Editing British Airways (section)

===Subsidiaries===

Over its history, BA has had many subsidiaries. In addition to the below, British Airways also owned Airways Aero Association, the operator of the [[British Airways flying club]] based at [[Wycombe Air Park]] in [[High Wycombe]], until it was sold to [[Surinder Arora]] in 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bafc.co.uk/history.shtml|title=History of BAFC|work=Airways Aero Associations|access-date=11 September 2009|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080311174217/http://www.bafc.co.uk/history.shtml |archive-date = 11 March 2008}}</ref>

[[File:2010-06-30 B757 OpenSkies F-HAVN EDDF 02.jpg|thumb|right|An [[OpenSkies]] Boeing 757-200 landing at [[Frankfurt Airport]]]]

{| class="wikitable"
! Airline
! Still owned by BA
! Current status
! Details
|-
| [[BA CityFlyer]]
| Yes
| Active
| Founded 25 March 2007 as a reforming of the former subsidiary [[CityFlyer Express]] with assets of [[BA Connect]] not sold to [[Flybe (1979–2020)|Flybe]]
|-
| [[British Airways Engineering]]
| Yes
| Active
| Responsible for the maintenance, repair, and overhaul of British Airways' aircraft. BAE was formed from the merger of the engineering divisions of [[BOAC]] and [[British European Airways|BEA]]'s when the two airlines merged in 1974 to form British Airways.
|-
| [[British Airways World Cargo]]
| No
| Merged with fellow Cargo subsidiaries of [[International Airlines Group|IAG]] to form [[IAG Cargo]]
| British Airways first opened a World Cargo centre at Heathrow in 1999. The company ended operations on 30 April 2014,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/atlas-air-worldwide-british-airways-130000501.html |title=British Airways to Pursue New Opportunities |publisher=Yahoo! Finance |date=17 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141130183554/http://finance.yahoo.com/news/atlas-air-worldwide-british-airways-130000501.html |archive-date=30 November 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite press release|title=Atlas Air invests in new UK airline|work=Atlas Air Inc.|date=12 April 2001|url=http://www.atlasair.com/aa/press/press2.asp?Pressid=8|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030226090144/http://www.atlasair.com/aa/press/press2.asp?Pressid=8|archive-date=26 February 2003}}</ref> having been fully merged into [[IAG Cargo]]
|-
| [[British Airways Helicopters]]
| No
| Sold
| Sold in 1986 - Now trades as [[British International Helicopters]]
|-
| [[BA Connect]]
| No
| Closed
| Formerly known as  BA CitiExpress. Sold in 2007 to [[Flybe (1979–2020)|Flybe]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2006/nov/04/britishairways.theairlineindustry |title=BA sells off regional business as it takes £100m hit from terror scare |first=Dan |last=Milmo |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=4 November 2006 |access-date=14 February 2015 |archive-date=14 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150214093235/http://www.theguardian.com/business/2006/nov/04/britishairways.theairlineindustry |url-status=live }}</ref> closed down in 2020
|-
| [[British Asia Airways]]
| No
| Closed
| Founded in 1993 to enable British Airways to continue operating service to Taiwan despite disputes over the legal status of the [[Republic of China]].
|-
| [[OpenSkies]]
| Yes
| Reorganised
| Founded in 2008. OpenSkies ceased to operate under its own brand after summer 2018 to operate for [[International Airlines Group|IAG]]'s new low-cost subsidiary brand [[Level (airline brand)|Level]].<ref name="LV18">{{cite web|url=https://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/275952/level-outlines-s18-operations-new-routes-from-paris-orly/|title=LEVEL outlines S18 operations: New routes from Paris Orly|last=Liu|first=Jim|website=Routesonline|publisher=Informa Markets|date=28 November 2017|access-date=16 September 2020|archive-date=7 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807121630/https://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/275952/level-outlines-s18-operations-new-routes-from-paris-orly/|url-status=live}}</ref> 
|-
| [[Club World London City|British Airways Limited]]
| No
| Closed
| Established in 2012 to take over the operation of the premium service between London City Airport and New York-JFK. The flights returned to be directly operated by British Airways plc in 2015. The service was suspended in March 2020 amidst [[COVID-19]], before being cancelled in August 2020.<ref>{{cite web |title=British Airways confirms end of all business class LCY-JFK service |url=https://www.businesstraveller.com/business-travel/2020/08/03/british-airways-confirms-end-of-all-business-class-lcy-jfk-service/ |access-date=23 March 2022 |website=Business Traveller |archive-date=21 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421125053/https://www.businesstraveller.com/business-travel/2020/08/03/british-airways-confirms-end-of-all-business-class-lcy-jfk-service/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| [[CityFlyer Express]]
| No
| Closed
| Formerly a short-haul [[regional airline]] founded in 1991 (as Euroworld Airways). In 1993 it became the first British Airways (BA) [[franchisee]] operating as ''British Airways Express''. CityFlyer's ownership passed to BA in 1999 when that company bought out the original promoters as well as [[3i]], the airline's main shareholder at the time. Initially, CityFlyer continued to operate as a separate unit, but it was eventually absorbed into British Airways' mainline short haul operation at [[Gatwick]] in 2001.
|-
| [[British Regional Airlines]]
| No
| Closed
| Founded in March 1991 when [[Manx Airlines]] created Manx Airlines Europe in order to expand and fly routes within the [[United Kingdom]].<ref>Wings of Mann, Kniveton G N</ref> In 1994 Manx Airlines Europe became a [[Franchising|franchise]] carrier for British Airways. In March 2001 British Airways purchased the British Regional Airlines Group (holding company of British Regional Airlines and Manx Airlines) for £78m and merged it with [[Brymon Airways]] to create [[British Airways CitiExpress]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/exfootballer-makes-killing-from-british-regional-air-lines-695407.html|title=Ex-footballer makes killing from British Regional Air Lines - Business News, Business - The Independent|website=[[Independent.co.uk]] |date=9 February 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100209050006/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/exfootballer-makes-killing-from-british-regional-air-lines-695407.html |archive-date=9 February 2010 }}</ref> 
|-
| [[Deutsche BA]]
| No
| Closed
| Sold in 2008 to [[Air Berlin]] where it traded as [[DBA (airline)|dba by Air Berlin]], before closing down in 2008 <ref name="FI">{{cite news | title= Directory: World Airlines | work= [[Flight International]] | page= 72 | date= 3 April 2007}}</ref><ref name="aero.de">{{cite web|url=http://www.aero.de/news.php?varnewsid%3D7469 |access-date=3 December 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090227140341/http://www.aero.de/news.php?varnewsid=7469 |archive-date=27 February 2009 |title=Aero.de - Luftfahrt-Nachrichten und -Community }}</ref>
|-
| [[Air Liberté]]
| No
| Closed
| Purchased [[Air Liberté]] together with [[TAT European Airlines|TAT]] and inaugurated them under one management. On 5 May 2000, BA sold Air Liberté to a partnership between Taitbout Antibes and [[Swissair]].
|-
|[[BA EuroFlyer|BA Euroflyer]]
|Yes
|Active
|Created in 2022, was established to compete with easyJet at Gatwick by providing a lower cost option to the primary airline.<ref>{{cite web |last=Schuurman |first=Richard |date=7 December 2022 |title=BA Euroflyer gets ready to stand on its own feet |url=https://airinsight.com/ba-euroflyer-gets-ready-to-stand-on-its-own-feet/ |access-date=24 February 2023 |website=AirInsight |archive-date=24 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230224192016/https://airinsight.com/ba-euroflyer-gets-ready-to-stand-on-its-own-feet/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|}