US New Paint Scheme Revealed

MarioAir · 08-23-2005, 08:34 AM

http://www.azcentral.com/business/ar...-newplane.html

"This is the planned color scheme that US Airways and America West are showing employees on a one-day preview today. The makeover on America West's fleet is scheduled to begin in the first quarter of 2006."

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/905570/M/

I like the new scheme. I just wish the lines in the back would show a bit more. I think it blends in too much with the white.

continental · 08-23-2005, 09:03 AM

Better than the US current (former now, I suppose) and HP's 'Jurassic Park' liveries were separately. Overall...pretty good.

AmericaWestAirlines · 08-23-2005, 09:50 AM

I really don't like it. I think the old US Airways scheme looked a lot better...

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/905570/M

dylan · 08-23-2005, 10:31 AM

Its better IMHO. I like the gray swoops down the side similar to HP.

jblu320-200 · 08-23-2005, 11:03 AM

This, and the EMB 170s, are the last things they need. By the end of next year, they're gone...remember the holidays of last year and all the baggage screw-ups?

KenB · 08-23-2005, 11:06 AM

The current scheme is putrid so anything different is an improvement.

Steve · 08-23-2005, 11:16 AM

Lines are too similar to Ryanair for me. Something a little more original would have been better.

Steve

dylan · 08-23-2005, 11:43 AM

They just should have said fu ck it and gone back to tripple red!

Chansen · 08-23-2005, 01:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dylan

They just should have said fu ck it and gone back to tripple red!

You may not be to far off for these. Look.:
http://www.americawest.com/awa/conte..._heritage.aspx

I think these are Sacrilegious. You for one loving PSA may think so. So do I of more then one. As for the new standard livery. I agree with Steve. It also has a look of Reno Air too at the nose. Both Ryan and Reno had that look. So it is in the west again. Still overall I think it is an improvement. Saw a similar one at: http://www.cardatabase.net/modifieda...hp?id=00005290

richie154 · 08-23-2005, 02:25 PM

Sacreligious? Naah, at least US Airways is honouring the airlines they've merged with. I can't wait to see the PSA throwback bird!

I mean, you won't see American painting one of their 737s in the AirCal livery, or having a pair of MD-83s, one in TWA and the other in Reno Air livery...

Chansen · 08-23-2005, 02:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by richie154

Sacreligious? Naah, at least US Airways is honouring the airlines they've merged with. I can't wait to see the PSA throwback bird!

I mean, you won't see American painting one of their 737s in the AirCal livery, or having a pair of MD-83s, one in TWA and the other in Reno Air livery...

The only reason I said sacrilegious is that for the people who became unemployed by US Air at the time of merger. Same can be said of AMR! Forgot a few in your American list. Trans Caribbean, and American Export Airlines. Would go the same in any merger. Western, Northeastern with Delta. And all of the ones Frank Lorenso took with Continental's merger and removing employees. I think differently of Retro birds for anniversary purposes. Yet these would be better then the schemes flying today anyway. Would be nice in a Multi Gemini pack. Also wondering where is the Mohawk out of all four of those retro ones! They forgot one.

LOT 737-300 · 08-23-2005, 08:21 PM

I've heard rumors of the the "smile" returing, just didn't know how. These are real cool. As for the new C/S, looks ok, its not bad, but its not great, but hopefully all these liveries going to be flying around will make for some fun spotting opprotunities

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I would love to see these as scale models eventually, made in pretty good numbers, enough so there would be a good supply at least..

jjorgemiami · 08-23-2005, 09:57 PM

The bottom part reminds me of the old Leisure Air livery! Hp's current a lot nicer IMHO.

LAX1983 · 08-23-2005, 10:11 PM

I cant wait to see the PSA A320 at LAX it's gonna bring back memories when i was lil kid.

newsnerd99 · 08-24-2005, 03:29 AM

The scheme isn't bad...it just isn't good. Something generic about it...

Ken · 08-24-2005, 08:50 AM

The livery is nice. The throw back liveries will be really cool. I also really like the Legacy Circle, a nice idea.

I know that it might not go with the current scheme but the PSA smile (on all their airliners) might be a nice idea, a good way to try to erase the problems of the last couple years.

Ken

Mike Mather · 08-24-2005, 02:10 PM

I like it!

dylan · 08-24-2005, 03:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Craig H. Hansen

The only reason I said sacrilegious is that for the people who became unemployed by US Air at the time of merger. Same can be said of AMR! Forgot a few in your American list. Trans Caribbean, and American Export Airlines. Would go the same in any merger. Western, Northeastern with Delta. And all of the ones Frank Lorenso took with Continental's merger and removing employees. I think differently of Retro birds for anniversary purposes. Yet these would be better then the schemes flying today anyway. Would be nice in a Multi Gemini pack. Also wondering where is the Mohawk out of all four of those retro ones! They forgot one.

Sweet creeping JESUS!!!! USAir's stock just went up a couple notches in my book. What a GREAT fu cking idea!

Ken · 08-26-2005, 09:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Craig H. Hansen

The only reason I said sacrilegious is that for the people who became unemployed by US Air at the time of merger. Same can be said of AMR! Forgot a few in your American list. Trans Caribbean, and American Export Airlines. Would go the same in any merger. Western, Northeastern with Delta. And all of the ones Frank Lorenso took with Continental's merger and removing employees. I think differently of Retro birds for anniversary purposes. Yet these would be better then the schemes flying today anyway. Would be nice in a Multi Gemini pack. Also wondering where is the Mohawk out of all four of those retro ones! They forgot one.

Times change and things evolve. Remember businesses are owned by the shareholder, not the worker (in most cases). The whole object is to gain as much value as possible for the share holders. In the 1980's this meant mergers and subsequently layoffs. Most of the airlines which were merged were in financial trouble in some form or another.

The classic example of this was Eastern. Eastern was in serious financial do-do. The time was ripe for Frank Lorenzo to buy the airline. Part of Eastern’s problem was the strength of the unions ie: cost factors and work regulations. The unions were unable to grasp the changing realities of the period; Deregulation was gone and it was sink or swim. Lorenzo was an ***, but the final strike that brought Eastern down did nothing to Lorenzo. In the end it just meant all workers lost their jobs.

Ken

winged racer · 09-14-2005, 01:53 AM

Its late and I'am tired and I don't care for the new 'scheme'. I think if they were going to do anything they should of come up with something altogether new and different. The scheme's I liked the most were the 'bare' metal triple red or the previous scheme with the solid blue tail red strip and the blue and red US AIR.......doesn't really matter now. I'am retired and the America West team will be running the airline now. The retro schemes is what I'am waiting to see.

RON01 · 10-22-2005, 07:33 PM

I like the new US Airways paint sceme.

Note that the heat in KPHX & KLAS was factor in the paint sceme.

Costs less to cool a white plane than a black one.

08-23-2005, 08:34 AM	#1
MarioAir #1 Steeler Fan Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Columbus,OH Age: 15 Posts: 101	US New Paint Scheme Revealed http://www.azcentral.com/business/ar...-newplane.html "This is the planned color scheme that US Airways and America West are showing employees on a one-day preview today. The makeover on America West's fleet is scheduled to begin in the first quarter of 2006." http://www.airliners.net/open.file/905570/M/ I like the new scheme. I just wish the lines in the back would show a bit more. I think it blends in too much with the white. __________________ Mario A. Di Lorenzo International Aiport (KMAD) is proudly a member of the BlueSphere Alliance- take your travels further... KMAD Website- www.freewebs.com/marioair/

08-23-2005, 09:03 AM	#2
continental I am come from Texas. Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: I might keep suffering all my life Posts: 1,908	Better than the US current (former now, I suppose) and HP's 'Jurassic Park' liveries were separately. Overall...pretty good. __________________ Continental Apply suction to the object of your choice, n00bs. Last edited by continental; 08-23-2005 at 09:17 AM.

08-23-2005, 10:31 AM	#4
dylan Village Drunkard Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert... Age: 31 Posts: 1,935	Its better IMHO. I like the gray swoops down the side similar to HP. __________________ mmmmm, beer.

08-23-2005, 11:03 AM	#5
jblu320-200 jetBlue Captain Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: New Jersey Age: 17 Posts: 240	This, and the EMB 170s, are the last things they need. By the end of next year, they're gone...remember the holidays of last year and all the baggage screw-ups? __________________ jblu320-200 ------------- Springsteen's New Album: April 25th, 2006! Going to see him in concert April 24th! "BRRRRRRRRRRRRUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCCCEEEEEEEE!!!"

08-23-2005, 11:16 AM	#7
Steve Master Collector Join Date: Nov 1999 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 835	Lines are too similar to Ryanair for me. Something a little more original would have been better. Steve __________________ Aerosite ...check it out!

08-23-2005, 09:50 AM	#3
AmericaWestAirlines Get on board. Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 622	I really don't like it. I think the old US Airways scheme looked a lot better... http://www.airliners.net/open.file/905570/M

08-23-2005, 11:06 AM	#6
KenB Insane Collector Join Date: Sep 1999 Location: Washington, D.C. USA Posts: 1,253	The current scheme is putrid so anything different is an improvement.

08-23-2005, 11:43 AM	#8
dylan Village Drunkard Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert... Age: 31 Posts: 1,935	They just should have said fu ck it and gone back to tripple red! __________________ mmmmm, beer.

08-23-2005, 02:25 PM	#10
richie154 Retired Hookah Master Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Valley of Heart's Delight Age: 24 Posts: 3,718	Sacreligious? Naah, at least US Airways is honouring the airlines they've merged with. I can't wait to see the PSA throwback bird! I mean, you won't see American painting one of their 737s in the AirCal livery, or having a pair of MD-83s, one in TWA and the other in Reno Air livery... __________________ The Devil can cite Scripture for his purpose. An evil soul producing holy witness is like a villian with a smiling cheek, a goodly apple rotten at the heart. Oh, what a goodly outside falsehood hath! Private Pilot: 10/20/2005 Private Multi Engine: 05/09/2008 The more things change, the more Mesa still sucks.

08-23-2005, 08:21 PM	#12
LOT 737-300 ЛЭТ Су-37 Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Somewhere near MCO. Age: 20 Posts: 1,225	I've heard rumors of the the "smile" returing, just didn't know how. These are real cool. As for the new C/S, looks ok, its not bad, but its not great, but hopefully all these liveries going to be flying around will make for some fun spotting opprotunities . I would love to see these as scale models eventually, made in pretty good numbers, enough so there would be a good supply at least.. __________________ My airport: Nowa Warszawa Int'l NWL http://www.freewebs.com/nwlairport PM me if you want Fantasy Flights. If you are interested in Joining BSA, please drop by our forum and make a post. http://s14.invisionfree.com/Bluesphe...ex.php?act=idx

08-23-2005, 09:57 PM	#13
jjorgemiami Complete Wacko! Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: MIAMI Age: 47 Posts: 5,554	The bottom part reminds me of the old Leisure Air livery! Hp's current a lot nicer IMHO. __________________ Fly United Airlines we are R I S I N G !

08-23-2005, 10:11 PM	#14
LAX1983 ~Don Widgetlioni~ Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Southern California Age: 25 Posts: 1,172	I cant wait to see the PSA A320 at LAX it's gonna bring back memories when i was lil kid. __________________ ~A. J. R~

08-24-2005, 03:29 AM	#15
newsnerd99 Insane Collector Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: MDT Posts: 1,238	The scheme isn't bad...it just isn't good. Something generic about it... __________________ Why pay retail? FOR SALE: 1000+ MODELS! All makes and scales for sale CHEAP! Afforable shipping costs - just click here and make me an offer. No reasonable offer refused!

08-24-2005, 08:50 AM	#16
Ken Senior Collector Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Now in PHX, Good Bye MKE Posts: 323	The livery is nice. The throw back liveries will be really cool. I also really like the Legacy Circle, a nice idea. I know that it might not go with the current scheme but the PSA smile (on all their airliners) might be a nice idea, a good way to try to erase the problems of the last couple years. Ken __________________ Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys. -P. J. O'Rourke Alumni of University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, GO PANTHERS!

08-24-2005, 02:10 PM	#17
Mike Mather Scots and Proud of it! Join Date: Jul 1999 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Posts: 108	I like it!

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09-14-2005, 01:53 AM	#20
winged racer Master Collector Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: palm city florida Age: 60 Posts: 679	the truth is Its late and I'am tired and I don't care for the new 'scheme'. I think if they were going to do anything they should of come up with something altogether new and different. The scheme's I liked the most were the 'bare' metal triple red or the previous scheme with the solid blue tail red strip and the blue and red US AIR.......doesn't really matter now. I'am retired and the America West team will be running the airline now. The retro schemes is what I'am waiting to see.

10-22-2005, 07:33 PM	#21
RON01 Collector Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Charlotte, NC, USA Posts: 134	I like the new US Airways paint sceme. Note that the heat in KPHX & KLAS was factor in the paint sceme. Costs less to cool a white plane than a black one. __________________ My 1:500 Scale Collection USAir Photos USAir Express Photos USAir Shuttle Photos US Airways Photos US Airways Express Photos US Airways Shuttle Photos US Airways MetroJet Photos Select US Air Old Old Scheme photos New US Airways Scheme