| UK airline |
| Old airline |
| Bygone airline |
| Onetime airline |
| Defunct airline |
| Old U.K. carrier |
| Airline initials |
| U.K. carrier, once |
| Former Eur. carrier |
| Former Eur. airline |
| Former U.K. airline |
| U.K. carrier of old |
| Former U.K. carrier |
| Whilom airline inits. |
| Erstwhile U.K. airline |
| Erstwhile U.K. carrier |
| Former Heathrow lander |
| Former Heathrow initials |
| Brit. Airways predecessor |
| Erstwhile Heathrow lander |
| Former Heathrow-based flier |
| Sixth word in "Back in the U.S.S.R. |
| Airline mentioned in "Back in the USSR |
| Airline created by an Act of Parliament |
| Flew in from Miami Beach ___" (opening lyric to "Back in the U.S.S.R.") |
| Airline mentioned in the first line of the Beatles' "Back in the U.S.S.R. |