| First with transatlantic jet service (1958) |
Newsday |
01 Nov 2025 |
| State-owned British airline created in 1939 (init.) (1,1,1,1) |
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| "Flew in from Miami Beach _ _ _ _." - The Beatles |
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| State-owned airline created in 1939 by a merger of Imperial Airways and British Airways (inits) (4) |
Mirror Quiz |
06 Jun 2025 |
| State-owned airline created in 1939 by a merger of Imperial Airways and British Airways (inits) |
Mirror Quiz |
20 Feb 2025 |
| State-owned airline created in 1939 by a merger of Imperial Airways and British Airways (inits) |
Mirror Quiz |
08 Jan 2025 |
| Pioneering airline only occasionally referred to as 'better on a camel' (1,1,1,1) |
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| Onetime UK airline |
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| Defunct UK carrier |
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| Which now-defunct airline is namechecked in the first line of the Beatles" Back In The USSR? (1,1,1,1) |
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| Carrier in 'Back in the USSR' |
Wall Street Journal |
16 Sep 2023 |
| Erstwhile Heathrow lander |
Newsday |
06 Jan 2019 |
| The first airline to use “Speedbird” as a call sign |
The Times Specialist Sunday |
30 Dec 2018 |
| Airline mentioned in the first line of the Beatles' "Back in the U.S.S.R." |
LA Times Daily |
08 Feb 2017 |
| Airline mentioned in the first line of the Beatles' "Back in the U.S.S.R." |
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| Airline mentioned in 'Back in the U.S.S.R.' |
The Washington Post |
24 Nov 2015 |
| Former U.K. carrier |
LA Times Daily |
04 Nov 2015 |
| Airline created by an Act of Parliament |
LA Times Daily |
17 Jan 2015 |
| Airline mentioned in 'Back in the U.S.S.R.' |
Wall Street Journal |
02 Jan 2015 |
| Former U.K. carrier |
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| Airline created by an Act of Parliament |
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| Airline mentioned in "Back in the U.S.S.R." |
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| Airline mentioned in "Back in the U.S.S.R." |
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| Former Heathrow lander |
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| Airline mentioned in "Back in the USSR" |
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| U.K. carrier, once |
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| Former Heathrow initials |
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| Former Heathrow-based flier |
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| Former Heathrow-based flier |
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| Old U.K. carrier |
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| Old U.K. carrier |
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| Former U.K. carrier |
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| Old U.K. carrier |
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| U.K. carrier, once |
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| Airline mentioned in "Back in the U.S.S.R." |
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| Former U.K. airline |
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| Former U.K. airline |
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| Erstwhile U.K. carrier |
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| Old UK carrier |
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| Erstwhile U.K. carrier |
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| "Flew in from Miami Beach ___" (opening lyric to "Back in the U.S.S.R.") |
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| Airline's former name |
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| Old U.K. airline |
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| Erstwhile Heathrow letters |
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| Old Eur. airline |
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| Old Eur. airline |
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| Airline mentioned in "Back in the U.S.S.R." |
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| First transatlantic airline |
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| British Airways, once |
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| First transatlantic airline |
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| Old English airline |
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| European airline dissolved in '74 |
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| Former U.K. carrier |
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| Brit. Airways predecessor |
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| Heathrow initials, once |
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| Former Eur. carrier |
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| Onetime airline |
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| U.K. carrier of old |
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| Former Eur. airline |
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| Defunct airline |
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| Bygone airline |
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| Whilom airline inits. |
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| Airline initials |
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