South African Airways on Monday symbolically fired the starter’s gun for its partnership with South Africa’s Olympics and Paralympics teams as work got under way on a spectacular special paint design for the aircraft which will fly athletes and officials to London.
The long haul Airbus A340-300 is set to cause a splash at airports internationally with its bold images of South African swimmers, runners, soccer players, and other sports stars. The design for the aircraft emerged from a public competition run by SAA which had close to 400 entries and was won by Stellenbosch University student Adrie le Roux.
Together with SAA chairwoman Cheryl Carolus (right) and CEO Siza Mzimela, Le Roux participated in a ceremony at SAA Technical’s Hangar 07 at OR Tambo International airport at the weekend when the first paint was applied.