British Airways BOAC centenary livery arrives!

Arriving fresh from the paint shop in Dublin, the 1964-74 British Overseas Airways Corporation liveried jumbo jet, registration G-BYGC, was welcomed to Heathrow yesterday.

Even though only one aircraft is painted in these colours you have plenty of time to spot it. It will continue to operate until 2023 after which it will be retired in favour of A350 and B787s currently on order.

You can track future flights over the @BARetroJets Twitter page, which will regularly publish which routes are being operated by G-BYGC. This week includes New York, Chicago and Lagos.

Provisional first visit to Lagos on Thursday for BOAC retrojet G-BYGC pic.twitter.com/rpgHLpHUDj

— BAretrojets (@BAretrojets) February 18, 2019

If you are particularly keen to see it mid-flight you can also track it using Flight Radar by tapping in the flight number.

Kevin from Economy Class and Beyond was invited along to the special event, and also posted about the event.

 

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A few more the #BA100 celebration #BOAC Boeing 747-400 arriving at London Heathrow today after its repaint. You can find out more and more pictures at https://economyclassandbeyond.boardingarea.com/2019/02/18/welcome-back-boac-british-airways-100th-anniversary-and-the-boac-livery/z thanks to @british_airways for hosting. #toflytoserve #britishairways #boeing747 #747400 #boac

A post shared by Kevin @ Economy Class & Beyond (@economybeyond) on Feb 18, 2019 at 6:06am PST