Originally Posted by
krismiler
As the British Airways we know today was formed by the merger of BOAC and BEA in 1974 it is reasonable to have a short haul aircraft painted in BEA colours as well as a long haul aircraft in BOAC colours.
Yes, as I mentioned in a couple of previous posts, that's the logical conclusion. The only question is which of the BEA liveries BA will choose.
Given that we know 3 747s and one A319 will go retro, I suspect that as well as the BOAC 747, we'll see the Landor and Negus schemes on the other two Boeings and (hopefully!) the BEA Red Square on the Airbus.