By: Bhoy - 10th March 2004 at 11:03
but that Flower IS an Edelweiss…
By: dartie - 9th March 2004 at 23:48
Edelwies (i thinks that how you spell it) *rubs head* i think the flowers and its choice of colours are over the top, another one would be the special colour scheme B743(or B742) or South African Airways the Ndanzi aircraft it has a weird livery!
By: MSR777 - 9th March 2004 at 21:19
The new United looks like an overgrown ice cream van. BWIA just looks bloody awful!
By: Jeanske_SN - 9th March 2004 at 12:27
I like the new Livery of VLM. The worse, hmmm, SudanAir! Too boring and makes the plane look like you can find torned off fragments behind it :).
By: Charley B - 9th March 2004 at 08:04
Air Tahiti Nui,Air Jamaica and BWIA in my opinion super liveries.T5 I agree…..from happy sunny countries ,trying to spread a little fun in the places where they land!
By: andrewm - 8th March 2004 at 16:56
any pics of an aa in grey?
By: greekdude1 - 8th March 2004 at 16:43
How could any livery be, “over the top?” The only ‘over the top’ I know of is in poker, when somebody raises and you raise him. Besides, in this day and age when most airlines go for the conservative look, it’s good to have airlines such as BWIA (my personal favourite), Air Jam, Air Tahiti Nui, and the like. As one of my graduate professors used to tell me, “Variety is the Spice of Life!”
By: Dee747 - 8th March 2004 at 13:55
Didn’t American only paint their A300s grey because of the amount of composite materials in them? There was no such thing as ‘shiny aluminium’ in quite a number of areas of the aircraft, and so it was the closest thing they could get to a ‘metal’ look.
For me it’s a case of looking closer to home for some of the worst liveries – easyJet and flyBE being the two worst culprits.
The best looking livery though has to be the 1980s/90s classic BA of dark blue bottom, red speedline and light grey top, with the BA ‘crest’ on the tail. Absolutely world beating. Funny how United adopted a similar look at the time 😎
By: Ren Frew - 8th March 2004 at 12:40
I agree that Tahiti and BWIA are absolutely superb. I believe in colour and boldness in a livery. Too many white planes out there now. Air Jamaica is also great, Air Scandic is over the top as is the latest version of Thomson.
The trouble with some liveries is tha they start off quite well, then the CEO’s and marketing fairies start adding on things like “.com” or slogans that completely destroy the original vision created by the designer. I felt BA’s Landor scheme was over the top, basically the same as the prior red tail look, with some “over the topness” provided in the form of the coat of arms and red cheat line.
By: T5 - 8th March 2004 at 12:21
Originally posted by kurmitz28
I completely disagree with you…. as the only places where the sun shines 24 hours a day is in the polar regions.
Are you saying that the sun doesn’t shine all day, every day in the Caribbean? I would never have guessed. :rolleyes:
By: Bmused55 - 8th March 2004 at 09:14
Originally posted by steve rowell
Well and truely over the top
Thats a logojet!
They have one or two DC-9’s in special colours for various reasons.
Here are their usual colours:
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/494592/L/
By: steve rowell - 8th March 2004 at 09:08
Well and truely over the top
By: Bmused55 - 8th March 2004 at 08:17
Originally posted by T5
I completely disagree with those of you who dislike the Air Jamaica and BWIA colours. These airlines are based in countries where the sun shines brightly 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Of course, they’ve got to have bright colours!Titan Airways has potential – the globe graphic is quite nice, but overall, their aircraft look incomplete.
Partly correct.
Their colourschemes reflect their wish to advertise the West Indies and Jamaica as holiday destinations.
Thus their colour schemes are colourful and lively. They bring the message across quite nicely.
The BWIA scheme is just fantastic, as is the Air Tahiti Nui. Both designed by the same person btw.
The Air Tahiti Nui scheme is nothing less than a stroke of genious. I love it. In an age where eurowhite dominates, this airline, as did BWIA, dared to be different.
ps. the person responsible for both liveries lurks on these forums. He’s not registered, but reads these pages with interest. So watch out 😉 LOL
By: kurmitz28 - 7th March 2004 at 23:27
Originally posted by T5
I completely disagree with those of you who dislike the Air Jamaica and BWIA colours. These airlines are based in countries where the sun shines brightly 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Of course, they’ve got to have bright colours!
I completely disagree with you…. as the only places where the sun shines 24 hours a day is in the polar regions.
By: kurmitz28 - 7th March 2004 at 23:24
Originally posted by robc
What happened to the period when they painted some aircraft in a light grey?
Air France have adopted this scheme so well that all the grime stays on even after its rained
By: T5 - 7th March 2004 at 20:41
I completely disagree with those of you who dislike the Air Jamaica and BWIA colours. These airlines are based in countries where the sun shines brightly 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Of course, they’ve got to have bright colours!
Titan Airways has potential – the globe graphic is quite nice, but overall, their aircraft look incomplete.
By: wysiwyg - 7th March 2004 at 20:29
Original reply removed and posted on the other Titan thread.
By: Arabella-Cox - 7th March 2004 at 14:28
Titan has it’s time on one of their BAE-146S!
By: Airline owner - 7th March 2004 at 13:25
An airline called Air Tahiti Nui. Nice livery but over the top
By: Hand87_5 - 7th March 2004 at 12:52
Over the top I like:
PanAm
Frontier
United (The grey one)
RyanAir’s LogoJets
Air Thaiti Nui
some Sandy’s and Murray’s “new livery’s attempts”
KLM
Ove rthe top I dislike
– RyanAir
– AF
– AI
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