Your Favourite Airline Liveries.

Shannon757 · 16-03-2015 10:44PM #1

So guys, what are your favourite liveries.

Mine: &sid=385e132ec61eec804c73f3d5b3464893

Or:http://www.airliners.net/photo/Qatar-Airways/Boeing-777-3DZ-ER/2606717/L/&sid=96b2d67cac4c44f545a53374a59cbbd1

Your opinions please?

Comhrá · 16-03-2015 11:24PM

I like Vietnam Airlines' new livery:

http://www.planespotters.net/Aviation_Photos/search.php?tag=vietnam+airlines

VN-A146-Vietnam-Airlines-Boeing-777-200_PlanespottersNet_579103.jpg

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smurfjed · 17-03-2015 05:18PM

I was extremely fond of this one.....

But now I'm getting used to this one......

Ruu · 17-03-2015 05:21PM

Frontier Airlines. Ones below are older, I think the Frontier letters are green these days with emphasis on the 'F'.

More about the brand

irlrobins · 17-03-2015 06:51PM

I like the look of Scoot's 787

Seanie_H · 17-03-2015 07:11PM

Loving this Air New Zealand job

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/2/5/6/2420652.jpg

dzilla · 17-03-2015 07:14PM

I like the simplicity the American Eagle Livery. It is the same as AA but I think the smaller planes amplify the American Flag design on the tail better.

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Don't know what these guys where thinking however

:o

Shannon757 · 17-03-2015 07:14PM

Seanie_H wrote: »

Loving this Air New Zealand job

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/2/5/6/2420652.jpg

Good choice but have to say I prefer this one:

17-03-2015 07:36PM

Always liked this retro Cathay scheme from back in the day. Green on aluminium. So many boring liveries around now.

Tenger · 17-03-2015 08:16PM

Are we talking livery or special paint jobs?

I love the black Air NZ scheme.

Shannon757 · 17-03-2015 08:21PM

Tenger wrote: »

Are we talking livery or special paint jobs?

I love the black Air NZ scheme.

I suppose we can include both.:D

crosstownk · 17-03-2015 08:45PM

This. I love it.

Image is from Don Cashen's Flickr.

dzilla · 17-03-2015 09:23PM

crosstownk wrote: »

This. I love it.

Image is from Don Cashen's Flickr.

Its fantastic in fairness

Comhrá · 17-03-2015 09:42PM

Back in the day Equatoriana had some really psychedelic colour schemes.
As far as I remember, they were the first airline to diversify and break the mould:

Aphex · 17-03-2015 09:44PM

That Scoot 787 is a beauty!

donvito99 · 17-03-2015 09:44PM

Landor Associates were responsible for many of the all time great liveries IMO.

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Other notable mentions:

Liveries are no good nowadays

0lddog · 17-03-2015 09:51PM

The other day I was reflecting on how Norwegian had wasted an opportunity with their livery.

This got me thinking about the very question OP raises.

I reckon ACLs Europe Airpost is up with the best of them

http://www.planephotos.net/photo/7251/Europe-Airpost_Boeing-737-300_EI-STA/

Shannon757 · 17-03-2015 09:58PM

0lddog wrote: »

The other day I was reflecting on how Norwegian had wasted an opportunity with their livery.

How?

17-03-2015 10:09PM

US Airways Boeing 757-2B7 N939UW by Shamrock147, on Flickr

catbear · 17-03-2015 10:15PM

Loved seeing this waiting to take me home from London, thank you Ryanair.

17-03-2015 10:24PM

Deleted User wrote: »

US Airways Boeing 757-2B7 N939UW by Shamrock147, on Flickr

Wasn't mad about this when I first saw it but its growing on me, as is the new Etihad but its definitely a bit of a marmite livery!

Tenger · 17-03-2015 10:34PM

That image makes it look very silvery.

I'm similar with the new AA, its growing on me.

I happen to like the bmi livery before they were bought out. I thought it looked bright and modern, while staying away from the dreaded 'Euro-white'

Ruu · 17-03-2015 11:37PM

dzilla wrote: »

I like the simplicity the American Eagle Livery. It is the same as AA but I think the smaller planes amplify the American Flag design on the tail better.

Don't know what these guys where thinking however :o

Romulans?

fleet_admiral · 18-03-2015 01:38AM

crosstownk wrote: »

This. I love it.

Image is from Don Cashen's Flickr.

Felt privileged to fly on that back from Heathrow last year. Beautiful looking plane and lovely inside too given its young age

Tenger · 18-03-2015 08:53AM

crosstownk wrote: »

This. I love it.

Image is from Don Cashen's Flickr.

I think I have to give EI-DVM my vote too.
I love the lines of this livery on the A320.

In addition I know the EI staffer who pushed for it to be implemented under 2 different CEO's. So I know a little about the background and have a certain affection for it.
He actually received a email from the EI CEO (in Nov 2010) with the draft livery from Airbus paint design office. He thus let me know the retro livery when it was still an unknown to the spotters. He tipped me off so I managed to get video footage of EI-DVM arriving after dark back in May 2011.

So I am definitely biased in my regard for this livery.

fits · 19-03-2015 07:14AM

Scandinavian airlines also have a plane at the moment with the old style livery. Its gorgeous!

Outside of that air new Zealand and Norwegian.

Oh and I really really hate the Aer Lingus colour scheme and livery. The stewards uniforms in particular are badly in need of updating. The plane above looks much better.

L1011 · 19-03-2015 07:38AM

I quite liked the pre-merger United livery (although I didn't like pre-merger United...); it looked a bit odd at first particularly as we're usually used to white on bottom, colour on top these days but it grew on me.

The design firm behind it wrote an article on it and the other work they did tied in to it when United took on the Continental scheme:

http://new.pentagram.com/2011/03/fifteen-years-of-flying-united-1/

The Continental scheme on the other hand is a dated mess, with someone else's name (United) stuck over it.

Tenger · 19-03-2015 09:13AM

L1011 wrote: »

I quite liked the pre-merger United livery (although I didn't like pre-merger United).........
The Continental scheme on the other hand is a dated mess, with someone else's name (United) stuck over it.

I would agree, the blue and white 'tulip' design was very crisp. The current iteration is awful.

There's an interesting diversion, UA and CO merged and choose 1 livery with the others name. It looks awful. AA and US merged and continued with the launch of a new livery, which while controversial is still a more positive step than the bastadised UNITED livery we see today.

Simon Gruber Says · 19-03-2015 10:03AM

I loved the look of TWA's last livery.

In my opinion the current Aer Lingus livery never looked better than it did on the Tristar. It really suited the aircraft.

arubex · 19-03-2015 10:07AM

I thought the tail and logo of the 'Blue Rising' United livery was splendid, but the lower-fuselage blues didn't appeal; to me it looked like someone had discovered gradients in their painting program and was eager to apply them.

It also quite untidy when viewed from underneath, as there were two long bare-metal ventral patches:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/United_Airlines_B757-200_on_down_the_glideslope.jpg

In general I think that blue in a livery is a mistake, as it reduces contrast against the sky. For example, Windrose:

http://www.airplane-pictures.net/photo/134927/ur-wrh-windrose-air-airbus-a321/

Thought I might make an excception for Braniff...

19-03-2015 07:52PM

crosstownk wrote: »

This. I love it.

Image is from Don Cashen's Flickr.

Its a great livery alright and even better on the 747.

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