Before that, the airline's predecessor, the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC), operated its first Boeing 747 service between London and New York in 1971. Over several decades ...

The Boeing 747-8 has a cruising speed of Mach 0.86 ... and entered commercial service with BOAC on May 2nd, 1952. Other ...

First aircraft, a BOAC-liveried Boeing 747, reg: G-BYGC, will arrive back at Heathrow from the paint factory on February 18 to enter the airline’s flying schedule. Three more aircraft will ...