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The fist planes were a small number of Handley Page Type O /400 bombers modified for pasenger use. These flew London - Paris . At a request from the Air Ministry the Handley Page Type W 8 was later used for both Paris and Brussels .

In 1921, the assets and operations of Handley Page Transport were merged with two British airlines to found Imperial Airways in 1924. The company itself remained dormant until reconstituted to take over Miles Aircraft in 1947 as Handley Page (Reading) Ltd

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