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A Boeing 747-400 wearing the Chelsea Rose livery takes off past two other 747s in the Chatham Dockyard livery, c. 2002. In 1997 British Airways (BA) adopted a new livery.One part of this was a newly stylised version of the British Airways "Speedbird" logo, the "Speedmarque", but the major change was the introduction of tail-fin art.
Pan Am World Airways Dominicana: Flag of the Dominican Republic, painted with brush. Philippine Air Lines: white livery with the company logo, a heavily stylized version of the Philippine flag (blue triangle with eight-ray sun and red triangle of the same size superimposed on it), on the tail, and "Philippines" on the fuselage near the main cabin.
To paint an A380, 24 painters were needed over two weeks to apply 2,300 L (610 US gal) of paint in five coats for British Airways, to cover 3,500 m 2 (38,000 sq ft) with 650 kg (1,430 lb). [2] Emirates stripped and repainted one in 15 days with 34 people including seven days for painting, covering 3,076 m 2 (33,110 sq ft) with 1,100 kg (2,400 ...
Chief executive Sean Doyle declared this underlines the carrier’s commitment to recognising the ‘sacrifice and service’ of former military personnel.
British Airways had seven production aircraft in commercial service: G-BOAC (204) The flagship of the fleet (because of its BOAC registration) first flew on 27 February 1975 from Filton. It made its final flight to Manchester Airport – where a "glass hangar" was later built at the viewing park for its display – on 31 October 2003 after ...
The official handover ceremony of British Airways' first Concorde occurred on 15 January 1976 at Heathrow Airport. Air France Concorde (F-BTSC) at Charles de Gaulle Airport on 25 July 1975, exactly 25 years before the accident in 2000 British Airways Concorde in Singapore Airlines livery at Heathrow Airport in 1979 Air France Concorde (F-BTSD) with a short-lived promotional Pepsi livery in ...
1983 British Airways Sikorsky S-61 crash: G-BFXI Hawker Hunter: Shoreham Airport disaster: G-BGJL Boeing 737-236: British Airtours Flight 28M: G-BJRT BAC One-Eleven: British Airways Flight 5390: G-BJVX Sikorsky S-76A: 2002 Bristow Helicopters Sikorsky S-76A crash: G-BLUN Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin: 2006 Morecambe Bay helicopter crash: G-BNLG ...
During a British Airways strike in 2010, BA wet-leased capacity from Ryanair. Dry leasing means you simply rent the plane (like car hire) and supply your own personnel.