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After more than a year in storage, the iconic British Airways A319 BEA livery returns to service

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Last updated: June 13, 2024, 14:04 UTC
Published: Thursday, June 13, 2024, at 18:22 UTC
Category: News
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Data: a319 British Airways G-EUPJ
Credit: John Taggart
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After about 570 days in storage, the famous G-EUPJ returns to flight operations.

The iconic British Airways A319 G-EUPJ is back in UK. The aircraft left storage in Madrid yesterday Wednesday, June 12 2024.

The aircraft left Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to London Heathrow where it landed at 14:15 BST.

Back from “retirement”, @British_Airways A319 G-EUPJ on short final to London Heathrow’s runway 27L this afternoon #geupj pic.twitter.com/oHcvJt1HfF

— Trevor Hannant (@TrevsterH) June 12, 2024

Later in the day, the plane performed flight #BA1498 to Glasgow, first commercial flight since “retirement”.

G-EUPJ is scheduled to perform flights to Lisbon, Cologne and Nice in the 2 coming days.

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