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Great Futures

G-STBN

2024-

Great Futures is a 12-month campaign that started in May 2024 and highlighting UK expertise and capability in sectors that support Saudi Arabia’s ‘Vision 2030’, with BA a lead partner.

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Tags Initiative

BA Better World

Our most important journey yet

G-TTNA

A320-251N

British Airways [+]

2021-

G-TTNA was the very first A320neo delivered to the airline on April 10th, 2018. In 2021 it was chosen to bear a special scheme highlighting the airline's commitment towards sustainable air travel. The "BA Better World" program was launched as the UK was about to host the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow; it includes a partnership with BP which will see the construction of a dedicated plant for the production of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) in Humberside.

Images © A.J. Best (LHR)
Tags Green-themed, Initiative

#SweetChariot

England Rugby

G-STBC	B777-336ER	British Airways [+]		2019-20
G-ZBKA	B787-9	British Airways [+]		2019

"Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" is a song which has been adopted as an anthem by English rugby fans. These two aircraft were used reciprocally to fly to Japan and to bring back home the England Rugby Team for the 2019 World Cup. The 787-9 was used in September, and had titles applied to the starboard side close to the tail. The 777 was used for the return in early November and the titles were added aft of door L2 on the port side.

Images © Kevin Cleynhens & Robert Eikelenboom (LHR)
Tags Rugby

British Airways Negus & Negus Retro

British Airways 100 - 1919-2019

G-CIVB

B747-436

British Airways [+]

2019-20

BA unveiled this Jumbo in the 1973 Negus & Negus livery on March 21, 2019 as the last of 4 aicraft which are part of the 100th anniversary celebrations of the airline and its predeccessors. It is the second retrojet to appear in the initial BA livery after 757 CPET which briefly wore the updated Negus scheme (with the large British titles) in late 2010.

Image © A.J. Best (LHR)
Tags Retro

British Airways Landor Retro

British Airways 100 - 1919-2019

G-BNLY

B747-436

British Airways [+]

2019-20

BA unveiled this Jumbo in the 1984 Landor livery on March 9, 2019 as the third of 4 aicraft which are part of the 100th anniversary celebrations of the airline and its predeccessors. It is to be noted that BNLY was actually delivered in the Landor scheme in February 1993. The aircraft regained its initial christening name, City of Swansea.

Image © Donal Morrissey (DUB)
Tags Retro

BEA Retro

British Airways 100 - 1919-2019

G-EUPJ

A319-131

British Airways [+]

2019-

BA unveiled this retrojet in the BEA "Red Square" livery on March 4, 2019 as the second of 4 aicraft which are part of the 100th anniversary celebrations of the airline and its predeccessors. Stored in Madrid between late 2022 and 2024.

Image © Donal Morrissey (SNN)
Tags Retro

BOAC Retro

British Airways 100 - 1919-2019

G-BYGC

B747-436

British Airways [+]

2019-20

BA unveiled this Jumbo in the BOAC livery on February 18, 2019 as the first of 4 aicraft which are part of the 100th anniversary celebrations of the airline and its predeccessors.

It is to be noted that British Airways had already done a quick retro scheme on the basic Landor scheme for the retirement of G-AWNA in 1998, which was the airline's very first 747. The aircraft never flew in that BOAC livery ,and is thus not featured here.

Image © Paul Quinn (DUB)
Tags Retro

Good Luck Team UK

#TeamUKFlyBA

G-STBI

B777-336ER

British Airways [+]

2018

The Invictus Games is an international adaptive multi-sport event, created by Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, in which wounded, injured or sick armed services personnel and their associated veterans take part in sports including wheelchair basketball, sitting volleyball, and indoor rowing. The 2018 edition took place in Sydney and BA was a partner of the Team UK at the event. Short-lived decals on the port side only.

Image © Donal Morrissey (LHR)
Tags Other Sport Events

#EndWildlifeCrime

G-XLEC

A380-841

British Airways [+]

2018

In September 2018 BA took part in an initiative with Tusk Trust and United for Wildlife which saw Prince William fly on a working trip to Namibia, Tanzania and Kenya to visit a range of projects and meet with conservationists, communities and law enforcement representatives working to halt poaching and illegal wildlife trade.

Image © Gail Snyder (SFO)
Tags Initiative

Great Festival of Creativity

by Masha Ma

G-YMML

B777-236ER

British Airways [+]

2015-

This aircraft features an artistic rendering of the fusion between a bamboo and an English rose by Chinese artist Masha Ma. The livery was unveiled in time to promote the first Great Festival of Creativity held at the Long Museum in Shanghai and showcasing innovative British companies in China.

Image © Donal Morrissey (LHR)
Tags Festival, Original Artwork, Plants, Traditional Patterns

Poppy #6

Poppy

The Royal British Legion

G-BNLN	B747-436	British Airways [+]		2014
G-CIVJ	B747-436	British Airways [+]		2018

The Royal British Legion is a British charity providing financial, social and emotional support to members of the British Armed Forces, veterans and their dependants. The poppy is their logo, as WWI created prime conditions for poppies to flourish in battlefields in Flanders and north-west France. The flower became the symbol of remembrance when Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae wrote the In Flanders Fields poem, which was widely shared in the English-speaking world. The decals were applied in time to commemorate Remembrance Day on November 11th which marked the end of World War I in 1918.

In 2014 the poppy made its reappearance with a small logo near the rear door.

Image © A.J. Best (LHR)
Tags Commemoration, Plants

The Firefly

London 2012 - Our moment to shine

The Firefly

G-EUPC

A319-131

British Airways [+]

2012

BA was the partner of the London 2012 Torch Relay and on May 18, 2012 this aircraft flew the Olympic Flame from Athens to Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose in Cornwall. The "Firefly" name was chosen by schoolchildren in the London 2012 Get Set network. The Torch Relay lasted 70 days and visited over 1,000 communities across the UK.

Image © Olivier Mouhot (GVA)
Tags Olympic Torch Relay, Olympics

Olympic Dove

by Pascal Anson

G-DBCB	A319-131	British Airways [+]	2012-17
G-DBCD	A319-131	British Airways [+]	2012-17
G-EUPA	A319-131	British Airways [+]	2012-17
G-EUPD	A319-131	British Airways [+]	2012-17
G-EUPG	A319-131	British Airways [+]	2012-15
G-EUPH	A319-131	British Airways [+]	2012-18
G-EUOH	A319-131	British Airways [+]	2012-15

In 2011 BA launched a contest with the aim of promoting British talent in the run up to the 2012 London Games. Pascal Anson's Dove project was chosen and mentored by artist Tracey Emin from the judging panel. He chose the dove because "as well as being a symbol of peace and social unity, it was used in ancient Olympics as a messenger to send Games reports to outlying villages, and the bird also played a role in Olympics ceremonies such as that at the last London Games in 1948". The painting unconventionally also included movable parts of the aircraft such as slats and flaps. A total of 9 A319 were supposed to wear the livery but only 7 were painted in the end. Note the design was kept long after the Games, with EUPH finally being repainted in November 2018.

Image © GVR (BRU)
Tags Design Competition, Olympics, Original Artwork, Wildlife

Bidding Nation England

2018 World Cup

G-EUOI

A319-131

British Airways [+]

2010

In a similar way to what was done to 747 CIVY in 2005, short-lived signature decals were added to EUOI for a short period of time in December 2010 to support England's bid for World Cup 2018, which was awarded to Russia in the end.

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Tags World Cup Candidate Country

Retro

G-CPET

B757-236

British Airways [+]

2010

"Stokesay Castle" sported the "Negus" livery for just a month before the type was retired at BA in October 2010.

Image © Diego Ruiz de Vargas (MAD)
Tags Retro

Keeping the Flag Flying

12 a/c

B777-236ER

British Airways [+]

2010-11

The BA management showed its disapproval of the 2010 cabin crew strike by adding decals to 12 777. Ten of the aircraft were based at Heathrow while two were based at Gatwick (YMMB & VIIP). The full list of aircraft is as follows: VIIC,VIIF,VIIH,VIIL,VIIN,VIIP & YMMB,YMMI,YMMK,YMML,YMMR,YMMT.

Image © Terry Wade (LGW)
Tags Staff

Signatures

G-CIVY

B747-436

British Airways [+]

2005-06

British Airways was an early sponsor of London's bid for the 2012 Games. In May 2005 Prime Minister Tony Blair signed this Boeing 747 together with celebrities, passengers and airline staff in support of the bid to host the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. BA planned to collect in excess of 100,000 signatures on the aircraft that would carry the bid team to Singapore for the decision vote by the IOC in early July. In the end London was chosen over Paris with 54 votes to 50. Note a 747 and two A320 wore "Backing the bid" titles at the time.

Image © Daniel Talbot (SYD)
Tags Olympics Candidate City, Signatures

BBC Blue Peter

by Hollie Goodwin

G-CPEM

B757-236

British Airways [+]

2005-07

In January 2005 British Airways launched a "Paint a Plane" competition in cooperation with BBC’s Blue Peter children TV programme. The aircraft was unveiled in March with the design of eight-year old Hollie Goodwin from Kent. The drawing included children hand-in-hand and flags of the UK, England, Scotland, Wales & Northern Ireland.

Image © A.J. Best (LHR)
Tags Charity, Design Competition, Children Drawings

Backing the Bid

London 2012 Premier Partner

G-CIVP	B747-436	British Airways [+]	2005-06
G-BUSD	A320-111	British Airways [+]	2004-06
G-BUSH	A320-211	British Airways [+]	2004-07

British Airways was an early sponsor of London's bid for the 2012 Games. The airline carried the British delegation to Singapore in July 2005 where the IOC choosed London over Paris with 54 votes to 50.

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Tags Olympics Candidate City

Poppy Appeal 2003 #5

Poppy Appeal 2003

The Royal British Legion

G-BOAF

Concorde

British Airways [+]

2003*

The Royal British Legion is a British charity providing financial, social and emotional support to members of the British Armed Forces, veterans and their dependants. The poppy is their logo, as WWI created prime conditions for poppies to flourish in battlefields in Flanders and north-west France. The flower became the symbol of remembrance when Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae wrote the In Flanders Fields poem, which was widely shared in the English-speaking world. The decals were applied in time to commemorate Remembrance Day on November 11th which marked the end of World War I in 1918.

The 2003 "Poppy Appeal" video campaign was recorded in Heathrow with a decal added to BOAF just days after the last flight of the type.

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Tags Commemoration, Plants