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The Official Profile for BRint: British International Airlines.

IATA: BR (From BIA)
ICAO: BNT (BIAs one was BIA)
Callsign: Brint
Founded: 1949 (As British International Airlines-BIA)
Hubs: LHR, YYZ, SEA/YVR, PVG
Focus Cities: depends on round
Frequent Flier Program: BRmiles
Member Lounge: BRlounge
Alliance: eaglealliance (founder)
Fleet Size: varies, depending on round
Destination; varies, depending on round
Company Slogan: Experience BRint.
Parent Company: BRgroup
Headquarters: London Heathrow, United Kingdom
LSE code: BNT
NASDAQ code: BRNT

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BIA era

1949: British International Airlines (BIA) is founded.
1951: BIA expands to Eastern Europe, the Middle East and North Africa.
1957: Purpose built terminals in London and Berlin Tegel are constructed.
1959: BIA commences transatlantic routes to New York and Washington.
1961: BIA takes delivery of its first Sud Aviation Caravelle and Fokker F27.
1963: BIA starts flying to South America and Asia.
1966: BIA begins first expansion into American domestic market.
1969: BIA orders Boeing 747s and Concordes. New services to Africa commence.
1971: BIA takes delivery of its first 747. New flights to Australia commence.
1973: BIA begins second expansion into American domestic market.
1975: BIA now flies around the world with the start of its Los Angeles-Singapore service.
1978: BIA expands to New Zealand and the Pacific.
1979: Services from the UAE begin with a Dubai-Delhi-Tokyo service.
1980: IRA bombs a BIA DC8 in Dublin. No Fatalities but the plane is written off.
1981: BIA is delivered its first DC10 and A300. BIA cargo is established.
1983: BIA executives are investigated on embezzlement charges. The "Havana Affair" supposedly occurs at this time.
1984: BIA announces profits of over 1.17 billion pounds (USD 1.9 billion), the biggest in BIAs history.
1986: BIA executives are prosecuted over embezzlement charges and the airline is charged with paying USD 552 billion in damages.
1987: BIA is placed in recievership and ceased to exist in October.
1989: A small charter airline is started in London Luton under BIAs operating certificate. The Airline folds in December 1998.

BRint Era

1999: BIA is revived by a New Zealand-based consortium and begin services on the London-Paris route.
2000: Massive profits enable the newly branded BRint to expand overseas, with new hubs in Toronto, Singapore and Havana.
2001: 9/11. BRint downsizes its staff, but quickly regains its profit with the establishment of a new charter subsidiary with the Governments of the US and UK.
2003: Charter Subsidiary sold to US Government for USD 180 Billion. Major expansions commence in China, Latin America and Africa.
2004: BRint establishes eaglealliance with Deutsche Air, -Jet and then -Lux (now AEROTran).
2007: BRint announces massive Aircraft order: 88 A380s, B787-9s and A319s, worth over USD 300 Billion.
2009: BRint celebrates 60 years.
2010: BRint establishes SilverLining, its leasing and, in conjunction with the united Nations, its humanitarian subsidiary.

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The Current Livery of BRint: British International Airlines.

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BRint Airbus A340-300 (at Roland Garros Airport, Reunion).

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Amazing Livery

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next year I'll be inserting certain articles concerning the history of BRint. These will be presented once every two months. A preview of an article is seen below.

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The first plane to enter service with British International Airlines (BIA) was a converted C-47 Skytrain, bought from the USAAF on the 12th July 1949. The C-47, a military version of the popular DC-3 airliner, was given the registration G-BNIT and was nicknamed "St. George" by BIA founder Sir Reginald Havilland prior to its first commercial flight on the 8th of August.

The St. George carried 12 fare-paying passengers plus mail and cargo from BIA's base in London to Paris, Dublin and Frankfurt. In order to save money towards purchasing a brand new DC-3 (bought in March 1950, nicknamed "Victoria"), the original seating was padded with cushions and included bolted armrests.

Unlike the lifejacket many people would find under their seats today, the St. George instead placed Parachutes underneath each seat in the event of an emergency. Despite the St. George having to land in Switzerland midway through its London-Milan flight in 1953 due to Low fuel, there has been no major incident during its service with BIA.

Despite the Victoria arriving in 1950, the St. George remained an integral part of BIAs Fleet. It has continually changed interiors during its tenure, one of which was a version that accommodated 42 passengers for its high density flights to Paris and Amsterdam. It has visited almost every single BIA destination, whether it may be for scheduled services or for promotional tours, the furtherest destination being Christchurch in New Zealand, arriving on a promotional flight in 1962. With that said, The St. George has clocked more than 3,330,000 miles during its tenure, carrying almost 10 million passengers by the time it retired in 1964.

the St. George's last commercial flight was the BR920 route between London and Kuwait, arriving in London on the evening of the 12th of October 1964. The St. George was then ferried to the US, where it remained in storage in Arizona. It was then restored in 2005, during which it embarked once again on a BRint promotional tour in conjunction with UNESCO in April that year. It was then that the St. George was given its new heritage livery, renamed the "St. George Classic" and given its original registration. As of November 2009, it now stands alongside former BIA flagships at the BRint/BA funded Royal British Aviation Museum outside London's Heathrow international Airport.

Currently, the St. George name is on an Airbus A340-300 (G-BRYY), however it will be transferred to the much larger A380-800 (G-BRXA) once it is delivered in 2011.

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On behalf of BRint, I'd like to wish other AE players a merry christmas, an enjoyable holiday season and to wish everyone well in 2010.

Sincere regards,

AJ007
(BRint and eaglealliance.com founder and CEO).

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SilverLining is a newly created subsidiary of the BRgroup, dealing in the leasing of Freighter and Medium to Short haul Aircraft, and also as its Humanitarian wing in cooperation with the United Nations.

silverLining was the product of a USD25 Billion program, dealing with the fast transportation and distribution of aid and supplies to disaster struck regions throughout the world. Using a fleet of heavy load helicopters and ex-military Tiltrotors, the program revealed that from a major regional base (say, BRgroup's regional hubs), the fleet can enter a disaster struck region anywhere on earth, land in a cleared area and distribute a substantial amount of aid an supplies within hours after the disaster happened. And so, with a large fleet, large amounts of supplies from the UN, and financial backing from the BRgroup, SilverLining was born.

Today, it has now expanded into a major organization, financially independent from the BRgroup. as well as its ever expanding fleet of rotor wing aircraft, It also has a large mixed fleet of freighters from both Airbus and Boeing, notably the only Airbus A319 Freighter variants in active service. Long Haul freighters are included, with B777F and A330F introduced in March 2010, which helps to bring in more supplies for the rotor wing aircraft to forward and distribute. SilverLining is also the only commercial operator of the Boeing C-17 Globemaster III, with 35 in the fleet as command centers and airborne hospitals. Currently SilverLining is in talks with Bombardier Aerospace to develop and produce an Tiltrotor variant of the Q400 turboprop, with would replace their already aging ex-military Ospreys.

In between Disasters, SilverLining leases its fleet out to other airlines, however a "base fleet" stays behind incase there is an incident to investigate. When a SilverLining plane is in the possession of another airline, only the Tail (and rear section, if necessary) is painted in the customer's colours, leaving only the SilverLining livery on the fuselage and engines. When on UN missions, the tail is painted with a United Nations flag and "UN" underneath.

SilverLinings fleet is maintained by BRengineering staff, and has its own staff of pilots, with the crew mainly volunteers from BRgroup airlines and subsidiaries, as well as from outside organizations during disasters.

SilverLinings fleet is as follows:

70 V-22 Ospreys (ex-USAF, supply distribution and passenger transport)
45 Bell/Augusta BA609 (scout aircraft, passenger transport)

44 Airbus A318 (Passenger transport, Freighter, Airborne Hospital)
63 Airbus A319 (Command Center, Supply Distributor, Airborne Hospital)
38 Airbus A320 (Airborne Hospital, Communications Center)
29 Airbus A330 (Freighter)

37 Boeing B737 (Passenger Transport, Command Center)
23 Boeing B757 (Airborne Hospital, Communications Center)
28 Boeing B777 (Freighter)
13 Boeing B747 (Heavy Transporter, Freighter)
35 Boeing C-17 Globemaster III (Freighter, Supply Transporter, Command Center, Airborne Hospital)

56 CH-47 Chinook (Heavy Transporter, Supply Distributor)
12 Mil Mi-6 (Supply Transporter, Passenger Transport, only in Eurasia)
39 S-64 Skycrane (Heavy Transport, Passenger Transport, Freighter)
19 CH54 Tarhe (Heavy Transporter, Supply Transporter)
1 Mil Mi-10 (Ex-Aeroflot, Heavy Transporter, Freighter, Supply Distributor)

Note: An Agreement with Antonov Airlines has been finalized as of March 2010, giving SilverLining access to the Antonov An225 Mriya for Humaitarian missions if needed. In addition, negotiations are taking place with Antonov Design Bureau to order 15 An-124 cargo aircraft, to be based at the BRgroup headquarters in London.

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BRint is announcing two milestones this round:

1: BRint has begun operations to its 900th destination, flying to Port Elizabeth in South Africa from our new African hub in Durban, utilizing a Bombardier Q400 Turboprop. Passing the 900 mark makes this round BRint's most successful round ever in terms of destinations served. The new hub in Durban also signals the beginning of new connections between Southern Africa and the rest of the World via BRint's WorldHub in London Heathrow. And speaking of connections...

2: Following the setup of our Durban hub, BRint established another route to Nigeria, this time to the city of Port Harcourt. Using an Airbus A318, this route may not seem special enough other than it being the 910th destination served, but this route marked a big milestone in the history of BRint in the world of AE. The direct London Heathrow-Port Harcourt route established BRint as (probably) the first and only AE carrier to offer services to every single destination available in sim3*. It also firmly establishes London (Heathrow) as the airport with the most direct destinations, closely surpassing its trans-channel rival Paris-Charles de Gaulle, and vastly ahead of its rivals across the pond, notably Atlanta, New York, Chicago and Detroit.

There are some other minor events happening, such as the return of BRint's longest route, BR 25 and 26 between Toronto Pearson and Singapore Changi,
the establishment of a new hub in Reykjavik-Keflavik, and the start of another long haul route to Auckland, that being BR 5 and 6 via Toronto. Plans are underway to introduce new flights from Auckland to the US, particularly the east coast, with possible cities being Boston, Philadelphia and New York.

*note: This milestone is technically valid, as there are several airports in Central America that do not count, since they have runways that are smaller than the smallest Takeoff length available in AE (Bombardier Q100 with 3250ft).

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Due to the Eruption of the Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland, BRint has begun to implement the following changes to its flight schedule, following the closing of airspaces throughout Europe, including the United Kingdom:

1. All Intercontinental flights to/from the UK will be diverted to Madrid-Barajas (MAD). This includes all Trans-Atlantic flights between the Americas and Europe. SilverLining Ospreys will then transfer the passengers to London or European Destination and vice versa.
2. All Regional Flights to/from the UK will be replaced by SilverLining helicopters and Ospreys. This will be the same for all regional services to/from Europe and all services between the UK and the Middle East.
3. All UK domestic flights are suspended, as well as flights to Keflavik, except for the flight to Toronto (BR220-221)

For any inconvenience, BRint will either refund the price for the flight or provide any alternative means of transportation to the passengers destination (European and UK only).

All flights in the Americas, Asia, Africa and Oceania will continue as scheduled.