weemonkey

Should BA bite the bullet and go back to the blue fin and speedbird?

Well from me...Yes, it just oozes class. Unlike the current [tail] schemes.

Hotel Tango

Perhaps the BEA element in the airline might object!

Bergerie1

BOAC used the speedbird before BEA was invented.

DaveReidUK

But not the blue fin.

Hotel Tango

For sure they did, but anyway I misunderstood the post as suggesting they should go back to calling themselves BOAC. So, as you were

renfrew

The Speedbird goes back to 1932 and Imperial Airways.
It has an ageless class and it would be nice to see it incorporated in a future colour scheme..

Bergerie1

renfrew,

I agree. I very sorry when the speedbird disappeared, not because it was BOAC but because we lost the link with Imperial Airways.

Bergerie1

renfrew,

I agree. I was very sorry when the speedbird went, not because of BOAC but because we lost the continuity and link with Imperial Airways.

P.S. I tried to delete the previous post but cocked it up!!

Dr Jekyll

Going back to something similar to the BOAC blue tails with the speedbird logo is worth considering. The reaction to the retro 747 seems to have been universally positive and it makes the current BA scheme look cheap and tatty.

BEA 71

Nothing against the Speedbird symbol. But does this look cheap and tatty? In comparison the Landor scheme looks like Aeroflot of the Fifties.