That may have been the inspiration behind it.
On the demise of BEA the helicopter branch naturally became British Airways Helicopters until it was foolishly sold c. 1986 to that filthy, lying, evil, thieving bastard Robert Maxwell who renamed it "British International Helicopters" while systematically robbing its employees of their substantial BA pension funds (and everything else he could get his fat fingers into). When this vile wretch uncharacteristically did the decent thing and jumped, or allowed himself to be pushed off his yacht in mid Biscay it went into Canadian ownership and retained it's name.
Pffffffffffffffffffff! Feel better now!