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Aer Lingus Irish International livery

beer enigma · 2013-10-19 00:54:59

Was on a BA flight from LHR to DUB this morning and at the next gate was a plain white Lingus aircraft (looked like an A320) with a green stripe running tail to nose, white tail with a simple shamrock and the words "Aer Lingus Irish International" on the body. Very impressive - is this a new livery or a tribute for…

19-10-2013 12:54am

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Was on a BA flight from LHR to DUB this morning and at the next gate was a plain white Lingus aircraft (looked like an A320) with a green stripe running tail to nose, white tail with a simple shamrock and the words "Aer Lingus Irish International" on the body.

Very impressive - is this a new livery or a tribute for something

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#2 19-10-2013 1:55am

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The retro jet as its known.. It was painted for the 75th anniversary of Aer Lingus.

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#3 19-10-2013 9:37am

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This is EI-DVM. one of EI's newest A320's, in service since the 75th anniversary in March 2011. Big thread on it here

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#4 19-10-2013 10:30am

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Andip wrote: »

Was on a BA flight from LHR to DUB this morning and at the next gate was a plain white Lingus aircraft (looked like an A320) with a green stripe running tail to nose, white tail with a simple shamrock and the words "Aer Lingus Irish International" on the body.

Very impressive - is this a new livery or a tribute for something

Retro jet. Looks great.

If you are in LHR a lot keep an eye out for the Lufthansa and SAS equivalents.

http://www.flightstory.net/20130509/photo-of-the-week-lufthansa-retro-jets

There was a campaign for BA to put an A320 in BEA colours and an A380 in BOAC!

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#5 19-10-2013 4:53pm

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EI-DVM by niallsaviation, on Flickr

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#6 20-10-2013 12:02am

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A reasonable number of airlines have painted an aircraft in an old livery to commemorate an anniversary or the end of an aircraft type as a fleet member.

European examples include Air France, Alitalia, SAS, Lufthansa, Austrian, Iberia, British Airways and of course Aer Lingus.

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#7 20-10-2013 9:29am

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Jeebus, sunnysoutheast, that retro Lufthansa scheme is seriously gorgeous!

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#8 20-10-2013 10:52am

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Wow, didn't realise there were so many retrojets out there... Loving the Air France one! Would be great to see them all together

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