an omnibus or motorcoach.
www.embarked.org /encyclopedia/Livery   (544 words)

  
 British Airways - Enpsychlopedia
British Asia Airways ceased operation in 2001 as the airline suspend operation to Taiwan due to low yield.
British Airways is pioneering the use of "flat beds" in the premium cabins on their long-haul routes and has the most flat beds of any airline on their aircraft.
However Lord King recognised the importance of Concorde to British Airways, and the one thing that everybody agreed was the charismatic value of the aircraft.
www.enpsychlopedia.com /psypsych/British_Airways   (3399 words)

  
 Informat.io on Speedbird
Speedbird is a callsign used by British Airways during air traffic control procedures, as well as the name for the famous stylized British Overseas Airways Corporation logo.
In 1974, BOAC was merged with British European Airways to form British Airways.
As British Airways prepared for privatisation, a new corporate look was adopted in 1984, which included altering the appearance of the Speedbird logo for the first time.
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 British Airways Ltd. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It was first formed as Allied British Airways in October, 1935 by the merger of Spartan Air Lines and United Airways (no relation to the US carrier United Airlines).
British Airways Ltd was not really a competitor to the better known Imperial Airways which flew to far-flung parts of the British Empire, enjoyed state subsidy, and used British-built aircraft, often antiquated.
The British Airways name was to re-appear 35 years later when BOAC was re-merged with its 1946 spin-off British European Airways.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/British_Airways_Ltd   (282 words)

  
 BEA
British European Airways, or BEA was formed in 1946 by an Act of Parliament.
The airline was also the first customer for many British short and medium haul airliners of the 1950s and 1960s including the Vickers Viscount, Vickers Vanguard, BAC 1-11 and the Hawker-Siddeley Trident.
BEA ceased operations in 1973 when it was merged with British Overseas Airways Corporation to form British Airways.
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 - BAY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
British Airways - BA British Airways (LSE: BAY, NYSE: BAB) is the largest airline of the United Kingdom.
These merged in 1935 to form the original privately-owned British Airways Ltd. Following a government review Imperial Airways and British Airways were nationalised in 1939 to form the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC).
British Airways also has options for Airbus A320's, this option applies to the total A320-series.
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 British European Airways Biography,info
BEA was also the largest domestic airline within the United Kingdom at the time, operating flights to major British cities, including London, Manchester, Edinburgh, Belfast and Glasgow.
The airline was also the first customer for many British short- and medium-haul airliners of the 1950s and 1960s, including the Vickers Viscount, Vickers Vanguard, BAC One-Eleven 500 and Hawker-Siddeley Trident.
BEA ceased operations in 1974 when it was merged with the British Overseas Airways Corporation to form British Airways.
www.parsnava.com /biography/sdmc_British_European_Airways   (170 words)

  
 BOAC
The company started life with a merger between Imperial Airways and British Airways Ltd. BOAC was merged with British European Airways in 1974 to form British Airways, following a British Act of Parliament in 1971.
BOAC received its first 747 on April 22, 1970, however due to industrial action by the British Air Line Pilots Association the aircraft did not enter commercial service for a year, on April 14 1971.
BOAC would have become one of the first operators of the Concorde had it not merged to become British Airways (one of BA's Concordes carried the registration G-BOAC).
www.measuroo.com /Acr-B/BOAC.php   (654 words)

  
 British Airways: BA Holidays   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
British Airways Holidays - Book affordable package holidays, city breaks, hotels and car rental with BA Holidays.
British Airways, simultaneously with Air France, inaugurated the world's first supersonic...
British Airways can meet all your travel needs including air fares flights business class Concorde schedules and prices for the holiday maker and executive...
www.a2airfares.com /2006/03/ba-holidays.html   (239 words)

  
 Ndebele language - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The Ndebele people have recently become famous for their colourful wall paintings and traditional garb.
Their paintings are used for instance to attract tourists and were used to decorate tails of 15 British Airways jets as part of their ethnic art relaunch.
The Zimbabwean Ndebele is closer to Zulu than it is to the two South African Ndebele languages.
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Ndebele   (465 words)

  
 Liveries - Waterstock Schooling Liveries   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
These are liveries for the GTR demo developed by SimBin.
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 liveries - OneLook Dictionary Search
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Liveries : Online Plain Text English Dictionary [home, info]
Phrases that include liveries: british airways ethnic liveries, court of wards and liveries
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 Canoe Liveries -- Recommendations and Resources   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
There would not normally be any staff to do any work for you.
Other topics related to Canoe Liveries: Canoe Livery
Categories similar to Canoe Liveries: Carcinoma Lung
www.becomingapediatrician.com /health/27/canoe-liveries.html   (918 words)

  
 Liveries - Find The Best Liveries Resources Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
British Horse Society for horses and riders,welfare, equestrian training, safety, bridleways and access, 350 affiliated Riding Clubs, rescue centres,
Liveries - Large airy boxes with mains electricity.
The City of Ann Arbor has two canoe liveries along the Huron River, located in Argo Park and Gallup Park.
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 Liveries - LIVERIES NEWSLETTER   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
This is the standard CR day train livery now [7/00], except for the EMUs/DMUs have a variety of liveries; recent ones have a blue/red livery.
Welcome to the F1 Real Manager Livery page, the continuous car design I hope you can make the best liveries, real, fiction or of your country.
The many liveries carried by class 156 trains are listed here, Units in ScotRail livery are receiving repaints into First Livery at Derby Works.
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 Virgin airline   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
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 Liveries - Find The Best Liveries Resources Online
Novelty Airline Liveries, 2007 Calendar by Brian Lockett (Calendar) in Calendars > Transportation : A dozen photos of airliners painted in special themes.
Jump to: navigation, search British Airways World Art liveries
Some images have migrated from the Fictitious Liveries galleries, whilst newer images on Fictitious Liveries created between June and December 2005:
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 Virgin airlines   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
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