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
Michael Palin: Around the World in 80 Days Palin's personal views are also more clearly evident. The book contains many pictures from the trip. "Around the World in 80 Days" was the first of a trilogy of globe-crossing series featuring Michael Palin as he visited many countries. The second series was "Pole to Pole" (travelling from the North Pole to the South Pole), an 8-part series first broadcast on BBC One in 1992, and the third was "Full Circle with Michael Palin" (the circumnavigation of the Pacific Rim), a 10-part series first broadcast on BBC One in 1997. The series were followed by several similar conceptual travel series