British Asia Airways Limited was a subsidiary of British Airways founded due to the legal status of the Republic of China (Taiwan) and territory disputes with the People's Republic of China in order to allow British Airways to continue flying to Taiwan from the United Kingdom.

[1] Due to political sensitivities, national airlines operating flights to the People's Republic of China were not permitted to fly to Taiwan.

Lufthansa provided service to Taipei under the name of its former subsidiary, Condor.

It used the Boeing 747-400 repainted in a special livery, with the Union Flag tailfin being replaced by the Chinese characters 英亞 (Hanyu Pinyin: Yīng Yà; literally "British Asia").

[6] British Asia Airways used to serve the following destinations: During its eight-year existence, British Asia Airways operated the following aircraft:[7] Airlines created for political reasons: Media related to British Asia Airways at Wikimedia Commons