G-CPEN British Airways Boeing 757-236

Information about Boeing 757-236/ER

Boeing was created by William E. Boeing on 15th of July 1916, as “Pacific Aero Products Co.” and was re-named the “Boeing Airplane Company” on the 9th of May 1917. Today Boeing is the Worlds largest airline manufacturer only Airbus is a major competitor.

The Boeing 757 entered service in 1983 replacing the older Boeing 727 airliner design. A total of 1,050 of 757 airliners had been produced when production ended in 2005. The Boeing 757-200 series can carry up to 234 passengers, it is the most popular Boeing 757 airliner. 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 by the UK government. In mid 1988 BA acquired British Caledonian, and in 1992 acquired Dan-Air making it the second largest airline in Europe. BA operates a mixed fleet of mainly Airbus and Boeing airliners.

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