Retro paint job for BA’S centenary celebration
A BRITISH Airways plane has been repainted in retro livery for the airline’s centenary celebrations.
The Boeing 747 landed at London Heathrow yesterday sporting a British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) design. The livery was originally used between 1964 and 1974.
The plane was stripped of its contemporary British Airways design and repainted at Dublin Airport. It will continue to display the retro livery until it is taken out of service in 2023.
The aircraft will depart for New York today, which was the first route a Boeing 747 flew in BOAC colours.
Details of three more British Airways planes to be painted in retro livery have yet to be disclosed.
The airline’s chief executive Alex Cruz said: “The enormous interest we’ve had in this project demonstrates the attachment many people have to British Airways’ history.
“It’s something we are incredibly proud of, so in our centenary year it’s a pleasure to be celebrating our past while also looking to the future.
“We look forward to many more exciting moments like this as our other aircraft with heritage designs enter service.”
Aircraft Transport and Travel Limited, which BA describes as its forerunner, launched the world’s first daily international scheduled flight between London and Paris in August 1919.