The six-part Schedule is now complete.

Download the 190 Flights here.

England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man, the Channel Islands, and now to Continental Europe.

Many flights are OK with the DC-4.

Thanks to Max Johnson, DC3-878, DC-3 Airways pilots can fly the 1950s schedule of British European Airways, BEA. This short-range airline served the UK and Northern Continental Europe.

An act of Parliament created British European Airways in 1946. They began with twenty-one Dakota C-47s obtained from the RAF, with their war-time colors painted over. They named their DC-3s 'Pionairs' and their home field was Northolt airport, about 5 NM north of today's Heathrow. During the period 1946 to 1954 Northolt Airport served as London's principal commercial airport.

BEA developed a domestic network to various points in the United Kingdom, including Belfast, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Manchester as well as international routes to Europe. By 1950 BEA had forty-two DC-3 'Pionairs' and six C-47 'Leopard' freighters. The BEA Photo Gallery shows the variety of their fleet.

During their expansion BEA had also outgrown Northolt airport and in 1954 they had completed their transfer to London Airport, now called Heathrow.

From 1946 until 1960, the British Overseas Airways Corporation, BOAC, and BEA were the principal British operators of scheduled international passenger and cargo services.

In 1974 BEA merged with the long-haul state airline, BOAC, to form British Airways.

 

 

 

 

The BEA Schedule is split into six sections. Here are the parts of the schedule:

Part 1) Scotland, the Western Isles, The Inner and Outer Hebrides, The Orkneys and Shetlands ... 30 Flights
Part 2) England ... 32 Flights
Part 3) Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man ... 20 Flights
Part 4) The Channel Islands ... 32 Flights
Part 5) BEA Flights to Continental Europe ... 36 Flights
Part 6) BEA Cargo Flights ... 40 Flights

Several options exist for those who wish to fly these routes in a DC-3 with BEA colours:

FS2004

• These are textures only for the MS FS2004 Douglas DC3 in British European Airways livery. The bare metal textures are by Mark Beaumont and the livery textures are by Dale DeLuca.
  Filename: bea_dc3.zip ... In the AVSIM FS2004 library.
  
• If you have the 2004 MAAM-SIM R4D CD, a DC-3 in BEA livery is included. After installation select the "MAAM-SIM Cargo" version of the DC-3 from the aircraft list for this choice.
  
• Mark Beaumont repainted and upgraded a Jan Visser DC-3 for FS2002. See these notes for information on installing and using that BEA aircraft with FS2004.

FS2002

• Download Mark Beaumont's FS2002 BEA repaint mentioned above. You can find that file, dc3beapi.zip, on AVSIM, FlightSim.com, or Simviation. The file includes full installation instructions.
  
• An FS2002 DC-3 in BEA colours is also available on the 2004 MAAM-SIM R4D CD. As above, after installation select the "MAAM-SIM Cargo" version of the DC-3 from the aircraft list for this choice.
  

If you wish to fly some of the other aircraft that were in BEA's fleet (No PIREP credit) here are some filenames. Most are not in BEA colors and some are military versions.

Aircraft	Filename	Source	Remarks
Vickers Viking	Vickers Viking2k2k4.zip Viking2004patch1.2.zip	http://www.btinternet.com/~rick.piper	BEA Colors FS2002 and FS2004 FS2004 patch available Use the Valetta panel
DH-89 Dominie	dh89.zip tlukdh89.zip	AVSIM Simviation ... FS2002 Vintage	FS2004 Both include panel FS2002
Avro 19	anson_mk1.zip	AVSIM	FS2002 and FS2004 Includes panel Military Colors Bad Install Instructions You should create folder 'Avro_Anson' and place it in Aircraft folder, then extract files to there.
JU-52/3M	ju52v60.zip	http://www.ju52-3m.ch	FS2002 and FS2004 Panel Included BEA Colors available

Thanks again to Max Johnson for his fine effort on the BEA Schedule.

And thanks to Max Johnson, Tim Cook, John Lawler, Nigel Sutcliffe, Norman Hancock, and Glen Broome for their replies to my plea for Vickers Viking aircraft info.

Enjoy the BEA experience.