Your Favourite Airline Livery?
Mar 17, 2011, 1:45 pm
#18
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Classic Favorites:
- Delta's old Widget Logo, particularly on a 767-200 or L-1011
- United's Saul Bass Logo, particularly on a DC-10 or 767-200
- British Airways's Landor Scheme, particularly on a 747-200
Current Best:
- Aeroflot. I really like what they did with that one.
Current Worst:
- New UA/CO Hybrid. Though maybe lazy is the best word for it
- Delta's old Widget Logo, particularly on a 767-200 or L-1011
- United's Saul Bass Logo, particularly on a DC-10 or 767-200
- British Airways's Landor Scheme, particularly on a 747-200
Current Best:
- Aeroflot. I really like what they did with that one.
Current Worst:
- New UA/CO Hybrid. Though maybe lazy is the best word for it
Mar 17, 2011, 1:53 pm
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I know it's all opinions, but what's wrong with Virgin Atlantic? Also, wouldn't that automatically qualify Virgin America and Virgin Blue as co-worst, since their paint jobs are almost the same? If anything, I think V Australia has the worst livery of all Virgin airlines.
I personally dig Virgin's livery.
I personally dig Virgin's livery.
Mar 17, 2011, 3:45 pm
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U.S.
Best current: Alaska Airlines
Honorable mention: Hawaiian Airlines
Former livery/honorable mention: United (white with orange/blue/red stripes)
Northwest Airlines: 1989-around 2007
Northwest Airlines: pre-1989
Nice, but not the best:
TWA 1980's-early 1990's
Pan Am, with the small black lettering
BAD: US Airways
BAD (former): old Southwest, PeoplExpress, Skybus
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non-US
Best current: ANA All Nippon, British Airways
Honorable mention: Lufthansa, LAN Chile, Qatar, Qantas, Air New Zealand
Former livery/honorable mention: Air France 1970's-around 2009
BOAC (last one)
Icelandair, current one and previous one
Air Inter (France)
VASP
old Aeroflot
Canadian
Air Canada (all red one, before the last one)
BAD: Carribean Airlines, Asiana
Best current: Alaska Airlines
Honorable mention: Hawaiian Airlines
Former livery/honorable mention: United (white with orange/blue/red stripes)
Northwest Airlines: 1989-around 2007
Northwest Airlines: pre-1989
Nice, but not the best:
TWA 1980's-early 1990's
Pan Am, with the small black lettering
BAD: US Airways
BAD (former): old Southwest, PeoplExpress, Skybus
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non-US
Best current: ANA All Nippon, British Airways
Honorable mention: Lufthansa, LAN Chile, Qatar, Qantas, Air New Zealand
Former livery/honorable mention: Air France 1970's-around 2009
BOAC (last one)
Icelandair, current one and previous one
Air Inter (France)
VASP
old Aeroflot
Canadian
Air Canada (all red one, before the last one)
BAD: Carribean Airlines, Asiana
Mar 18, 2011, 2:52 am
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Mar 18, 2011, 9:14 am
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It doesn't look cohesive to me. The vertical stabilizer and the fuselage look like they came from two different airplanes. The old tail treatment, with the red paint extending down onto the rear fuselage, looked like it was done by grade-schoolers.
You avoid a whole airline because you don't like the paint? Really? The paint counts for more than price, fees, schedule, on-time performance, service, inflight amenities, aircraft type, safety, etc.? Wow.
You avoid a whole airline because you don't like the paint? Really? The paint counts for more than price, fees, schedule, on-time performance, service, inflight amenities, aircraft type, safety, etc.? Wow.
Mar 18, 2011, 9:33 am
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Agreed, except this is the better bird sporting it.
Mar 18, 2011, 9:40 am
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Best: BA, Oman Air, LH
I also really like AA's Aluminum, KLM's blue and UPS's cargo planes
[Edit2] As much as I dislike the Airline, I even think Ryanair's planes look rather great.
Worst by far: Iberia. See for example the picture on http://www.2747.com/2747/world/airline/iberia.htm, or also http://www.grancanariaole.de/wp-cont...Iberia-n24.jpg
The colours always look dull, faded and as if all the planes are 30+ years old and have never been cleaned. I wonder if it is simply due to the intense spanish sun, or if the colours are intentionally bad, or the aircraft's outside is really so badly maintained.
I also really like AA's Aluminum, KLM's blue and UPS's cargo planes
[Edit2] As much as I dislike the Airline, I even think Ryanair's planes look rather great.
Worst by far: Iberia. See for example the picture on http://www.2747.com/2747/world/airline/iberia.htm, or also http://www.grancanariaole.de/wp-cont...Iberia-n24.jpg
The colours always look dull, faded and as if all the planes are 30+ years old and have never been cleaned. I wonder if it is simply due to the intense spanish sun, or if the colours are intentionally bad, or the aircraft's outside is really so badly maintained.
Last edited by raph; Mar 18, 2011 at 9:46 am
Mar 18, 2011, 9:53 am
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Mar 18, 2011, 1:50 pm
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Mar 18, 2011, 2:39 pm
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+1. I could not care less about the outside. I'm sitting inside. Safety is my #1 concern.