Airline livery update - who needs one?

[thrillho]

Royal Brunei tried to go modern but it's aged quickly. Prefer the old one.

 

[offshore171]

Alaskan Airlines has just revealed the new livery specific for the 787 fleet

https://twitter.com/x/status/1952702375740735854

It is supposed to represent the Northern Lights and I have to say I like it a lot.

The famous "smiling eskimo" livery will remain for other non 787 aircraft.

 

[offshore171]

Other livery news,

ANA's popular R2D2 jet is finishing up

https://twitter.com/x/status/1952671635007561969

 

[andye]

Refreshes can also be clangers - some examples above. But who remembers the disastrous BA change when they replaced the coat of arms on the tails with all sorts of different tail designs / colours. They were supposed represent countries or destinations but were just confusing…diluted the BA brand image and didn’t last long.

British Airways ethnic liveries - Wikipedia

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I understand Maggie Thatcher was incensed. Wouldn't have fancied being the BA CEO on the end of her telephone call

 

[TomVexille]

I really don't like Air New Zealand's current livery with the back silver fern tail.
To me, it just looks really tacky and not reflective of a national carrier.

I loved their "Pacific Wave" livery from the 90's - 2000's , Very classy and stylish I always thought.

Bring back TEAL

 

[bPeteb]

I really don't like Air New Zealand's current livery with the back silver fern tail.
To me, it just looks really tacky and not reflective of a national carrier.

I loved their "Pacific Wave" livery from the 90's - 2000's , Very classy and stylish I always thought.

A big disagree on this one. My favourite livery. In what way is the black fern not reflective of being NZ's national carrier? Maybe a stylised kiwi instead? The old two tone blue stripe ending with a barely recognisable koru on the tail was meh

 

[Forg]

This airline:

 

[kelvedon]

I understand Maggie Thatcher was incensed. Wouldn't have fancied being the BA CEO on the end of her telephone call

Yes, at the press launch she famously cover the new tail design with her handkerchief.

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[Scarlett]

This airline:

Is that ‘Repossessed Jet’ or ‘ConAir’, I can’t tell?

 

[Forg]

Is that ‘Repossessed Jet’ or ‘ConAir’, I can’t tell?

Exactly why it needs updated livery!

 

[CaptainCurtis]

Does anyone know who this is? Just departed SYD, not showing on trackers.

 

[offshore171]

Does anyone know who this is? Just departed SYD, not showing on trackers.
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Flight SB141 from Sydney to Noumea

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[CaptainCurtis]

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Flight SB141 from Sydney to Noumea

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Thanks! It's quite a nice livery. Strange it didn't show during takeoff from SYD, but looks like the transponder switched on just after.

 

[SYD]

Thanks! It's quite a nice livery. Strange it didn't show during takeoff from SYD, but looks like the transponder switched on just after.

Not the normal SB aircraft!

Hi Fly wet lease while the SB A330neos undergoing maintenance.

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[Himeno]

This airline:

Think they should put the Area 51 branding on it?

 

[Forg]

Think they should put the Area 51 branding on it?

But then they’d know …

It puts me in mind of when Air New Zealand were wet-leasing an A340 from who-knows-who, and it was flying into Sydney super-frequently, I’m gonna say daily. A340’s were already kinda “dead”, so with zero livery it was a regular weirdburger!

 

[AIRwin]

It puts me in mind of when Air New Zealand were wet-leasing an A340 from who-knows-who

Also Hi Fly?

S

Thread 'Air New Zealand downgrading us for a leg'

Jan 13, 2018

Last March, we booked premium economy return flights from Sydney to Houston via Auckland.
We flew over in December, and all was well.
Until they emailed us that they have chartered a plane from Hi Fly on the Auckland to Sydney leg. On checking their planes (A330 and A340) they don’t seem to have premium economy.
We emailed ANZ but have received no reply.
Can they do this? What are our rights?
Can we ask to be moved to another trans Tasman flight with PE class?

• sammy
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• Forum: Air New Zealand | Airpoints

 

[FirstClass]

For those of us ancient enuf to remember I reckon Braniff had a good strategy for avoiding 'stale' livery!