Investigate and Evaluate the contribution of structure and culture to the management of British Airways

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Investigate and Evaluate the contribution of structure and culture to the management of British Airways

British Airways is one of the world's leading international airlines, operating international and domestic scheduled and charter air services.

Its revenues are generated primarily from business and leisure passengers, cargo and mail.

British Airways headquarters are located at Heathrow airport in London, and have several airports situated around the world, making it a multiple plant and multinational company.

On 25 August 1919, its forerunner company, Aircraft Transport and Travel Limited, launched the world's first daily international scheduled air service between London and Paris.

In 1935 several smaller airlines merged to form the original privately owned British Airways Limited, which became Imperial Airways' principal UK competitor on European routes. Imperial Airways and British Airways were nationalised in 1939 to form British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC). This company had a monopolistic position on international routes.

The airline under its current name was formed as a result of a merger in 1974 between the United Kingdom's two publicly owned dominant carriers, British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) and British European Airways (BEA).

This marked the initial change