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British Airways Retires Its Last Boeing 757
British Airways bid farewell to its three remaining Boeing 757s on Saturday, October 30, with a special farewell tour around the UK.
British Airways bid farewell to its three remaining Boeing 757s on October 30. To commemorate the day, the airline repainted one of the aircraft, G-CPET, in vintage BA livery from 1983.
British Airways bid farewell to its three remaining Boeing 757s on October 30. To commemorate the day, the airline repainted one of the aircraft, G-CPET, in vintage BA livery from 1983.

British Airways bid farewell to its three remaining Boeing 757s on Saturday, October 30, with a special farewell tour around the UK. To commemorate the day, the airline repainted one of the aircraft, G-CPET, in vintage BA livery from 1983. That airplane visited Manchester, Glasgow and Edinburgh during its final day in British Airways service from London Heathrow. The other two 757s flew from Heathrow on Spanish services.

British Airways served as the launch customer for the 757 in 1983 and by the late 1990s flew 54 of the jets. The last three of its 757s entered service in 1997.