#BA747farewell
That was the hashtag used for the final flights of British Airways' last two Jumbo Jets; G-CIVB (msn 25811, Negus colours, callsign BA400) and G-CIVY (msn 28853, callsign BA747).
At 07:47 hrs LT on 8 October 2020, British Airways officially said goodbye to the Boeing 747 with the depature of the last two B747-400s from London-Heathrow, under dull weather conditions, with low clouds and rain. BA747 (G-CIVY) performed a fly-past over Heathrow's runway 27L before flying to its final destination. The send-off was streamed live via BA's Facebook-page, with close to 20,000 viewers witnessing the event.
The aircraft involved are G-CIVY, which flew to St. Athan (Wales) for scrapping, and G-CIVB, which flew to Kemble. G-CIVB is one of the three retro-Jumbo's, wearing BA's Negus-livery. Apparently this plane is to be saved from dismantling and will be put on display at Kemble.
British Airways has brought the retirement of the B747 forward due to the COVID 19-pandemic. It first flew with a B747 (back when they were BOAC) in 1971. They have been the world's largest B747-400-operator and had, at its peak, 57 of them in the fleet.
Photos via British Airways Facebook livestream, JetsettingBen (Twitter, G-CIVB) and Max Kingsley-Jones (Twitter, G-CIVY)