24 aircraft (8 jets: 1 Boeing 707-365C, 2 Boeing 707-138B, 5 BAC One-Eleven 300; 16 turboprops: 12 Bristol 175 Britannia 300s, 4 Vickers Viscount 700s) as of April 1968
Destinations
non-scheduled: worldwide scheduled: United Kingdom (1963–1968) Europe (1953–1968) Bermuda (1958–1962) Bahamas (1958–1962) United States (1962) western hemisphere (interregional) (1958–1962)
Parent company
Eagle Aviation Ltd (1948–1963) British Eagle International Airlines Ltd (1963–1966) Eagle International Airlines Ltd (1966–1968)
Headquarters
Central London (1948–1962) Heathrow Airport (1963–1965) Central London (1966–1968)
Key people
H. R. Bamberg, A. R. Bamberg M. A. Guinane B. M. Williams N. Ashton-Hill F. F .A. Burden G. W. Pitt G. D. Peacock J. H. Sauvage H. P. Snelling Sir Patrick Dunn Prof R. Smith D. Haslegrave N. Thompson B. Greaves I. Grant J. Clacher S.E. Hoare A. Tame Capt J. Michie T. Keane
A British Eagle Britannia 312 (rear) and Viscount 701 at Manchester Airport, August 1964
British Eagle International Airlines was a major British independent[nb 1] airline that operated from 1948 until it went into liquidation in 1968. It operated scheduled and charter services on a domestic, international and transatlantic basis over the years.
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