BEA had been induced by government to issue this call despite its unwillingness to buy a large jet fleet.

During the 1990s, the airline expanded its jet fleet with all-new aircraft.

When the airline ceased operating, the jet fleet consisted of the following aircraft:

It is also, by standards of the American military jet fleet, quite slow.

However it was said that the Boeing 737-500 may serve as a replacement for the current jet fleet.

By the turn of the millennium the company's jet fleet had expanded to 16 RJ100s.

By the early-1970s, there were further problems with spare parts to support the growing jet fleet.

As by winter 1971/2 work for the remaining jet fleet had all but dried up, jet services ceased on 15 February 1972.

It has the world's largest wholly owned private jet fleet outside the Americas.

At the same time, the company has signed contracts with Boeing to double its jet fleet to 30 by the end of this decade.