British Airways Archives - Mechtraveller https://mechtraveller.com/tag/british-airways/ Mechanically-minded travel Mon, 09 Dec 2019 17:25:32 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 British Airways Trial 3D Printing https://mechtraveller.com/2019/12/british-airways-trial-3d-printing/ https://mechtraveller.com/2019/12/british-airways-trial-3d-printing/#respond Mon, 09 Dec 2019 17:25:32 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=5616 British Airways are looking at ways that 3D printing technology could improve punctuality and reduce carbon emissions by bypassing the need to fly spare parts out to its fleet around the world. The thinking is that 3D printers located at airports around the world, could be used in the future to create aircraft parts, starting […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2019/12/british-airways-trial-3d-printing/feed/ 0 British Airways to use Retro Livery on Some of its Planes https://mechtraveller.com/2019/01/british-airways-to-use-retro-livery-on-some-of-its-planes/ https://mechtraveller.com/2019/01/british-airways-to-use-retro-livery-on-some-of-its-planes/#respond Tue, 22 Jan 2019 15:07:03 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=4021 As part of its 100th anniversary¹ celebrations, British Airways (BA) has announced it will be painting a Boeing 747 in the much-admired design of its predecessor British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC). The livery from the 1964 – 1974 BOAC era will adorn a B747, reg: G-BYGC. The aircraft will leave the paint shop in Dublin […]

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