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BA100 Aircraft line up at Heathrow (Image: BA)

BA lines up all 4 retro jets for 50,000th customer flight

10/04/2019 2 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

British Airways (BA/BAW) lined up all four of its specially painted retro jets at London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) yesterday to celebrate a milestone for the heritage fleet. The occasion marked the 50,000th customer to fly on one of the four heritage aircraft which were introduced into the fleet over the course [read more]

British Airways Boeing 747-400 NEGUS (Image: Stuart Bailey/British Airways)

British Airways NEGUS livery arrives at Heathrow

21/03/2019 2 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

British Airways (BA/BAW) final heritage livery, NEGUS, has touched down at London’s Heathrow Airport (LHR/EGLL) today. Fresh from the paint shop in Dublin, Boeing 747-400 G-CIVB arrived at Heathrow to complete the line up of four heritage jets celebrating British Airways 100th Anniversary. NEGUS joins BOAC, Boeing 747-400 G-BYGC; BEA, [read more]

British Airways confirms NEGUS to complete BA100 line up

15/03/2019 < 1 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

British Airways (BA/BAW) has confirmed that the final BA100 retro livery will be NEGUS, used by the airline from 1974 to 1980. In what was probably the worst kept secret in aviation, Boeing 747-400 G-CIVB flew off to Dublin last saturday to be repainted into the famous livery which like [read more]

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In Pictures: British Airways unveils Landor retro jet

10/03/2019 2 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

British Airways (BA/BAW) has unveiled its 3rd retro jet to celebrate its 100th anniversary and this one is perhaps the people’s favourite British Airways livery, the famous Landor. Following hot on the heels of a BOAC Boeing 747-400 (G-BYGC) and a BEA Airbus A319 (G-EUPJ) comes another Boeing 747-400, G-BNLY. [read more]

BEA Airbus A319 G-EUPJ (Image: Jamie Woodhouse-Wright/Aviation Media Agency.)

In Pictures: BA unveils BEA A319 as latest retrojet

04/03/2019 3 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

British Airways (BA/BAW) unveiled its latest retrojet at London Heathrow Airport (LHR/EGLL) this morning and just like the BOAC 747, it drew a crowd. The latest livery to be revived from history is that of BEA and it is being proudly worn by Airbus A319 G-EUPJ. British European Airways (BEA) [read more]

Landor “City of Swansea” is third British Airways retro livery

01/03/2019 2 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

British Airways’ Landor livery was perhaps the most iconic of all their liveries and it will be the third one in the fleet of retro jets marking the 100th Anniversary of the airline. Boeing 747-400 G-BNLY is being repainted in Dublin and will carry the iconic livery and the name [read more]

Next BA retro jet will BE An Airbus A319

22/02/2019 2 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

British Airways (BA/BAW) has announced that the next retro jet for its 100th anniversary will be an Airbus A319 painted in the scheme of British European Airways (BEA). The aircraft, G-EUPJ will head to Shannon this weekend to be repainted into the BEA scheme before returning to the airline and [read more]

British Airways retro liveried BOAC Boeing 747-400 G-BYGC (Image: Max Thrust Digital)

In Pictures: British Airways unveils its first #BA100 aircraft

18/02/2019 3 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

British Airways (BA/BAW) has unveiled its first retro-liveried aircraft to mark its #BA100 celebrations. The Boeing 747-400, G-BYGC, has been repainted into the blue and gold livery of BOAC (which became British Airways in 1971) and we were on hand to watch it arrive into Heathrow for the first time [read more]