OK so the first BA livery lasted ten years 1974-1984, the Landor livery from 1984-1997 and the current Utopia/Chatham theme has been around for ten years more or less… So given the frequency of past change, every ten or thirteen years can we expect a new livery soon and especially in time for the arrival of the 787 and A380 ?
Do any of the BA guys here know anything and is now a good time for the talented designers amongst the bretheren to start speculating ??? 😉
By: Ren Frew - 26th November 2007 at 23:32
A quick n’ dirty idea…
Not bad…;)
By: steve rowell - 26th November 2007 at 23:25
I think it’s about time BA came into the 21st century with their livery.. along with a few other world carriers such as Qantas and American ..just to name a couple
By: OneLeft - 26th November 2007 at 12:08
That still is the current logo
Of course I realise that 3DM, what I should have said was the 80’s ‘looking’ logo. Didn’t explain myself too well.
Seems to me like a good opportunity to drag it up to date.
1L.
By: Portagee - 25th November 2007 at 22:46
If you look at this link, profile #37 depicts a Stratocruiser in the current BA livery – yuck! The FedEx and SAS Il-76s look better, I think!
OFF TOPIC
I love that site, the EPTS schemes on the TSR2, Spit MkXIV, A10 and SU-30MK look brilliant.
The image of the A10 in Israeli colours must send chills around some parts of the Middle East.
By: Ren Frew - 25th November 2007 at 22:23
That still is the current logo, but could do with some tweaking 🙂
Yes indeed and can be seen on the BN Islanders which came out of mainstream BA livery a couple of years ago. I must try and fnd out if there are plans afoot to create a new, contemporary Loganair livery… ?
By: PMN - 25th November 2007 at 21:09
Ithink it would be ultra-cool to paint the retro schemes on some of the aircraft – going all the way back to the BOAC days. Retro schemes look so good!
That’s a superb idea. I’d love to see a BOAC 747-400!
Paul
By: OneLeft - 25th November 2007 at 18:34
On a similar subject, it occurred to me today in GLA that Loganair will be in need of a new livery.
I always liked this one except for the very 80’s tail logo.
http://www.airliners.net/open.file?id=0322608&WxsIERv=Oevgvfu%20Nrebfcnpr%20ONr-146-200&Wm=0&WdsYXMg=Ybtnanve&QtODMg=Threafrl%20%28TPV%20%2F%20RTWO%29&ERDLTkt=HX%20-%20Threafrl&ktODMp=Nhthfg%2027%2C%201991&BP=1&WNEb25u=Ubjneq%20Punybare&xsIERvdWdsY=T-BY%2A%2A&MgTUQtODMgKE=&YXMgTUQtODMgKERD=463&NEb25uZWxs=2003-02-24%2000%3A00%3A00&ODJ9dvCE=&O89Dcjdg=&static=yes&width=1024&height=705&sok=JURER%20%20%28nvepensg_trarevp%20%3D%20%27Oevgvfu%20Nrebfcnpr%20ONr-146%2FNieb%20EW%27%20BE%20nvepensg_trarevp%20%3D%20%27ONR%20Flfgrzf%20Nieb%20146-EW%2FEWK%27%29%20NAQ%20%28nveyvar%20YVXR%20%27Ybtnanve%25%27%29%20%20BEQRE%20OL%20cubgb_vq%20QRFP&photo_nr=7&prev_id=0322647&next_id=0206494&size=L
http://www.airliners.net/open.file?id=0150991&WxsIERv=Oevgvfu%20Nrebfcnpr%20NGC&Wm=0&WdsYXMg=Ybtnanve&QtODMg=Znapurfgre%20-%20Vagreangvbany%20%28Evatjnl%29%20%28ZNA%20%2F%20RTPP%29&ERDLTkt=HX%20-%20Ratynaq&ktODMp=Bpgbore%2017%2C%201992&BP=0&WNEb25u=Nynfgnve%20G.%20Tneqvare%20-%20JbeyqNveVzntrf&xsIERvdWdsY=T-YBTQ&MgTUQtODMgKE=&YXMgTUQtODMgKERD=393&NEb25uZWxs=2001-03-25%2000%3A00%3A00&ODJ9dvCE=&O89Dcjdg=2018&static=yes&width=994&height=619&sok=JURER%20%20%28nvepensg_trarevp%20%3D%20%27Oevgvfu%20Nrebfcnpr%20NGC%2FWrgfgernz%2061%27%29%20NAQ%20%28nveyvar%20YVXR%20%27Ybtnanve%25%27%29%20%20BEQRE%20OL%20cubgb_vq%20QRFP&photo_nr=10&prev_id=0157557&next_id=0078712&size=L
What would the designers among us come up with for them?
1L.
By: Short finals - 23rd November 2007 at 21:39
Conversely, I’ve always fancied seeing a DC-3 in contemporary BA livery…
If you look at this link, profile #37 depicts a Stratocruiser in the current BA livery – yuck! The FedEx and SAS Il-76s look better, I think!
By: Ren Frew - 23rd November 2007 at 19:03
A couple or three retro jets wouldn’t go amiss.
Red square Airbus and BOAC 777 anyone?
Be lucky
David
Conversely, I’ve always fancied seeing a DC-3 in contemporary BA livery…
By: AvgasDinosaur - 23rd November 2007 at 18:20
A couple or three retro jets wouldn’t go amiss.
Red square Airbus and BOAC 777 anyone?
Be lucky
David
By: Ren Frew - 23rd November 2007 at 17:19
I really think that the BAW Livery just requires are slight tweak to bring it up-to-date. I was thinking of adjusting the blue belly to a curve, similar to DAL, but sitting slightly further up the fuselage. I think that would be fresh, without loosing any of the brand identity.
I was thinking of something along the lines of the US Airways scheme, along with a slight re-working of the Chatham flag. Perhaps that revised underbelly as you suggest with a thin white and red cheatline sitting above it ? Some sort of revised ‘British Airways’ typeface and let’s have a stylised union flag on the winglets (where appropriate) a la Virgin Atlantic…
By: OneLeft - 22nd November 2007 at 22:24
Do any of the BA guys here know anything
I certainly haven’t heard anything to suggest a new livery is on the cards.
1L.
By: adamdowley - 22nd November 2007 at 18:09
I haven’t got any ideas, other than to say perhaps they could paint a series of well known London landmarks down the length of the aircraft, to represent the true nature of the airline.
Joking aside, I like the current livery, but think it would be ultra-cool to paint the retro schemes on some of the aircraft – going all the way back to the BOAC days. Retro schemes look so good!
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