British aviation industry

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/British_aviation_industry

GPTKB entity

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:industry
gptkbp:contributedTo	UK economy
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:employs	hundreds of thousands
gptkbp:exportedTo	aerospace products
gptkbp:globalRank	second largest aerospace industry in the world (after the US)
gptkbp:historicalCompany	gptkb:Avro gptkb:de_Havilland gptkb:Vickers-Armstrongs gptkb:Hawker_Siddeley gptkb:Bristol_Aeroplane_Company gptkb:Supermarine
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	British aviation industry
gptkbp:includes	aerospace engineering airports airline operations aircraft manufacturing
gptkbp:majorCity	gptkb:Gatwick_Airport gptkb:Heathrow_Airport gptkb:London_Luton_Airport gptkb:London_Stansted_Airport gptkb:Manchester_Airport
gptkbp:notableAircraft	gptkb:Vickers_VC10 gptkb:aircraft gptkb:BAE_146 gptkb:BAC_One-Eleven gptkb:Vickers_Viscount gptkb:Bristol_Britannia gptkb:de_Havilland_Comet gptkb:Hawker_Siddeley_Harrier gptkb:Short_Sunderland gptkb:Spitfire gptkb:Hawker_Hurricane gptkb:Handley_Page_Victor
gptkbp:notableCompany	gptkb:EasyJet gptkb:British_Airways gptkb:Rolls-Royce_Holdings gptkb:Virgin_Atlantic gptkb:BAE_Systems gptkb:Airbus_UK gptkb:GKN_Aerospace
gptkbp:notableEvent	World War II aircraft production development of Concorde formation of BAE Systems merger of British aircraft manufacturers in 1977 privatization of British Airways
gptkbp:regulates	gptkb:Department_for_Transport gptkb:airport
gptkbp:sector	aerospace
gptkbp:tradeAssociation	gptkb:Royal_Aeronautical_Society gptkb:ADS_Group
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Brooklands gptkb:Brooklands_motor_racing_circuit
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6