Aer Lingus A320 in old livery

pauraic1990

[FONT=ARIAL,][FONT=ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva]Aer Lingus retro A320 now painted:

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mle1324

Wouldn't mind seeing any of the A330's in that livery

andy_g

She looks great

Run_to_da_hills

I hope they keep it in this livery for ever and ever.

I hope CIE also follow suit and bring back some retro liveries.:)

David086

It is nice, would of prefaired the 80's livery.

Tenger

David086 wrote: »

It is nice, would of prefaired the 80's livery.

Well this is my favourite of the classic EI liveries so I am somewhat biased.

In pure marketing terms I think that this livery makes the most sense as it stands out from the previous and future 'green top' liveries.
Its a strong contrast to the current livery.

Painting a A330 in an old livery over the winter maintenance cycle was briefly considered about 10 months ago but I believe was shelved for cost reasons.

David086

The reason they choose that livery was because there was a vote on each livery and that one came out on top.

CaptainSkidmark

Cant wait to see her in the flesh!

Still sign of that Korean A380 from the spray hangar.

Tea 1000

What's the story with the reg? F-WWDV
Should it not have an EI-xxx reg?

BuffyBot

They all have F-regs when being manufactured and tested. They'll get an country specific reg when it's delivered to the customer (Aer Lingus in this case)

Storm 10

The wording on the livery on the aircraft flying to the states was "Irish International Aer Lingus" and in Europe it was the other way around "Aer Lingus Irish International"

bandit197

It looks great.

LXFlyer

Fantastic finish - looking forward to seeing her in the flesh!

savagecabbages

Anyone got pics of original aircraft which bore this livery?
What years/aircraft/routes?

996tt

Tenger wrote: »

Well this is my favourite of the classic EI liveries so I am somewhat biased.

In pure marketing terms I think that this livery makes the most sense as it stands out from the previous and future 'green top' liveries.
Its a strong contrast to the current livery.

Painting a A330 in an old livery over the winter maintenance cycle was briefly considered about 10 months ago but I believe was shelved for cost reasons.

Would have been cool to see an A330 with the old livery in JFK

irlrobins

BuffyBot wrote: »

They all have F-regs when being manufactured and tested. They'll get an country specific reg when it's delivered to the customer (Aer Lingus in this case)

So is this a brand new plane? Or does is it an existing plane that gets an F Reg for the painting and reverts back to an IE reg after?

cyrusdvirus

irlrobins wrote: »

So is this a brand new plane? Or does is it an existing plane that gets an F Reg for the painting and reverts back to an IE reg after?

Brand New

LXFlyer

savagecabbages wrote: »

Anyone got pics of original aircraft which bore this livery?
What years/aircraft/routes?

Just look up the airline on wikipedia - there are plenty of photos there.

dowlingm

This is a 75th anniversary thing yeah?

Here's a couple of Air Canada special liveries for anniversaries:
http://www.jaunted.com/files/6193/RetroAirCan.jpg
http://www.airliners.net/photo/276958/L/
They are 75 next year so hopefully they have something nice in the works.

According to the usually reliable Jethros EI should have possession of 4634/EI-DVM inside a fortnight.

RadioRetro

savagecabbages wrote: »

Anyone got pics of original aircraft which bore this livery?
What years/aircraft/routes?

Vickers Viscount. Flew on them loads of times to and from our hols in this country.

Dacian

dowlingm wrote: »

According to the usually reliable Jethros EI should have possession of 4634/EI-DVM inside a fortnight.

Arrival currently planned for 24th. However as with all aircraft handovers this could change right up to the morning of the 24th.

dowlingm

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