British Airways ethnic liveries Under service with Qantas, the British Airways titles were removed and replaced with Qantas' own, but the remainder of the livery was left unchanged. Finally in May 2001 the new Chief Executive, Rod Eddington, announced the entire fleet would receive the new Union flag livery. Eddington argued that while an attempt to increase the airline's appeal was not a bad thing, the exercise hurt the image of the carrier among its core customers — those that are attracted by the British identity, which the ethnic tailfins diluted somewhat. British Airways ethnic liveries In 1997 British Airways (BA) adopted a new
Sky Airline and 2016 to reduce costs. Sky Airline was named the Best Regional Airline in South America in the 2014, 2015 and 2016 Skytrax World Airline Awards. In addition, OAG (Official Airlien Guide) declared Sky Airline as the most punctual airline of 2016. Maintenance services are supplied by AIRMAN, a sister maintenance company based in Santiago Airport. The Sky Airline fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of November 2018): The company expects to expand its current fleet to 25 planes by 2018. Since its beginnings, Sky Airline operated a 100% Boeing 737 fleet, these began to be replaced by Airbus