Imperial Airways

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Imperial Airways was a pioneering British commercial airline of the interwar period that operated international routes across Europe, Africa, and Asia.

All labels observed (6)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British company ⓘ
airline ⓘ
defunct airline ⓘ
abbreviation IA ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dateMergedInto 1940 ⓘ
dissolutionDate 1939-11-24 ⓘ
fleetIncludedAircraft Armstrong Whitworth Argosy ⓘ
Handley Page HP.42 ⓘ
Handley Page W.8 ⓘ
Short Empire flying boat ⓘ
de Havilland DH.66 Hercules ⓘ
formedByMergerOf British Marine Air Navigation Company ⓘ
Daimler Airway ⓘ
Handley Page Transport ⓘ
Instone Air Line ⓘ
foundingDate 1924-04-01 ⓘ
headquartersLocation London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

United Kingdom ⓘ
industry air transport ⓘ
aviation ⓘ
commercial aviation ⓘ
languageOfName English ⓘ
mainHub Croydon Airport ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
mergedInto British Overseas Airways Corporation ⓘ
namedAfter British Empire ⓘ
notableService Empire Air Mail Scheme ⓘ
operatedInPeriod interwar period ⓘ
operatedOnRoute Africa ⓘ
Asia ⓘ
Australia ⓘ
Empire routes ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
India ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
Trans-African routes ⓘ
operationalStatus defunct ⓘ
parentOrganization British government ⓘ
linked to: UK government
receivedSubsidyFrom British government ⓘ
linked to: UK government
role flag carrier of the British Empire ⓘ
servedCity Cairo ⓘ
Cape Town ⓘ
Karachi ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

Paris ⓘ
Sydney ⓘ
sponsoredBy British government ⓘ
linked to: UK government
successor British Overseas Airways Corporation ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Palestine Airways → foundedBy → Imperial Airways ⓘ
Palestine Airways → parentCompany → Imperial Airways ⓘ
Short Brothers → collaboratedWith → Imperial Airways ⓘ
Handley Page Limited → collaboratedWith → Imperial Airways ⓘ
Lydda Airport → usedBy → Imperial Airways ⓘ
Short Empire flying boat → primaryUser → Imperial Airways ⓘ
Short Mayo Composite → operator → Imperial Airways ⓘ
Short Mayo Composite → airlineContext → Imperial Airways transatlantic services ⓘ
linked to: Imperial Airways
Short Mayo Composite → sponsor → Imperial Airways ⓘ
Short Calcutta → operatedBy → Imperial Airways ⓘ
Short Calcutta → enteredServiceWith → Imperial Airways ⓘ
Short Kent → operator → Imperial Airways ⓘ
Short Kent → usedBy → Imperial Airways ⓘ
Short Kent → airlineCustomer → Imperial Airways ⓘ
Short Kent → primaryUser → Imperial Airways ⓘ
Handley Page HP.42 → primaryUser → Imperial Airways ⓘ
subject linked to: Handley Page HP.42 airliner
Handley Page HP.42 → enteredServiceWith → Imperial Airways ⓘ
subject linked to: Handley Page HP.42 airliner
Handley Page HP.42 → airlineOperator → Imperial Airways ⓘ
subject linked to: Handley Page HP.42 airliner
Handley Page HP.42 → designedFor → Empire routes of Imperial Airways ⓘ
subject linked to: Handley Page HP.42 airliner
linked to: Imperial Airways
Handley Page HP.45 → operator → Imperial Airways ⓘ
subject linked to: Handley Page HP.45 airliner
Handley Page HP.45 → usedBy → Imperial Airways ⓘ
subject linked to: Handley Page HP.45 airliner
Croydon Airport → operator → Imperial Airways ⓘ
Croydon Airport → airlineHubFor → Imperial Airways ⓘ
Fokker F.VII (later variants) → primaryUser → Imperial Airways ⓘ
London–Sydney → wasOperatedBy → Imperial Airways ⓘ
Qantas Empire Airways → formedByMergerOf → Imperial Airways ⓘ
Qantas Empire Airways → associatedWith → Imperial Airways ⓘ
Short S.30 Empire → operatedBy → Imperial Airways ⓘ
subject linked to: Short S.30 Empire flying boat
Short Mayo Composite project → operator → Imperial Airways ⓘ
Short S.8 Calcutta → operator → Imperial Airways ⓘ
Short S.8 Calcutta → usedOnRoute → Imperial Airways Mediterranean service ⓘ
linked to: Imperial Airways
Short S.17 Kent → operator → Imperial Airways ⓘ
Short S.17 Kent → primaryUser → Imperial Airways ⓘ
Short S.17 Kent → usedBy → Imperial Airways Mediterranean services ⓘ
linked to: Imperial Airways
British Empire air services → component → Imperial Airways ⓘ
Instone Air Line → becamePartOf → Imperial Airways ⓘ
Instone Air Line → mergedInto → Imperial Airways ⓘ
Instone Air Line → successor → Imperial Airways ⓘ
Handley Page Transport → becamePartOf → Imperial Airways ⓘ
Handley Page Transport → successor → Imperial Airways ⓘ
Handley Page Transport → mergedInto → Imperial Airways ⓘ
Daimler Airway → mergedInto → Imperial Airways ⓘ
Daimler Airway → successor → Imperial Airways ⓘ
Daimler Airway → partOf → Imperial Airways (after merger) ⓘ
linked to: Imperial Airways