British Airways unveils latest retro livery on Boeing 747
British Airways has unveiled the latest of their series of retro liveries, with this one being the 1984-1997 Landor livery.
The aircraft to receive this retro makeover is G-BNLY, which is a 26 year old Boeing 747-400. Rolling out of the paint hangar in Dublin this morning, British Airways then ferried it to London Heathrow for its BA211 flight to Miami.
‘City of Swansea’ is now live on @flightradar24 as BAW100Y! Follow her short hop back home to @HeathrowAirport. #BA100 #Landor #Centenary pic.twitter.com/1Ica93AkOb
— British Airways (@British_Airways) March 9, 2019
As well as being the standard Landor livery many used to remember, the aircraft also has the British Airways 100th anniversary decal on the aft section towards the tail.
British Airways now has three retro aircraft in their fleet, with the first being the BOAC 747-400 and the recent BEA Airbus A319, as seen in the images below.
The British European Airways Airbus A319 (G-EUPJ) brings the 1960s to 2019, with the aircraft arriving at London Heathrow on the 4th of March to commence operations.
British Airways Airbus 319 in BEA livery arrives at London Heathrow on 04 March 2019
(Picture by Nick Morrish/British Airways)
The fourth and final retro livery to join the series has yet to be confirmed, however there are strong rumors that its going to be the Negus red, white and blue theme from the 1970s.
@Luke Vader, spot on!!! Sadly the prestige has faded somewhat.
Hoping for 787 in BOAC “Comet” scheme
Just flew in from Qatar and spotted this on the tarmac. Instant nostalgia of BA flights to St.Lucia back in the eighties, when they used to fly direct from Heathrow. These birds would line up at terminal 4 like soldiers on parade.
The Landor livery is the best and most classic of the British Airways liveries, IMO. I associate it with the halcyon and peak prestige days for the airline, when James Bond movies would depict 007 crossing oceans on BA 747s to pursue any villain to the ends of the earth. Unfortunately, BA doesn’t have anything close to the same cachet it used to have.
Luke Vader,
Please don’t forget JB also flew on the Pan Am 747 to JFK (Live and Let Die)! Of course they are both long gone, Pan Am and Roger Moore both (sadly).
I do often lament and miss the good old days, such as the ones you speak of flying British Airways back when they had the old Landor livery.
The 1984 commercial when the golfers get in trouble on the moon is my favorite.
They truly were a top airline then. Many things have changed since; including the very essence of what is “British”.