A passage to India · A passage to India Making history As British Airways comes close to 90 years...

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A passage to India Making history As British Airways comes close to 90 years of operations in India, we take a look at one of its iconic images. An excited crowd welcomes Imperial Airways’ (a predecessor of British Airways) de Havilland DH66 Hercules aircraft at Delhi on January 8, 1927, after its survey flight from London. The journey took 10 days. Today it takes less than 10 hours. COURTESY: BRITISH AIRWAYS 17-12-2014, PAGE 2

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Page 1: A passage to India · A passage to India Making history As British Airways comes close to 90 years of operations in India, we take a look at one of its iconic images. An excited crowd

A passage to India

Making history As British Airways comes close to 90 years of operations in India, we take a look at one of its iconic images. An excited crowdwelcomes Imperial Airways’ (a predecessor of British Airways) de Havilland DH66 Hercules aircraft at Delhi on January 8, 1927, after its survey flightfrom London. The journey took 10 days. Today it takes less than 10 hours. COURTESY: BRITISH AIRWAYS

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