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Welcome back Landor! The next British Airways Retrojet arrives

09/03/2019 by Kevincm

For a lot of people, this is the British Airways livery they’ve been waiting for – and it’s the one designed by Landor Associates.

British Airways Landor - Image, British Airways
G-BNLY fresh out of the paint shop in Dublin

British Airways Landor - Image, British Airways
G-BNLY in Landor livery Images, British Airways.

The plane flew in from Dublin Airport this morning (9th March), where it was repainted.

This aircraft regains a lot of things from a historical viewpoint – as this plane was delivered from Boeing in this livery. which it wore until the Utopia tails scheme came along. Those vanished, and fly the livery we know today as “Historical Chatham Dockyard”. It also regains its original name of “City of Swansea”.

British Airways Landor - Image, British Airways
City of Swansea

The Landor livery first entered service in 1984 – replacing the Negus livery that had been introduced when BOAC and BEA merged in 1974. This was designed by Landor Associates, as part of the preparation for the privatisation of the airline.

The BOAC Speedbird was changed to a red speedwing, and new titles were introduced on the body, including the airline’s coat of arms – “To fly, To Serve”

British Airways Landor - Image, British Airways
To fly, To Serve.

In a nod to the 100 year anniversary, there is also a BA100 logo on the rear of the fuselage is as on display.

The plane will retain this livery until 2023 when the aircraft is retired from service.

British Airways Landor - Image, British Airways
British Airways staff welcoming the plane, in both modern and classic uniforms.

In quotes

Alex Cruz, British Airways’ Chairman and CEO, said

“The Landor livery is one of our most famous designs, and many will remember seeing it in the skies at some point in their lives. Introducing these liveried aircraft has been a huge honour, and we’re excited to reveal details of the final design soon.”

Next up: Negus

With BOAC, BEA and now Landor all introduced, there is one more to be revealed. Sadly, it won’t be Dan Air or BMI – rather, we’ll be going back to the livery that I remember in my childhood that reminds of British Airways – the classic Negus livery.

Images, British Airways


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Comments

  1. CraigTPA says

    09/03/2019 at 2:10 pm

    A beautiful livery, much better than what we have today, although the BOAC golden speedbird is my favorite. Change the titles on that one to “British Airways” and put it fleet-wide, and BA would have the (begin Jeremy Clarkson voice) best livery……….in the world”

    • Kevincm says

      09/03/2019 at 2:12 pm

      Y’know what… I wouldn’t say no to that right now…

  2. Mcass777 says

    10/03/2019 at 9:08 am

    On arrival at LHR, G-BNLY should have pulled up to T-4 for old times sake!

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