British Airways has launched a new range of £1,935 carry-on suitcases made with parts of its retired Boeing 747 planes. The airline's BOAC Speedbird suitcases pay tribute to the planes which were ...

Three years after British Airways withdrew its last Boeing 747s from service, the aircraft which bore the BOAC heritage livery is being dismantled and its parts offered to collectors. The aircraft ...

The two suitcases were on board the final Boeing 747 which left the BA fleet in December 2020, adorned with BOAC livery. The aircraft flew from the engineering base at Cardiff Airport to its new ...

The BOAC livery will remain on the Boeing 747 until it retires in 2023, to allow as many customers as possible to have the chance to see it. By this time, British Airways will have retired the ...

Encapsulating the stylish spirit of the jumbo jet age, the design of the suitcases draws on BA’s timeless BOAC livery. Handmade in England, the new BOAC Speedbird cases incorporate a special ‘Gold ...

British Airways' predecessor BOAC first started flying 747s in the early 1970s. BA is currently flying the 747-400 version of the long-range aircraft.

One of the British Airways Boeing 747-400s painted in a retro livery for the airline's centenary is to be preserved as a cinema and conference venue. The aircraft (G-CIVB) carried the Negus &amp ...

A 1971 photo of a Boeing 747 in British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) livery at London’s Heathrow airport. The airline is now known as BA (PA) ...

London Heathrow has welcomed the final aircraft in a series of retro liveries by British Airways. The Boeing 747 was repainted in the Negus design at Dublin Airport.