The Dove - How Many Are Left?
Jul 24, 2014, 7:29 pm
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The firefly was London 2012 branded so I guess there was a limited period when it could retain the livery? Possibly BA decided to take it off anyway since the London Olympics are over. I don't think it had the Olympic rings on since BA weren't the official Olympic airline were they?
The Dove livery is BA's own design and doesn't mention the Olympics so I guess there is no pressing reason to remove it until the frames come in for a re-paint.
The Dove livery is BA's own design and doesn't mention the Olympics so I guess there is no pressing reason to remove it until the frames come in for a re-paint.
Jul 25, 2014, 12:29 am
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They certainly were the official airline for 2012. Can you remember this?
Jul 25, 2014, 12:37 am
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They certainly were the official airline for 2012. Can you remember this?
Jul 25, 2014, 1:18 am
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BA did quite a lot with their Olympic sponsorship, I'm glad they kept that ad up.
Other things they did was sponsor the area of the Olympic Park where people could just relax watching the events on the big screen. They were also running competitions on their website to give away tickets to the Olympic Park almost every day (which was actually a great way to soak up the atmosphere if you didn't have a ticket for an event).
Funnily enough for me, the takeover of bmi in 2012 made the decision to buy ticketss a whole lot easier! As Visa is one of the major sponsors it was the only payment method accepted for tickets and in shops, bars and restaurants within the park. With the high price of tickets I resented not being able to earn any miles on these, but then the ability to move diamond club miles to BA occurred and so I could use my bmi Visa (1 mile/£ at the time, so not as good as the bmi Amex but better than nothing).
Other things they did was sponsor the area of the Olympic Park where people could just relax watching the events on the big screen. They were also running competitions on their website to give away tickets to the Olympic Park almost every day (which was actually a great way to soak up the atmosphere if you didn't have a ticket for an event).
Funnily enough for me, the takeover of bmi in 2012 made the decision to buy ticketss a whole lot easier! As Visa is one of the major sponsors it was the only payment method accepted for tickets and in shops, bars and restaurants within the park. With the high price of tickets I resented not being able to earn any miles on these, but then the ability to move diamond club miles to BA occurred and so I could use my bmi Visa (1 mile/£ at the time, so not as good as the bmi Amex but better than nothing).
Jul 25, 2014, 3:05 am
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I personally was never a fan of the bird livery. I think they now just look naff with the odd blue engine cowling, soon to follow with nose cones. As noted above, it's big 
time when you get someone behind you explaining to their travel companion that 'this is the airplane that ferried Team GB around the world, carried the Olympic Torch all over the place, was christened by the Queen, etc etc.'
Totally off-topic, but it reminds me of the time I landed in FRA on a long haul flight (ages ago). The guy behind me pointed to the blue-illuminated sign above T1 and told his girlfriend that it was called Frankfurt/Main, because it was the main airport, there was another one a few miles away!
time when you get someone behind you explaining to their travel companion that 'this is the airplane that ferried Team GB around the world, carried the Olympic Torch all over the place, was christened by the Queen, etc etc.'Totally off-topic, but it reminds me of the time I landed in FRA on a long haul flight (ages ago). The guy behind me pointed to the blue-illuminated sign above T1 and told his girlfriend that it was called Frankfurt/Main, because it was the main airport, there was another one a few miles away!
Jul 25, 2014, 3:13 am
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I personally was never a fan of the bird livery. I think they now just look naff with the odd blue engine cowling, soon to follow with nose cones. As noted above, it's big time when you get someone behind you explaining to their travel companion that 'this is the airplane that ferried Team GB around the world, carried the Olympic Torch all over the place, was christened by the Queen, etc etc.'
time when you get someone behind you explaining to their travel companion that 'this is the airplane that ferried Team GB around the world, carried the Olympic Torch all over the place, was christened by the Queen, etc etc.'I flew on it last Sunday DUB-LHR and it had been repainted white. You could still see flecks of blue though!
The Dove livery is nice enough - the golden Union Flag looks very good, I think. The weird "eye" details on the cockpit and some of the feather work does look a bit odd though.
Jul 25, 2014, 3:49 am
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Totally off-topic, but it reminds me of the time I landed in FRA on a long haul flight (ages ago). The guy behind me pointed to the blue-illuminated sign above T1 and told his girlfriend that it was called Frankfurt/Main, because it was the main airport, there was another one a few miles away!
It's always good listening to people sounding knowledgeable when it's obvious that they're not.
Someone on the bmi forum overheard someone telling their child that bmi stood for Birmingham, Manchester and Ipswich - their original destinations!
Jul 25, 2014, 4:07 am
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It's always good listening to people sounding knowledgeable when it's obvious that they're not.
Someone on the bmi forum overheard someone telling their child that bmi stood for Birmingham, Manchester and Ipswich - their original destinations!
Jul 25, 2014, 4:23 am
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Another thing that makes me laugh is those that try and impress those they're travelling with by exaggerating their status benefits. "BA always upgrades me when travelling alone because of my gold card, they can't do it when I'm travelling with other people though as they like to seat people together".
"I'm Platinum, BA always look after me well" (not sure whether this was an Amex Plat cardholder who got free CX Gold, an AA Plat or someone just lying and not realising BA doesn't have a platinum tier).
"I'm Platinum, BA always look after me well" (not sure whether this was an Amex Plat cardholder who got free CX Gold, an AA Plat or someone just lying and not realising BA doesn't have a platinum tier).
