ABSTRACT
A SERIES of mergers among the non-subsidized airlines in Great Britain ended in Z-\ November 1935 with the creation of British Airways, Ltd. Within the space
J. JL of a few months the new company obtained both air mail and development contracts and proceeded to explore two vital areas not exploited by the older monopoly, Imperial Airways. Services were started to Berlin and to Scandinavia, on which night flying became routine, and surveys and plans were pushed ahead for a line to South America. These promising developments, and the reasons for their frustration, are the theme of this article.1
