Difference between revisions of "Category:BWIA International Airways"

'''BWIA''' started operations as British West Indian Airways in 1940 with [[:Category: Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar| Lockheed Lodestar ]] airplanes. In 1947, '''BWIA''' was taken over by BSAA - British South American Airways, after a few months operating as British International Air Lines the  '''BWIA''' name was restored in 1948 for operating routes among the Caribbean Islands using [[:Category:Vickers Viking|Vickers Viking]] airliners. In 1949, BSAA merged with [[:Category: British Overseas Airways Corporation|BOAC]] and BWIA became a subsidiary of [[:Category: British Overseas Airways Corporation|BOAC]]. [[:Category: Vickers Viscount|Vickers Viscount]]  were introduced in 1955. For '''BWIA''' the jet age began in 1964 with the introduction of new [[:Category: Boeing 707|Boeing 707]] jetliners. '''BWIA''' became '''BWIA International Airways''' in 1980 after a merger with Trinidad and Tobago Air Services (which had been formed by the government in June 1974), becoming the national airline. '''BWIA''' aircraft livery had the 'Trinidad and Tobago Airways' adjacent to the '''BWIA International''' after the merger. The same year also saw the [[:Category: Boeing 707|Boeing 707]] replaced on the London service with long range [[:Category: Lockheed L-1011 TriStar|Lockheed L-1011-500 TriStar]] wide body jetliners. In 1986, '''BWIA''' bought its first [[:Category: McDonnell Douglas MD-80| McDonnell Douglas MD-83]]. By 1994, the airline ordered  [[:Category: Airbus A320 family|Airbus A321]] and [:Category: Airbus A340|Airbus A340]] jets. In 1999, '''BWIA Internantional Airways''' changed to BWIA West Indies Airways and its livery to a new Caribbean green and blue color scheme with its famous steelpan trademark, the national musical instrument of its home base.