Handley Page Transport Ltd was an airline company founded in 1919 by Frederick Handley Page in the new era of civil flying after the First World War. Sir Frederick Handley Page, CBE, FRAeS, ( November 15 1885 – April 21 1962) was an English industrialist who World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All
The fist planes were a small number of Handley Page Type O/400 bombers modified for passenger use. The Handley Page Type O was an early Bomber aircraft used by Britain during World War I. These flew London-Paris. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city At a request from the Air Ministry the Handley Page Type W8 was later used for both Paris and Brussels. The Air Ministry was formerly a department of the British Government with the responsibility of managing the affairs of the Royal Air Force. The Handley Page W8 W9 and W10 were British two and three-engined medium-range biplane airliners designed and built by Handley Page. Brussels (Bruxelles pronounced; Brussel pronounced) officially the Brussels Capital-Region, is
On 31 March 1924 the assets and operations of Handley Page Transport were merged with three other British airlines to found Imperial Airways. Imperial Airways was the early British commercial long range air transport company operating from 1924 to 1939 and serving parts of Europe but especially the Empire routes to The company itself remained dormant until reconstituted to take over Miles Aircraft in 1947 as Handley Page (Reading) Ltd