G-CPEM British Airways Boeing 757-236

Information about Boeing 757-236/ER

Incorporated in Washington by William E. Boeing on 15th of July 1916, as “Pacific Aero Products Co.” and was re-named the “Boeing Airplane Company” in mid 1917. Boeing is now the Worlds largest manufacturer of airliners with only Airbus as significant or major competitor.

The Boeing 757 entered service in 1983 replacing the older Boeing 727 range of airliners. A total of 1,050 of these airliners had been produced when production finally ceased in 2005. The Boeing 757-200 series can carry between 228 and 234 passengers, it is the most popular variant of the 757 range. Some Boeing 757-236's have been converted into Special Freighters and are designated Boeing 757-200/SF's Boeing 757-236/SF

Information about British Airways - BA

British Airways was initially Founded as "Imperial Airways" during 1924 following the merger of Instone, Handley Page, Daimler Airways and British Air Marine Navigation. In 1939 the British government decided to nationalise Imperial Airways and British Airways and named the resultant company British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC). In 1972 BOAC and BEA were combined to create British Airways, the UK's national airline, in 1987 British Airways was privatised. In 1988 BA purchased British Caledonian, and in 1992 purchased Dan-Air making BA the second largest airline in Europe. British Airways operates a large mixed fleet of predominantly Airbus and Boeing airliners.

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