BRITISH AIRWAYS As part of the celebrations for its 100-year anniversary, British Airways has begun painting four of its aircraft in retro designs. DON'T MENTION THE WARBOAC started operations on April Fool's Day 1940, during Britain's "darkest hour" as Imperial merged with British Airways. DAN KITWOOD/GETTY British Airways is celebrating 100 years in 2019. FIVE FAMOUS BA FLIGHTS1938After meeting Hitler following the Nazi invasion of Czechoslovakia, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain emerged from his British Airways flight from Munich, proclaiming "Peace in our time!" It's first international flight in 1953 was from New Orleans to Caracas via Havana.

Source: Stuff March 31, 2019 19:52 UTC