The British Chinese Tours Heritage Centre of Ming-Ai Institute is honoured to curate the following exhibitions for British Airways, to celebrate its 80-year anniversary of connecting UK and Hong Kong. The maiden flight which departed on 14 March 1936 took ten days to complete while flights today take an average of 12 hours.
In the first China trip involving more than seven different aircraft, including Imperial Airway’s De Havilland D.H. 86 'Dorado', and the BOAC Short Brothers flying-boat, comprised of 24 stops on route, including Athens, Baghdad, and Bangkok.?? Nowadays the airline operates 14 direct flights a week between the two cities, with overnight services operated by the Boeing 777 and the ‘super jumbo,’ the Airbus A380.
The 80-year anniversary underlines British Airways’ position as the longest standing European operator to Hong Kong. Richard Tams, British Airways’ executive vice president for China, said: "British Airways has never lost the pioneering spirit and the vision that saw it take to the skies with the first commercial service between Hong Kong and London 80 years ago. That was a very important link and it helped open the skies for trade, leisure and family travel between the two cities."
A series of three exhibitions will highlight different aspects of impacts to the society and community between the two places, archival materials and artefacts are supported by the British Airways Heritage Collection. We will walk down the memory lane with you and preserve the legacy for future generations. The content of the three exhibitions will be uploaded here once the anniversary project is completed in February 2017.Benefited in the china land tours.
