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
Unwired: Acoustic Music from Around the World Unwired: Acoustic Music from Around the World Unwired: Acoustic Music from Around the World is a world music benefit compilation album originally released in 1999, with proceeds going to Amnesty International. Part of the World Music Network Rough Guides series, the release features global acoustic music, from traditional to pop. The compilation was produced by Phil Stanton, co-founder of the World Music Network, along with Amnesty, fRoots, New Internationalist, and NCOS. Artists featured cover a broad range of countries, hailing from The Americas (Argentina, Colombia, and the US), Asia (India, Japan, and China), Europe (Spain, Finland, and Scotland), and Africa