Looking back at British Airways' 'World Images' rebranding

A quarter of a century after British Airways unveiled the first of a planned 50 ‘World Images’ across the tailfins of its fleet, Martin Needham looks back at a period almost airbrushed from the carrier’s history

From 1984, British Airways’ (BA) fleet of more than 200 aircraft spent 13 years connecting the UK with the world dressed in ‘Landor’.

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