BA Olympic Livery timelapse

Cloud 9 I do agree that the scheme should be representative of the occasion ,but this is the first of 10 to be painted ,If the rest of the aircraft are of similar colour scheme and design then I will be really disappointed and will say so ,But I was told this one was painted as such to carry the flame form Athens to the UK “that’s why it,s called the DOVE a symbol of Peace”
I am yet to see it for myself and I think that the pictures don’t do it justice and I have seen this on more than one occasion before.
I had a Look at Sandy,s Drawings I do like them but to me, there too cluttered/Busy and clash with the Chatham Tails and Sandy I do agree with you on Miss/Mrs/Mr I not quite sure Emin 😮
To Be Honest I think that they should have put this out to the School children of the UK as They did do a good job of the Blue Peter Scheme

Blimey, I can’t quite actually believe this, I find myself agreeing with both Bmused55 and kevinwm in the same thread about BA…something must be wrong here!?:D

kevinwm, I too am pleased that BA have decide to paint some of their aircraft for the Olympics, but at the end of the day if your going to paint an aircraft to celebrate/market a particular event, then it would be useful if the design you choose to paint on the aircraft is representative of the event, no?

I don’t think its a case of “Dammed if you don’t Dammed if you do”…I think its more down to people’s individual perception, but it is clear from most of the responses on this thread that this particular scheme does not represent BA and/or the Olympics in the best light.

I am also somewhat surprised and disappointed that other airlines, notably Virgin, appear to not have taken up the opportunity to do the same/similar, or have even made any kind of effort to make themselves visible as a “carrier of/for the Olympics”…does anyone know if they are planning anything special at all?

I thought that an A319 will be painted all gold for the flight with the torch? I’m sure that this ‘dove’ livery is the one to be rolled out on 10 airbuses.

As far As Ive heard G-EUOH will be bring the Flame form Athens and was painted in the gold colour scheme ,the others I heard will painted in a more colourful Scheme and I will hold judgement until the others have been painted
Dammed if you don’t Dammed if you do springs to mind
I’m just pleased that BA have decide to paint some of their aircraft for the Olympics

Thanks for the info joemicroman.

As I suspected, BA have chosen only to do A319s simply because it’s easier and cheaper for them…well, at least people in the UK/Europe might get the message that the largest sporting event in the world is being held in London; mind you, perhaps they won’t if the rest of the liveries are as bad as this first attempt!

Sadly, just the A319’s will be painted in the livery. Not really a big fan of the livery anyway, no relation to the Olymipics and doesn’t really have any relation to the United Kingdom. Come on BA, get your act in gear!!

Joemicroman

Agreed. I won’t be taking any interest.
Might be a good time to get out to Australia and NZ to spend some time with my family.

Looks more a scheme for Gulf Air to me… :confused:

About as interesting to me as the Olympics themselves – bah, humbug etc…

Cloud_9, I think I read elsewhere that a few A319/20/21’s will be painted but nothing bigger. I’m willing to be corrected.

Firstly and foremostly, I would like to congratulate the artist for getting a livery design painted onto an actual aircraft, I bet they must have felt so happy/proud to see their creation actually become a reality (I wonder if BA allowed them to travel on the first revenue flight of their new “logojet”?).

That said, I do have to agree with Bmused55 when he says that “this livery is a big fat FAIL”, simply because it bears no relevance to the Olympics whatsoever, and it does not represent British Airways any clearer as the “official airline” of the event, but I would put this more down to the decision making process and judging rather than blame BA themselves.

A few questions that I have thought of…

Is this the first in a series of “special” livery designs; are there more to come and if so, when will they be revealed?

Are other aircraft in the BA fleet (i.e. 747’s 767’s &/or 777’s) going to be painted into these “special” schemes at all?

Despite being held in one location, the Olympics is a global event with many countries/cultures taking part and I think it would be a mistake on BA’s part to simply choose to paint A320 family aircraft into these “special” designs, because they are smaller and cheaper to paint than some of their long-haul fleet that fly all over the world.

Mr Bemused, both of your schemes are wonderful, but I think I’ll go for the first one.
Would but BA do something as effective. They ought to take some advice from Air New Zealand on the art of producing themed jets.

They are nice, bemused! I particularly like the second one.
There is one problem though, looking at it from an airline point of view, there just isn’t enough white… 😮 :rolleyes: 😉 😀

Here were my extremely rough initial ideas. I realy did not put any more thought than an initial “hmmm” into these and they were done in 5 minutes flat. I aborted all work once I read Tracy Emin was on the panel. My views of her can be read above.

I’ll reserve judgement till I see one in the face. The photos are rather underwhelming, but somehow I think this might be better when seen for real.

That said, this does not to me convey the olympics. They should have put the olympic rings on the plane, or the Lisa Simpson BJ logo.

BA should have just done the paint a plane comp for kids again, it would have been much better.
The Dove idea sounded nice in theory but was never gonna be that great as doves are white and of course airlines love a good white scheme nowadays..
I was hoping for abit more vibrancy to celebrate the cultures involved in the Olympics.

Oh well, with Emin involved it was never gonna be a great outcome anyway. Strange how people like her can develop rubbish ‘art’ and make alot of money from it. Is this the age of promoting those with no talent and keeping those with talent in the dark?

Defacing the national symbol in the full glare of the World

I just showed the livery to my work colleagues, not one of them understood it.
Several said all they saw was a blank white aicraft with gold ribbons on the tail.

I should stress that neither of my colleagues know anything about aviation in the slightest. I would consider them the average layman.

So, so far, out of 42 people I’ve asked:

30 thought it was a dirty or blank white airplane
2 thought it had hit a flock of birds
1 oddly thought it was an Air France jet
1 just told me it looks like sperm! Hahahahaha
Another colleague thought it was a Emirates jet, the rest didn’t have a clue.

The point is, not one of them associated it with the olympics.
I’d say so far, this livery is a big fat FAIL.

Was this the cheapest bid ?

Heh, money was not a factor.

The winning artist was selected from a panel of judges headed my Tracy Emin who is supposedly an artist herself.

When I read she was going to be doing the final judging, I quit my attempts at a submission. I knew she would fail miserably. She’s not an artist, just someone who managed to win cash for not doing her bed in the morning. I knew she’d go for something completely unrelated that would fail to show off London 2012 to the world.

Pascal Anson is on camera stating he was not designing an olympic livery, he wanted a piece of art. And here’s me thinking the entire reason behind the competition was to design an olympic livery! Why on earth was he chosen… oh of course… Emin.

I’m sorry, but I am truly disgusted at this utter failure by Emin to choose a design for the olympics, instead choosing something she calls art. Completely selfish and an utter waste of time.

Was this the cheapest bid ?

I’m not saying it’s bad, looks quite good to me but there is nothing I see to connect BA and the olympics – in fact I see no reference to either!

Red, white and blue and some olympic rings please!

It seems rather anonymous to me.