BA names aircraft bringing the GB Olympic & Para teams home from Rio 'VictoRIOus'
Aug 4, 2016, 9:38 am
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BA names aircraft bringing the GB Olympic & Para teams home from Rio 'VictoRIOus'
British Airways has launched a competition for the public to choose a name for the aircraft bringing Team GB and ParalympicsGB home from the Rio Games this summer.
The special charter flight will feature a commemorative gold-nose and has been given the flight number ‘BA2016’ to mark the occasion.
The public can cast their vote on Twitter @british_airways, between August 1-7.
https://www.businesstraveller.com/ai...ames-aircraft/
The special charter flight will feature a commemorative gold-nose and has been given the flight number ‘BA2016’ to mark the occasion.
The public can cast their vote on Twitter @british_airways, between August 1-7.
https://www.businesstraveller.com/ai...ames-aircraft/
Aug 4, 2016, 10:08 am
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I'm disappointed this isn't a true naming competition, rather than a "select from our unimaginative PR-friendly shortlist!" Lame, who cares which is chosen?
I loved Boaty McBoatface..
Classic! Just like the Internet people winning a competition for Taylor Swift to perform at the Horace Mann School for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing in Boston. (They weren't offended 
)
I wish they would be more lighthearted.
(Though not as much as for them to stop the enhancements of course 
)
I bet they'd get much more positive PR for letting the competition run its course, then opt out if they weren't happy..
I loved Boaty McBoatface..
Classic! Just like the Internet people winning a competition for Taylor Swift to perform at the Horace Mann School for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing in Boston. (They weren't offended ) I wish they would be more lighthearted.
(Though not as much as for them to stop the enhancements of course )I bet they'd get much more positive PR for letting the competition run its course, then opt out if they weren't happy..
Aug 4, 2016, 10:35 am
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British Airways has launched a competition for the public to choose a name for the aircraft bringing Team GB and ParalympicsGB home from the Rio Games this summer.
The special charter flight will feature a commemorative gold-nose and has been given the flight number ‘BA2016’ to mark the occasion.
The special charter flight will feature a commemorative gold-nose and has been given the flight number ‘BA2016’ to mark the occasion.
Aug 4, 2016, 11:24 am
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Presumably G-BNLJ just happened to be in a convenient position for the photoshoot. If the aircraft is going to be unveiled with its shiny new nose on August 16th, I wouldn't have thought they'd have been fitting it in time for a press release on August 1st.
I've never changed the nosecone on a 747, but I assume it's not a 2 week job - how hard can it be...?
I've never changed the nosecone on a 747, but I assume it's not a 2 week job - how hard can it be...?
Aug 4, 2016, 1:46 pm
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I'll grab my coat.