British Airways B747-400 with British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) retro livery is being dismantled at its storage facility in UK. British Airways kept its B747 in storage at St. Athan Airport, Wales since December 2020.
According to the airline’s social media post, the BOAC liveried aircraft is being scrapped by eCube. eCube has aircraft dismantling station at DGX. The aircraft flew for British Airways for 21 years, accumulating over 91,000 flight hours.
British Airways retired all 31 of its Boeing 747-400s in July 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic just a year after it repainted its three B747s in retro liveries including the Negus and Landor paint schemes.
British Airways unveiled the BOAC-liveried Boeing 747-400 in February 2019, when it arrived straight from the paint shop at London Heathrow Airport (LHR). Later, the aircraft entered commercial service to fly between LHR and New York John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK).
Meanwhile parts of the Boeing 747 will be sold to collectors for aviation enthusiasts to own a piece of this historic aircraft.