[1] British Continental Airways Limited was formed on 15 April 1935 to operate airline services from Croydon Airport to the continent.
[1] The first services were to Belgium; as well as Brussels, other Belgian destinations were added over the first year, including Ostend and Antwerp.
Services were also run to Lille in France and Amsterdam in the Netherlands.
[1] In partnership with KLM the airline operated a service between Amsterdam and Liverpool with a stop at Doncaster.
[1] The airline became part of a dispute at the start of 1936 when it started a Scandinavian service as an extension of the Amsterdam route in competition with British Airways, as a government subsidy and a mail contract had already been given to British Airways.