1960
25 January: BOAC services to Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina and Chile resumed with Comet 4s after eight years lapse due to shortage of aircraft following the Comet 1 disasters.

1 April: Start of BOAC/Air India/Qantas tripartite partnership.

BEA’s first pure jet service started with De Havilland Comet 4Bs. BEA introduced new low fares on international and domestic services.

8 April: Last BOAC Argonaut services.

1 May: Introduction of lower fares for propeller -driven aircraft.

BOAC opened services with Boeing 707s; the first revenue-earning service was to New York from London on 27 May (G-APFD).

23 June: BOAC signed £25 million contract for Vickers Super VC10 aircraft.

BOAC’s first Boeing 707 service to Canada.

29 July: Rear-Admiral Sir Matthew Slattery succeeded Sir Gerald d’Erlanger as Chairman of BOAC.

BEA carried its 25,000,000th passenger on 27 September.

1 October: Start of economy fares on the Far-East and Australian routes.

Start of BOAC/SAA/EAAC/CAA quadripartite African partnership.

First low-fare Skycoach services on UK cabotage routes to East and Central Africa operated by BOAC, BUA, CAA and EAA.
16 October: Last scheduled transatlantic BOAC Comet 4 service between London and New York.

31 October: Last BEA scheduled service London to Birmingham.

1 December: Introduction of Economy fares on Pacific routes.

3 December: BOAC North Atlantic all-cargo services with DC-7Fs begun. Boeing 707 operations extended across the Pacific from San Francisco to Hong Kong and Tokyo to connect with London-Hong Kong Comet services to complete a round-the-world pure jet service.

17 December: First BEA scheduled passenger service with a Vickers 'Vanguard' aircraft.

1961
31 January: First BOAC Boeing 707 service to Zurich, Tel Aviv and Tehran.

1 March: Economy fares introduced on South Atlantic routes.

2 March: First BOAC Boeing 707 service to Los Angeles on the new ‘Polar’ Route’.

1 June: First BOAC Boeing 707 service London-Washington.

31 October: BOAC Comet service start London-Manila.

1 November: BEA introduced the world’s cheapest scheduled air fare on its routed between London and Glasgow, Edinburgh and Belfast on off-peak night services.

1962
6 January: BOAC Britannia 102s start London- Mauritius service.

9 January: First flight of the De Havilland Trident, BEA’s new three-engined jet aircraft.

26 February: Electronic reservations unit introduced at BEA’s West London Air Terminal.

28 February: Inaugural non-stop BOAC Comet 4 service to Cairo.

March: Lowest-ever (under £100) BOAC trans-Atlantic fares introduced.

28 March: BOAC London Airport operations moved from North Side to the new No 3 Passenger Building Oceanic in Central Area.

19 May: Last BEA DC3 service operated between Islay, Cambeltown and Glasgow.

20 June: BOAC and Cunard Steam-Ship Company form BOAC-Cunard Ltd to operate scheduled air services from Britain to the United States, Caribbean and northern South America.

October: BOAC Boeing 707s took over West Africa services and joined Comet 4s on the Australia services.

1963
February: BOAC’s electronic reservations system introduced in Canada and in September in New York.

April: BOAC Comet 4s began twice-weekly, one-and-a-half day jet services London-New Zealand.

23 September: A BEA Heron aircraft operated the 5,000th flight of the Scottish Air Ambulance Service.

October: BOAC transatlantic freight service by Canadair CL44 inaugurated replacing the Douglas DC7 freighter.

1 November: BEA direct service between London and Aberdeen commenced.

November: Withdrawal of BOAC London-Los Angeles direct service.

1964
1 January: Sir Giles Guthrie succeeded Sir Matthew Slattery as BOAC’s Chairman.

Formation of BEA Helicopters Ltd.

February: BOAC Britannia 312s cease operating on North Atlantic.

On 11 March BEA operated its first revenue-earning Trident flight (G-ARPG), on an ad hoc substitution of a Comet 4B flight to Copenhagen.

31 March: Marshal of the Royal Air Force Lord Douglas of Kirtleside retired as Chairman of BEA and succeeded by Mr Anthony Milward.

On 29 April BOAC commenced Standard VC-10 operations; G-ARVJ flew from Heathrow to Lagos.

In May British Airways Helicopters commenced Penzance-Isles of Scilly scheduled services.

May: Introduction of daily BOAC service from Manchester and Glasgow to New York.

1 October: Withdrawal of BOAC east coast service to South America.

November: Withdrawal of BOAC London-Washington service.

December: 30th anniversary of UK/Australia service in partnership with Qantas.

1965
January: Commencement of twice-weekly BOAC Comet charter service for carriage of immigrants from UK to Australia.

BOAC inaugurated services by Super VC-10 on 1 April; G-ASGD operated the inaugural flight from London to New York, continuing to San Francisco.

17 April: BEA’s automatic seat reservation system at West London Air Terminal came into operation.

On 10 June BEA Trident 1 G-ARPR arriving at Heathrow from Paris Le Bourget as BE343 made the world’s first fully-automatic landing of a commercial airliner carrying fare-paying passengers.

November: BOAC Comet 4s withdrawn from service.

Opening of BOAC Cargo Terminal Building at John F Kennedy Airport, New York.

December: Inauguration of once-weekly BOAC 707 service to Georgetown, Guyana.

1966
January: First services of the Boeing 707-336C all-cargo aircraft linking London, Manchester and Glasgow with USA and Canada.

February: Start of BOAC VC10 operation to Chicago via Montreal.

April: Inaugural BOAC service to Mexico via Bermuda and Kingston.

Start of BEA services using Trident jet aircraft from Manchester to Brussels, Copenhagen, Dusseldorf, Amsterdam and Zurich.

2 May: BEA commenced the first jet service between Heathrow and Glasgow using Comet 4Bs.

31 October: Handley Page Herald’s last scheduled service with BEA.

10 November: 21st anniversary of BOAC/SAA’s Springbok partnership.

December: BOAC Engine Overhaul Ltd formed at Treforest, South Wales.

1967
1 January: Introduction of inclusive tour fares.

16 January: BEA Trident aircraft introduced on London-Belfast route. BEA Comet 4Bs introduced on London-Edinburgh route.

1 April: Inauguration of BOAC UK/Australia service via the South Pacific.

10 April: BEA commenced London-Budapest service.

11 December: Concorde prototype 001 F-WTSS rolled out at Toulouse.

December: Start of BOAC services from Manchester and Glasgow to the Eastern Caribbean via New York.

1968
1 April: Joint BOAC/BEA Air Transport Staff College started operation.

First scheduled BEA services to Orly Airport, Paris.

BEA London-Bremen service began with Comet 4B aircraft.

May: Start of BOAC services to Jeddah.

1 June: BEA Trident Two aircraft introduced on services from London to Milan, Madrid, Dublin and Stockholm.

October: Introduction of non-stop BOAC services to Antigua and Barbados.

Introduction of BOAC freighter services to Australia.

7 November: Boadicea House - BOAC’s new computer complex at London Airport, is opened.

17 November: BEA Super One-Eleven aircraft enter scheduled service on German internal routes.

1969
1 January: Mr Charles Hardie appointed Chairman of BOAC in succession to Sir Charles Guthrie.

First flight of Concorde 001 from Toulouse, France (2 March) and Concorde 002 from Filton, UK (9 April).

April: BEA/Air France joint operations began on internal German services.

BEA Airtours Ltd., a new subsidiary charter company, formed.

First BEA Super One-Eleven flight London-Berlin.

May: ‘Polar Route’ London-Anchorage-Tokyo-Osaka inaugurated by BOAC Boeing 707s.

July: BEA inaugural flight London-Stuttgart.

August: BOAC Cabin Crew Training Centre at Cranebank opened.

November: BEA became world’s first airline to publish an entirely computer-produced timetable.

PALC (Passenger Acceptance and Load Control) BEA computerised check-in system came into use at West London Air Terminal.