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Following on from the Deltas, BA purchased some Optare Excels. Seen at Heathrow in March 2011 is ten year old BU0455 (YJ51JXA).
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A small fleet of MPD Darts were used on the Staff Shuttle for BA - the livery is void of BA insignia, perhaps to dissuade members of the public from trying to board. The Excels and Darts were amongst the few wholly British buses to be bought by British Airways. |
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A relatively late entry in the 2007 SHOWBUS was this Mercedes Citaro of British Airways. We thought we would find a spot in the relatively free space around rally control for it. However, as luck would have it, the Museum had moved one of the front line display planes and it could be conveniently located next to form British Airways BAC 1-11, "County of Dorset". |
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