British Airways have welcomed the news that employee, Nadia Eweida, has lost her appeal in which she demanded that she be allowed to continue to wear a crucifix. BA responded to the news by announcing that they will be removing all Christian symbolism for their planes. First to go will be the traditional crucifix shape to BA’s fleet of jumbo jets, with one wing and a tail fin disappearing in the new look jumbo, making the airline the first to adopt the so-called ‘multi-faith jets’ entering service next year.

The press release from BA said: ‘With this new design, we compromise on the amount of lift we can generate but we gain so much more by ensuring that we don’t offend anybody viewing one of our planes from the ground and who might have been otherwise shocked at seeing a cross flying above them.’

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