Category:'Global Britain' (aircraft livery)

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Instance of	aircraft livery (United Kingdom)
Location	UK
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Owned by	Government of the United Kingdom
Operator	Royal Air Force (No. 10 Squadron RAF, No. 32 Squadron RAF, 3 aircraft, Vespina, RAF VIP Voyager, Falcon 900LX, 2020–) Titan Airways (Airbus A321neo, 2021–)
Aircraft registration	ZZ336 (Vespina, RAF VIP Voyager, 1363, RAF Brize Norton, No. 10 Squadron RAF, 2020–) G-XATW (A320-200, Titan Airways, 2021–2022) G-GBNI (10238, A320-200, Airbus A321-253N, Titan Airways, 2022–) G-ZABH (Centreline Air Services, TFE731, No. 32 Squadron RAF, 327, RAF Northolt, Falcon 900LX, 2022–) G-ZAHS (Centreline Air Services, TFE731, No. 32 Squadron RAF, 326, RAF Northolt, Falcon 900LX, 2022–)
Cost	900,000 pound sterling (Vespina, RAF VIP Voyager)
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Global Britain is the name given to a specific aircraft livery scheme, initiated by the British Government in 2020 for use on aircraft configured for VIP use; to be used by members of the British royal family, the Prime Minister, and senior government ministers.

The main aim of the new 'Global Britain' colour scheme is to "promote the UK around the world while transporting Ministers, senior members of the Royal Family and their delegations on trade, diplomatic and other missions".^[1]

Principal VIP aircraft

The 'Global Britain' livery was originally designed with assistance from Airbus, and first used in June 2020 on a Royal Air Force (RAF) Voyager KC3 multi-role tanker transport (British variant of the Airbus A330 MRTT (A330-243 MRTT), a specialised military conversion of the Airbus A330-200 (A330-243) wide-body civilian airliner), based at RAF Brize Norton (IATA: BZZ, ICAO: EGVN) in Oxfordshire, military aircraft registration ZZ336, previously VIP-converted in July 2016; and included fifty-eight (58) business class seats in the front cabin and one-hundred (100) 'premium economy' standard seats in the rear cabin, from the Voyager standard seating capacity of 291 'premium economy' seats (but originally retaining its military low-visibility matt-grey exterior paint scheme). After the 'Global Britain' livery was applied in June 2020, ZZ336 was given the name Vespina by the RAF. The entire rebrand (undertaken during pre-programmed scheduled major servicing and mid-life upgrades) cost about £900,000.^[2][3]

Additional VIP aircraft

In 2021, additional aircraft were also re-liveried to 'Global Britain' to supplement Vespina for smaller delegations. Operated by Titan Airways on behalf of the UK Government and based at London Stansted Airport (IATA: STN, ICAO: EGSS) in Essex, a smaller Airbus A320-200neo VIP-configured aircraft, registration G-XATW, was painted in the 'Global Britain' livery. In April 2022, G-XATW was subsequently replaced by an identical specification A320-200neo, registered G-GBNI (as a reference to Great Britain and Northern Ireland). The A320-200neo G-GBNI was then replaced in November 2023 by a newer Airbus A321-253neo airframe, gaining the G-GBNI registration (the former A320-200neo G-GBNI was then re-registered G-OATW) also in the 'Global Britain' livery. In February 2022, a pair of Dassault Falcon 900LX business tri-jets (G-ZABH and G-ZAHS) were acquired and painted in the same 'Global Britain' livery, these are based at RAF Northolt (IATA: NHT, ICAO: EGWU) in Greater London.

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