Favorite Airline Liveries
Jun 12, 2008, 10:46 am
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Favorite Airline Liveries
Although any airplane taking me somewhere is a good one, my top five paint jobs (in no particular order) are:
1. Iberia - I like how the Red, Pink and Yellow combine on the stripe, and the tail emblem caps it off.
2. TAME (Ecuador) - A very smart looking light blue, dark blue and gold mix.
3. BA - I've always liked how British Airways looked, with the partial Union Jack on the tail.
4. Saudi Arabian - A very smart looking color scheme, and the tail is absolutely beautiful.
5. Royal Jordanian - Another stunning color scheme, with a very nice tail design.
Honorable mention: Jet (9W), South African (clean, sleek look with colorful tail), Air Seychelles, LAN, and of course, Air Jamaica
I don't like: Olympic (for some reason, the blue pinstripe turns me off), United (boring), Delta (the new scheme).
1. Iberia - I like how the Red, Pink and Yellow combine on the stripe, and the tail emblem caps it off.
2. TAME (Ecuador) - A very smart looking light blue, dark blue and gold mix.
3. BA - I've always liked how British Airways looked, with the partial Union Jack on the tail.
4. Saudi Arabian - A very smart looking color scheme, and the tail is absolutely beautiful.
5. Royal Jordanian - Another stunning color scheme, with a very nice tail design.
Honorable mention: Jet (9W), South African (clean, sleek look with colorful tail), Air Seychelles, LAN, and of course, Air Jamaica
I don't like: Olympic (for some reason, the blue pinstripe turns me off), United (boring), Delta (the new scheme).
Last edited by etch5895; Jun 12, 2008 at 11:09 am
Jun 12, 2008, 10:52 am
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Jun 12, 2008, 10:54 am
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My fav is China Airlines. I love their flower/purple color scheme. Looks really slick ^
South African also deserves mention. Simple but clean and effective.
South African also deserves mention. Simple but clean and effective.
Jun 12, 2008, 11:26 am
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i have always loved the OLD northwest logo:
http://www.logo-design99.com/nwa_logo2.gif
the N and the W overtop of a blank compass, with the triangle that forms the W pointing exactly toward northwest.
very nice.
http://www.logo-design99.com/nwa_logo2.gif
the N and the W overtop of a blank compass, with the triangle that forms the W pointing exactly toward northwest.
very nice.
Jun 12, 2008, 11:51 am
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I like Nok Air:
http://www.airliners.net/photo/Nok-A...ext_id=1355760
Jun 12, 2008, 1:02 pm
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EK (my favorite airline), QF (I'm a patriot) and I quite like QR's new design with the 50-50 color on the extra large oryx logo on the tail.
Jun 12, 2008, 1:13 pm
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I can't say that AA's scheme is exactly beautiful, but it's been consistent for many years and for many aircraft types--an example of good clean branding (especially with no base paint color, letting the metal show through).
Don't like DL or UA--they both look "busy" to me and it looks as though neither company has ever been able to settle on one scheme for more than a couple of years.
Jun 12, 2008, 1:30 pm
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An artists subjective opinion:
Very Good:
JetStar
America West Arizona theme (extinct)
Southwest Maryland them
Good:
Hawaiian
Emirates
JAL
Bad:
ATA - current
ATA - old theme with palm trees on tail
America West (pre 1994 - blue and red on white)
Champion Air
Aloha
Malaysian
Kingfisher
China Eastern
Very Good:
JetStar
America West Arizona theme (extinct)
Southwest Maryland them
Good:
Hawaiian
Emirates
JAL
Bad:
ATA - current
ATA - old theme with palm trees on tail
America West (pre 1994 - blue and red on white)
Champion Air
Aloha
Malaysian
Kingfisher
China Eastern