Imperial Airways

Imperial Airways

Jenis	Swasta
Industri	Transportasi udara
Entitas pendahulu	British Marine Air Navigation Co Ltd Daimler Airway Handley Page Transport Instone Air Line
Dibubarkan	24 November 1939
Status akhir	Bergabung dengan British Airways Ltd.
Penerus	British Overseas Airways Corporation

Imperial Airways adalah perusahaan transportasi udara jarak jauh komersial pertama Britania Raya yang beroperasi mulai 1924 sampai 1939. Maskapai ini melayani sejumlah wilayah di Eropa, terutama rute Britania ke Afrika Selatan, India dan Timur Jauh, termasuk Malaya dan Hong Kong. Maskapai ini juga bekerja sama dengan perusahaan lokal: Qantas (Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Ltd) di Australia dan TEAL (Tasman Empire Airways Ltd) di Selandia Baru.

Imperial Airways bergabung dengan British Overseas Airways Corporation pada tahun 1939.

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Bahan pustaka

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Budd, Lucy "Global Networks Before Globalisation: Imperial Airways and the Development of Long-Haul Air Routes" Globalization and World Cities (GaWC) Research Bulletin 253, 5 December 2007.
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Moss, Peter W. October 1974. British Airways. Aeroplane Monthly.
Pirie, G.H. Passenger traffic in the 1930s on British imperial air routes: refinement and revision. Journal of Transport History, 25 (2004) 66–84.
Pirie, G.H. Air Empire: British Imperial Civil Aviation 1919-39. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2009. ISBN 978-0-7190-4111-2.
Pirie, G.H. Incidental tourism: British imperial air travel in the 1930s. Journal of Tourism History, 1 (2009) 49-66.
Pirie, G.H. Cultures and Caricatures of British Imperial Aviation: Passengers, Pilots, Publicity. Manchester: Manchester University Press, July 2012. ISBN 978-0-7190-8682-3.