By: Airline owner - 19th June 2005 at 11:06
Decewnt shots there ASIA, I do like the c/s on CAL
By: Dantheman77 - 19th June 2005 at 04:34
could of been RR Powered
By: OSH - 18th June 2005 at 22:04
Just trying to work out why another photo was added to this thread nearly a year after it was first posted! 😀
Yes ,you’re certainly more observant than I am! Perhaps the first photos were the FIRST A330(although it has Butterfly Orchid captioned),and the new additional photo is the FOURTH aircraft which is the REAL Butterfly Orchid?
I really should pay more attention!
Edited to say that the FIRST A330 entered service in July 2004,so the first pics must be from that time. D’oh! I never even noticed the two sets of pics were different liveries!
By: Mark L - 18th June 2005 at 20:57
Just trying to work out why another photo was added to this thread nearly a year after it was first posted! 😀
By: andrewm - 18th June 2005 at 20:38
Nice photos, notice is tie is dark blue, not black 😀
I’m guessing that when an airline introduces a new or special livery, they organise the water salute, but for the likes of a new service, like Continental starting at BFS and BRS recently, would the airline organise it or the airport?
One would expect co-ordination to organise it since airport control Fire Service (usually) and airline controls plane (usually :p)
By: David2386 - 18th June 2005 at 15:52
Nice photos, notice is tie is dark blue, not black 😀
I’m guessing that when an airline introduces a new or special livery, they organise the water salute, but for the likes of a new service, like Continental starting at BFS and BRS recently, would the airline organise it or the airport?
By: OSH - 18th June 2005 at 15:10
It is actually the FOURTH A330 in the fleet.The celebration was the Butterfly Orchid scheme. Not sure if the other A330s are also in (other) orchid schemes though. Link to story here—-
By: Grey Area - 18th June 2005 at 14:30
They’re not Chinese, though, they’re Taiwanese
Actually, Taiwan is the name of the island.
The country is officially called the Republic Of China.
By: ASIA - 18th June 2005 at 14:09
By: ASIA - 29th August 2004 at 14:16
More “Water Solute” images, check out http://www.asia-image.com/ !!
By: Jeanske_SN - 19th August 2004 at 12:34
You’d think Air France could do with a few water salutes ?
That won’t clean them, they are so dirty!!
Nice pictures, how’s their current financial situation?
By: steve rowell - 19th August 2004 at 12:19
Excellent photos, how did you get the cockpit shots
By: Ren Frew - 19th August 2004 at 11:50
You’d think Air France could do with a few water salutes ?
By: Hand87_5 - 19th August 2004 at 11:45
They’re not Chinese, though, they’re Taiwanese 😉
OOOOPSSSS 😀
😉
By: Bhoy - 19th August 2004 at 11:42
Nice bird!!
The only decent chinese c/s IMHO
They’re not Chinese, though, they’re Taiwanese 😉
By: T5 - 18th August 2004 at 19:04
Always like the China Airlines colour scheme. Excellent photos. 😀
By: LBARULES - 18th August 2004 at 17:47
EAL – Airlines nearly always have a water cannon salute for the first flight of a new type of aircraft, or the first flight on a new route.
I take it this was the 1st A330 for Air China? Great looking bird and colour scheme.
By: Hand87_5 - 18th August 2004 at 17:46
I guess that’s the first A330 delivered to CAL
By: EAL_KING - 18th August 2004 at 17:44
why did they have a water cannon salute?
By: Hand87_5 - 18th August 2004 at 17:19
Nice bird!!
The only decent chinese c/s IMHO
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