BOAC and BEA airlines advert, 1951
From the 1951 Festival of Britain exhibition guidebook as less common 'joint' advert for the two Government owned airlines that would in time merge to form British Airways. The move towards two airlines, one for Continental services and the other for long distance routes had been started prior to the Second World War and "British Airways" had morphed into British European Airways whilst Imperial Airways had become the Briitsh Overseas Airways Corporation. The BEA 'winged key' logo looks quite graphically clumsy against the ex-Imperial "Speedbird" logo designed by Theyre Lee Elliott for them in the 1930s.
BOAC and BEA airlines advert, 1951
From the 1951 Festival of Britain exhibition guidebook as less common 'joint' advert for the two Government owned airlines that would in time merge to form British Airways. The move towards two airlines, one for Continental services and the other for long distance routes had been started prior to the Second World War and "British Airways" had morphed into British European Airways whilst Imperial Airways had become the Briitsh Overseas Airways Corporation. The BEA 'winged key' logo looks quite graphically clumsy against the ex-Imperial "Speedbird" logo designed by Theyre Lee Elliott for them in the 1930s.