A classic Boeing 747-400 aircraft that flew with British Airways for many years before it was retired wore the retro British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) livery, the forerunner of today’s legacy British Airways. St. Athan Airport in rural England.
The aircraft, registered G-BYGC, was transferred to St Athan Airport in December 2020 and has remained there ever since. With no other purpose, the massive jet took off into space, and then the decision to dispose of it would have been made by its new owner, a company called eCube.
Early in the Covid-19 pandemic, British Airways decided to retire 31 of its Boeing 747-400 aircraft. Alex Cruz, then chairman and CEO of the British firm, commented at the time “We neither wanted nor expected to say goodbye to our incredible 747 aircraft.”
In the year before retirement, British Airways’ jumbo jets celebrated the company’s 100th anniversary with three air sports retro layouts.
British Airways Boeing 747-436 scrapped at St. Athan (BOAC G-BYGC)
It is sad that it could not be preserved
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