Talk:British Airways ethnic liveries

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In a 1999 relaunch the flag was also applied to the vertical winglets of the carrier's aircraft.

Does this refer to Virgin or BA? --Mysteronald 18:18, 25 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Nobody cared about the rebranding! Just because Thatcher hated it the world assumes everyone in Britain was up in arms.

Not actually true... My company stopped using BA for business flights, and I don't believe we were the only ones. WMMartin 13:42, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Chatham Dockyard Union Flag

I was confused by what appears to be a contradiction. The article says at one point "one scheme (the stylised version of the Chatham Dockyard Union Flag) was reserved for use on Concorde only". Then later, a photo (similar to the Union Jack) has the caption "Chatham Dockyard Union Flag on a Boeing 747". Anyone know which is right? Kaid100 19:20, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

As far as I'm aware, that tail livery was indeed initially reserved for Concorde, with the intention of the other ethnic liveries to be used for the remainder of the fleet, however, following the ethnic liveries idea being ditched, it was applied across the board. vwozone 22.34, 03 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Speedbird logo

At the top of the page, it states 'a new version of the speedbird logo, right'. However, the image on the right is not a speedbird - this is the union flag tail livery - the new version of the speedbird logo (the Speedmarque) is something different - displayed on the side of the aircraft near the nose, framing the words 'British Airways'. Of course I couldnt upload an image of the Speedbird to replace it due to Wikimedia's copyright rules, so does anyone have an image they have taken of the Speedbird? Thanks. vwozone 22.34, 03 February 2007 (UTC)