British Airways yesterday (9 April) for the first time brought together its four heritage liveried aircraft which were repainted to mark the airline’s centenary this year.
The aircraft were placed alongside an Airbus A319 in the current Chatham Dockyard livery, to capture a rare image of some of the airline’s most iconic designs together.
The photos captured yesterday also mark the fact that 50,000 customers have already flown around the globe on the four heritage liveries since they re-joined the fleet.
The Boeing 747s having travelled to destinations such as New York, Cape Town, Dubai and Lagos, while the BEA liveried Airbus A319 has flown far and wide across the airlines’ UK and European network to cities including Manchester, Newcastle, Edinburgh, Milan, Zurich and Amsterdam.
British Airways chairman and chief executive officer, Alex Cruz said: “The excitement and pride that we’ve witnessed from customers and colleagues as these heritage liveries, which we painted to mark our centenary, have flown around the globe has been unparalleled.
“Social media has been fired up with images from travellers all over the world when they’ve spotted the aircraft and as some 50,000 people have now flown on them since they arrived back in the fleet we wanted to capture a special photo to share with them.”
To capture the photo, the four heritage aircraft, which were in scheduled downtime and parked at the airline’s engineering base, were lined up alongside an aircraft with the current Chatham Dockyard design.
The retro designs are part of a special series to mark British Airways’ centenary, as the airline celebrates its past while looking to the future and can be followed using tracking website Flightradar24, which features special images of the aircraft.
