HISTORY: BRITISH OVERSEAS AIRWAYS CORPORATION (BOAC) was the British state-owned airline created in 1940 by the merger of Imperial Airways and British Airways Ltd. BOAC absorbed British South American Airways (BSAA) in 1949. A 1971 Act of Parliament merged BOAC and BEA with effect from 31 March 1974, forming today's British Airways.
BEA (1946-1974) + BOAC (1939-1974) -> BRITISH AIRWAYS (1974-TODAY)
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