British United Airways (BUA) was the result of a merger between Airwork Services and Hunting-Clan Air Transport in July 1960.
British and Commonwealth Shipping (B&C) became the newly constituted airline's main shareholder.
During the 1960s it grew to become the largest wholly private, independent airline based in the United Kingdom. By the end of the decade it had also become the UK's leading independent scheduled airline with a 71,000 km (43,217 miles) network spanning three continents - Europe, Africa and South America.
In November 1970 B&C sold BUA to the Scottish charter airline Caledonian Airways for £12m.At that stage it operated an all-jet fleet numbering 20 aircraft and employed a staff of 3,000.
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