Log in / create account
What's your thing?
 
Search

Endpoint: British Caledonian



14:00
Videos (14)
created on: 6/01/2026
by: Lo55o (14048)
 
 

Brand properties

General info :
British Caledonian (BCal) was the brand name of a private independent airline in the United Kingdom that operated from 1970 until it merged with British Airways in 1988.
It operated primarily from London Gatwick Airport in south-east England. British Caledonian was formed by the merger of Caledonian Airways and British United Airways (BUA).
It was created as an alternative to the British government-controlled corporation airlines and was described as the "Second Force" in the 1969 Edwards report. The carrier slogan was Let's go British Caledonian in the 1970s and We never forget you have a choice in the 1980s. The BUA takeover enabled Caledonian to realise its long-held ambition to transform itself into a scheduled airline. The merged entity eventually became the UK's foremost independent, international scheduled airline.

A series of major financial setbacks during the mid-1980s combined with the airline's inability to grow sufficiently to reach a viable size put it at serious risk of collapse. British Caledonian began looking for a merger partner to improve its competitive position.
In December 1987, British Airways PLC (BA) bought the airline. The Caledonian name was used to rebrand BA's Gatwick-based subsidiary British Airtours as Caledonian Airways.
Relations :
Brand name used by [1987 -] : British Airways PLC
This endpoint is new to the database, please check he (it) is not in with a similar endpoint name association (and use the ENA function if necessary).
Source :
Copied Wikipedia parts under license :
ENA's

Magazines

(1 items)

Item number : 71686

Submitted by : Lo55o (14048)
on : 06/01/2026
Refined by : Lo55o (14048)
Last updated on: 06/01/2026