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In 1997 British Airways adopted a new livery. One part of this was a newly stylised version of the British Airways "Speedbird" logo (right). The major change, however, was the introduction of a wide range of tail-fin art. Also known as the Utopia or world art tailfins, they used art and designs from international artists and other sources to represent countries on BA's route network. While almost all are clearly related to a country, each aircraft also carried the name of that country on the rear of the fuselage. British Airways logo, claiming fair use This work is copyrighted. ... British Airways (LSE: BAY, NYSE: BAB) is the largest airline of the United Kingdom. ... Embraer RJ145 (in British Airways Citiexpress livery) BA Connect is a fully owned subsidiary airline of British Airways. ... British Mediterranean Airways, trading as BMED, is an airline based at London Heathrow Airport in the United Kingdom. ... Comair is an airline based in South Africa. ... GB Airways is an airline, and uncer a franchise agreement with British Airways. ... Loganair is an airline based at Glasgow International Airport (GLA) in Scotland. ... Sun Air of Scandinavia is an airline based in Denmark. ... British Airways flies to destinations on every inhabited continent. ... British Airways flies to destinations on every inhabited continent. ... The Imperial Airways Empire Terminal, Victoria, London. ... This article deals with the 1930s airline British Airways Ltd. ... For alternate usages of BEA see Bea (disambiguation). ... British South American Airways (BSAA) was a British state-run airline of the 1940s. ... The British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) was the exclusive British state airline from 1939 until 1946 and the long-haul British state airline from 1946. ... This is a timeline of the history of British Airways plc (including the history of predecessor companies which influence its shape today). ... Evolution of the Speedbird logo to todays British Airways identity Speedbird is a callsign used by British Airways during air traffic control procedures, as well as the name for the famous stylized British Overseas Airways Corporation logo. ... This is a list of aviation-related events from 1997: Events March 17–May 28 Linda Finch, pilot, aviation historian, and San Antonio, Texas businesswoman, flying a restored and specially equipped 62-year-old Lockheed Electra 10E, recreates the 1937 Amelia Earhart flight to circumnavigate the globe solo. ... British Airways (LSE: BAY, NYSE: BAB) is the largest airline of the United Kingdom. ... A livery is a uniform worn by a civilian person. ... Evolution of the Speedbird logo to todays British Airways identity Speedbird is a callsign used by British Airways during air traffic control procedures, as well as the name for the famous stylized British Overseas Airways Corporation logo. ... A logotype (from the Greek λογότυπο), commonly known as a logo, is the graphic element, symbol, and icon of a trademark or brand, which is set in a special typeface or arranged in a particular way. ... In an aircraft, the fuselage is the main body section that holds crew and passengers or cargo. ...

The new corporate logo was created by the London-based design agency Newell and Sorrell, who also oversaw the implementation of the tailfin designs.

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Criticism

The adoption of this livery was seen as a move away from the traditional and strictly British image of the carrier. BA suggested that the previous "Landor" scheme carried an air of arrogance and detachment, and insisted that the new tailfins were very popular with international travellers. However they were never popular in the UK, despite nine of the designs being inspired by either England, Scotland or Wales (and one Irish scheme). Margaret Thatcher showed her displeasure at the designs by covering one of the new tailfins on a model 747 with a handkerchief. She declared, "We fly the British flag, not these awful things." Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, LG, OM, PC, FRS (born 13 October 1925) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990. ... The Boeing 747, commonly called the Jumbo Jet, is one of the most recognizable modern jet airliners and is the largest airliner currently in airline service. ...

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Review of use

While the majority of the designs were applied to a variety of aircraft, one scheme (the stylised version of the Chatham Dockyard Union Flag) was reserved for use on Concorde only. By 1999, BA had repainted around 170 aircraft in its new colours but then Chief Executive, Bob Ayling, announced a review of this process. The aircraft already repainted would keep the new designs, but the remainder of the fleet (still sporting the pre-1997 union flag design) would receive a variant of Concorde's Union flag design. The timing of the announcement was designed to divert some attention from Virgin's relaunch. Chatham Dockyard, located on the River Medway in Kent, England, came into existence at the time when, following the Reformation, relations with the Catholic countries of Europe had worsened, and thus requiring added defences. ... Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde supersonic transport (SST), along with the Tupolev Tu-144, was one of only two models of supersonic passenger airliners to have seen commercial service so far. ... Bob Ayling is a British businessman who has been involved in many high profile companies and organisations. ... Flag Ratio: 1:2 Union Jack is the commonly used name for the Union Flag of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. ...

Finally in May 2001 the new Chief Executive, Rod Eddington, announced the entire fleet would receive the new Union flag livery. Eddington argues that while an attempt to increase the airline's appeal was not a bad thing, the exercise hurt the image of the carrier among its core customers — those that are attracted by the British identity, which the ethnic tailfins diluted somewhat. The removal of the ethnic tailfins is a slow process for the hundreds of aircraft in BA's fleet; some aircraft continue to wear the world tailfins. This is a list of aviation-related events from 2001: Events April: The unmanned aircraft Global Hawk flies automatically from Edwards AFB in the US to Australia non-stop and unrefuelled. ... Rod Eddington is Chief Executive of British Airways, the UKs premier airline and one of the largest in the world. ...

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External links

• BBC: BA turns tail on colours (Real Video)
• BA tailfin gallery: Lee Collins
• Lockon Aviation Photography - Gallery