New Livery
Jun 10, 2013, 8:55 pm
#1
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New Livery
Posted on the Air New Zealand facebook page
"Check out our new aircraft livery which features the iconic official New Zealand Fern Mark. This new look will be progressively rolled out from later this year."
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"Check out our new aircraft livery which features the iconic official New Zealand Fern Mark. This new look will be progressively rolled out from later this year."
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https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.n...34925445_n.jpg
Jun 11, 2013, 12:29 am
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: MEL
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That's good, because that's the one you're going to be seeing more of, according to Australian Business Traveller -- the mostly-black one is for a few special planes while most of them will be mostly-white. My understanding is that this is for dull practical reasons -- the black paintjobs age badly and need to be repainted more often. There's a good reason you don't see dark-coloured planes very often
Anyway, I think this looks great! I saw a mockup last year which simply had the existing tail with the blue-green replaced by black, and it looked incredibly dull, but the addition of the fern makes a huge difference to the overall effect. I won't miss the blue-green at all.
This looks good on the 787 as pictured, and I think it'll look good on the smaller planes as well as on 777s. Not sure how it'll look on the 747s, perhaps a bit ungainly and off-balance as the black tail won't visually balance the big white hump, but I guess they're due for retirement soon anyway
Anyway, I think this looks great! I saw a mockup last year which simply had the existing tail with the blue-green replaced by black, and it looked incredibly dull, but the addition of the fern makes a huge difference to the overall effect. I won't miss the blue-green at all.
This looks good on the 787 as pictured, and I think it'll look good on the smaller planes as well as on 777s. Not sure how it'll look on the 747s, perhaps a bit ungainly and off-balance as the black tail won't visually balance the big white hump, but I guess they're due for retirement soon anyway
Jun 11, 2013, 1:58 am
#12
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Sydney, Australia
Posts: 1,851
If anybody wants to grab large lush high-res versions of both liveries, they're available at http://www.ausbt.com.au/files/AirNZ-new-livery.zip (3.5MB file)