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BA shows final retrojet livery

Boeing 747-400 British Airways, Negus livery retrojet

- 14 March 2019 -
British Airways has revealed its fourth retrojet livery. The airline has chosen the so-called Negus design, which is currently being painted on a Boeing 747-400 in a paint shop in Dublin.

G-CIVB will wear the final heritage livery as part of BA's centenary celebrations. The aircraft will be flown back to Heathrow later this month. A 747-400 in British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) livery, an Airbus A319 in British European Airways (BEA) colours and a 747-400 wearing the Landor design are already flying.

The Negus livery was applied on the British Airways fleet from 1974 to 1980, directly after the merger of BOAC and BEA. G-CIVB will be painted in the original version of the paint scheme with full 'British Airways' titles on the fuselage. Later the aircraft carried just the word 'British' in a larger font.

Although BA says to celebrate a full century of existence, the name 'British Airways' wasn't used since 1939. In that year the orginal British Airways Limited merged with Imperial Airways and together they formed BOAC.

G-CIVB will carry the retro livery until it retires in 2022. Many hoped to see a revival of the liveries of airlines which became part of British Airways, like Cambrian, Northeast, British Caledonian and Dan-Air London. This didn't happen. (Image: British Airways)



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