What is your favourite regular airline livery?

Rudi · 12-27-2006, 06:23 PM

Which regular airline livery do you like most? I don't mean your favourite airline etc. I'm just asking for the best design/color.

ETIHAD is the first that comes to my mind.

L-1011-Heavy · 12-27-2006, 08:22 PM

My Top Liveries Rotate, But At The Moment:

Canadi>n Landor (Chevron). Might Have To Do With The 6 Releases.
Followed By ANA Mohicans
Aer Lingus Belfast Shoebox Livery (Green Top)
Cathay Pacific Chicken Wing
CP Air
Eastern White Hockeystick
Widget
Varig Old Colors
British Airways Landor
Pan Am Billboard

So Basically, Depends On The Trend Or Mood I'm In, Cathay Took A Dive With The Recent Off Color & Black Corrogaurd Big Bird, While Canadi>n Shot To To Top With The 737 Releases.

ykiki · 12-27-2006, 08:40 PM

I love the tropical flair of Aloha's "Bird of Paradise" and Hawaiian's Polynesian beauty.

Santos · 12-27-2006, 08:44 PM

VASP
CRUZEIRO
VARIG old colors
PLUNA all colors
AEROLINEAS ARGENTINAS double A
CANADI>N
KLM old colors
LAN CHILE old colors and first color
ANA current colors
AIR INDIA
NORTHWEST old livery
BMI old colors
RIO-SUL old colors
TAME new colors
TAP old colors
TAAG
IBERIA

waiping · 12-27-2006, 08:55 PM

Emirates billboard
Qatar billboard
Gulf Air Golden Eagle

CX889 · 12-27-2006, 09:01 PM

Cathay Pacific
Singapore Airlines
Japan Airlines

SANNY-LAX · 12-27-2006, 10:42 PM

For domestics Hawaiian Air and Aloha coz unique tail design. The HA lady with flower on her ear, the AL hibiscus.
For international Asian carrier SQ, QF, JL O.C., CX, TG O.C also have unique tail design. The SQ design like bird ready to fly, QF the flying kangaroo, JL the crane, CX like brush stroke, TG the orchid.

D-AIHC · 12-27-2006, 10:46 PM

Thai (previous livery)
Air Mauritius
Air Tahiti Nui

ANTHONY F DUVA JR · 12-27-2006, 11:52 PM

My favorite has to be the old American Airlines lightning bolt in "international orange" trimmed with navy blue.

David Hingtgen · 12-28-2006, 12:17 AM

TWA twin-stripes
KLM o/c
Thai o/c
Continental o/c
NW red/gray
UA grey/blue
EA hockey-stick
USAir triple-red
PSA orange
Aer Lingus o/c
Federal Express o/c

jjorgemiami · 12-28-2006, 01:15 AM

Of those currently flying, I would say the new United color scheme is one of my favorites.

STAR ALLIANCE · 12-28-2006, 01:20 AM

THAI (NEW)
JADE AIR CARGO
ASIANA (NEW)
AIR TAHITI NUI
BRITANNIA (OLD)
AUSTRALIAN AIRLINES (BOTH OLD AND NEWER LIVERY)
ANSETT (SHOOTING STAR LIVERY)
ETHIAD
MARTIN AIR (NEW LIVERY)
I could go on

HKG747 · 12-28-2006, 02:10 AM

My TOP FIVE as following:

Cathay Pacific N/C
China Airlines N/C
Virgin atlantic N/C
Japan Airlines O/C
Thai Airways N/C

nutsXplanes · 12-28-2006, 02:29 AM

Europe
Lufthansa
USA
American Airlines
Alaska Airlines
AmericaWest
North/Central/South America
Aeromexico
TACA
Aeroperu
Ecuatoriana

KLM-747-400F · 12-28-2006, 03:43 AM

Singapore Airlines
Singapore Airlines "Tropical" B747-400
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
Malaysia Airlines "Freedom of Space" B777-200
Malaysia Airlines "Hybiscus" B747-400

Santos · 12-28-2006, 04:52 AM

I forgot to mention Thai old colors. LOVE this one.

Helmsman · 12-28-2006, 07:05 AM

My favorite current livery is ANA

PIA_7772ER · 12-28-2006, 09:46 AM

Obv, 1. Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) in 1980s "Gold/Green" livery, then their short lived floral "Kashmiri/Pashmina" livery and finally the provincial tail designs.

2. Saudi Arabian Airlines (Current Livery)
3. Emirates (Current Livery)
4. Qatar Airways (New Colours)
5. Gulf Air (Current Livery - followed by their previous livery).
6. British Airways (Current Livery)
7. Qantas (Current Livery)
8. UNITED (Current Livery)
9. Airblue
10. Royal Jordanian (Current Livery)

KenLan · 12-28-2006, 11:09 AM

mine would be
Hawaiian
United NC
us airline NC
LAN
Qantas
Air new Zealand
Emirates
Thai NC
Varig
Virgin
China airlines
Finnair
Gulf Air
British airlines
air canada

panam707 · 12-28-2006, 12:56 PM

1. Pan American / Pan Am 1958-1974
2. Braniff International Jelly Bean Girard pastels
3. American Airlines 1962-1968 lightning bolt with orange and white meatball tail logo

cathay747 · 12-28-2006, 01:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by waiping

Emirates billboard
Qatar billboard
Gulf Air Golden Eagle

...just FYI, it's a Falcon, not an eagle

dboyd001 · 12-28-2006, 01:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rudi

Which regular airline livery do you like most? I don't mean your favourite airline etc. I'm just asking for the best design/color.
ETIHAD is the first that comes to my mind.

.....My collection is pretty much a cross-section of the liveries I like:
Air New Zealand (old or new)
Cathay Pacific (old livery)
United Air Lines "Friendship"
United Air Lines "Saul Bass"
Eastern white "Hockey Stick"
US Air original livery
ANA two-tone blue WITHOUT Snoopy, Pokemon, etc., etc.!
Singapore (the Golden Kris on the tail is a classic)
Garuda Indonesia (the Garuda on the tail is a great design)
Jet Blue (for variety & nice designed tail themes)
KLM
TWA white & red as on their L-1049Gs: a classic!
USAF Air Force One type livery (another Saul Bass creation!)
*********and airlines no one has done***************
Air South (gold & dark blue 737-200... nice!)
Eastwind (kind of like that bee)
Dave

cathay747 · 12-28-2006, 01:25 PM

Tough one here. Hmmmmm.

1. original Hawaiian Pualani (the current one is lovely too, but I prefer prev.)
2. previous Thai (I also really like the current)
3. current South African
4. previous Royal Jordanian

Guess this shows I like "vibrant" colors/liveries???

Favorite "classic" i.e. of a defunct airline would have to be CPAir orange, hands down, followed by final North Central...I miss Herman....and Western final Indian Head.

Bada Bing Bada Blue · 12-28-2006, 01:30 PM

So hard to decide but here goes
U.S.A
1. Jetblue
2. United Airlines NC
3. Delta "Intermin"
Europe
1. British Airways "Landor"
2. KLM
Pacific
1. Air Tahiti Nui
2. Qantas
3. Air New Zeland
Asia
1. Thai NC
2. Asiana NC
3. Cathay Pacific

A Tupolev · 12-28-2006, 02:15 PM

1. Delta Widget
2. Continental NC
3. Aeroflot NC
4. S7
5. jetBlue (all except mosaic pattern)

JFK'ER · 12-28-2006, 02:45 PM

Present: Air Greenland & Air Malta & TAAG

Past: Seaboard World (last colors) & Calder Colors DC-8

12-27-2006, 06:23 PM	#1
Rudi Master Collector Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Lübbecke/NRW/Germany Age: 49 Posts: 679	What is your favourite regular airline livery? Which regular airline livery do you like most? I don't mean your favourite airline etc. I'm just asking for the best design/color. ETIHAD is the first that comes to my mind. __________________ A special livery can't be too colorful!

12-27-2006, 08:22 PM	#2
L-1011-Heavy The Heavy One Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Toronto, Canada, Eh? Trijets & Landors 4 EVER Age: 45 Posts: 4,754	My Top Liveries Rotate, But At The Moment: Canadi>n Landor (Chevron). Might Have To Do With The 6 Releases. Followed By ANA Mohicans Aer Lingus Belfast Shoebox Livery (Green Top) Cathay Pacific Chicken Wing CP Air Eastern White Hockeystick Widget Varig Old Colors British Airways Landor Pan Am Billboard So Basically, Depends On The Trend Or Mood I'm In, Cathay Took A Dive With The Recent Off Color & Black Corrogaurd Big Bird, While Canadi>n Shot To To Top With The 737 Releases. __________________ *The Heavy Armada* *"In The Absence Of Excellence, There Is Only Mediocrity."*

12-27-2006, 08:44 PM	#4
Santos South American collector Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Brazil Age: 36 Posts: 2,838	VASP CRUZEIRO VARIG old colors PLUNA all colors AEROLINEAS ARGENTINAS double A CANADI>N KLM old colors LAN CHILE old colors and first color ANA current colors AIR INDIA NORTHWEST old livery BMI old colors RIO-SUL old colors TAME new colors TAP old colors TAAG IBERIA __________________ Wish list in 1:400 scale: 1) BETA DC-8-70F (dedicated to Celso please) 2) PANAIR DO BRASIL DC-8 reg.# PP-PDS 3) VARIGLOG MD-11F & B727-100 / 200F 4) VARIG Caravelle 5) TRANSBRASIL 727-100 6) RIO-SUL 737-500 old colors Thank you Aeroclassics for the VARIG Coronados! Last edited by Santos; 12-28-2006 at 12:30 PM.

12-27-2006, 08:55 PM	#5
waiping Unlicensed Collector Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 1,364	Emirates billboard Qatar billboard Gulf Air Golden Eagle __________________ *Air Asia - NOT* everyone can fly** My collection at: Waiping's Collection

12-27-2006, 10:46 PM	#8
D-AIHC Essen Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 6,192	Thai (previous livery) Air Mauritius Air Tahiti Nui __________________ Lufthansa - Star Alliance member since 1997

12-27-2006, 08:40 PM	#3
ykiki Senior Collector Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Seattle Age: 42 Posts: 188	I love the tropical flair of Aloha's "Bird of Paradise" and Hawaiian's Polynesian beauty.

12-27-2006, 09:01 PM	#6
CX889 Collector Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 82	Cathay Pacific Singapore Airlines Japan Airlines

12-27-2006, 10:42 PM	#7
SANNY-LAX Small Collector Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 480	For domestics Hawaiian Air and Aloha coz unique tail design. The HA lady with flower on her ear, the AL hibiscus. For international Asian carrier SQ, QF, JL O.C., CX, TG O.C also have unique tail design. The SQ design like bird ready to fly, QF the flying kangaroo, JL the crane, CX like brush stroke, TG the orchid.

12-27-2006, 11:52 PM	#9
ANTHONY F DUVA JR ^~.. Maximum R & B ..~^ Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Land of a thousand dances Posts: 3,064	My favorite has to be the old American Airlines lightning bolt in "international orange" trimmed with navy blue. __________________ FLY DUVA AIR's LUXURIOUS, DOUBLE-DECK BOEING "STRATO" CLIPPER !

12-28-2006, 12:17 AM	#10
David Hingtgen Complete Wacko! Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Iowa Posts: 4,008	TWA twin-stripes KLM o/c Thai o/c Continental o/c NW red/gray UA grey/blue EA hockey-stick USAir triple-red PSA orange Aer Lingus o/c Federal Express o/c __________________ *We need more TWA twin-stripes!*

12-28-2006, 01:15 AM	#11
jjorgemiami Complete Wacko! Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: MIAMI Age: 47 Posts: 5,738	*Of those currently flying, I would say the new United color scheme is one of my favorites.* __________________ Fly United Airlines we are R I S I N G !

12-28-2006, 01:20 AM	#12
STAR ALLIANCE Senior Collector Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 295	THAI (NEW) JADE AIR CARGO ASIANA (NEW) AIR TAHITI NUI BRITANNIA (OLD) AUSTRALIAN AIRLINES (BOTH OLD AND NEWER LIVERY) ANSETT (SHOOTING STAR LIVERY) ETHIAD MARTIN AIR (NEW LIVERY) I could go on __________________ JUST SAY NO TO AEROCLASSICS AND IT'S BULLISH OWNER. SAY NO TO MONEY GRAB HYBRID LIVERIES. SAY NO TO MONEY GRAB TINY VARIATIONS WITH LOGOS & CRAP ON THERE MODELS. SAY NO TO PRODUCING MONEY GRAB SAME MODELS AND LIVERIES EVERY OTHER MANUFACTURE HAS DONE. AND DON'T BE FOOLED BY GREEN BOX, ANOTHER MONEY GRAB IDENTITY CRISIS BY AEROCLASSICS.

12-28-2006, 02:10 AM	#13
HKG747 Senior Collector Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 319	My TOP FIVE as following: Cathay Pacific N/C China Airlines N/C Virgin atlantic N/C Japan Airlines O/C Thai Airways N/C

12-28-2006, 02:29 AM	#14
nutsXplanes Minister of Agriculture Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Santa Barbara, California / 34.42850 N, 119.72190 W Age: 87 Posts: 2,089	Europe Lufthansa USA American Airlines Alaska Airlines AmericaWest North/Central/South America Aeromexico TACA Aeroperu Ecuatoriana

12-28-2006, 03:43 AM	#15
KLM-747-400F Collector Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Drachten, The Netherlands Posts: 78	Singapore Airlines Singapore Airlines "Tropical" B747-400 KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Malaysia Airlines "Freedom of Space" B777-200 Malaysia Airlines "Hybiscus" B747-400

12-28-2006, 07:05 AM	#17
Helmsman Great Helmet Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Chateau Helmsman, Sutton, south of London! Posts: 761	My favorite current livery is ANA __________________ ========= Karl English Hi, They call me Fart....Old Fart

12-28-2006, 02:15 PM	#25
A Tupolev El Jefe Grande Join Date: May 2005 Location: Long Beach, CA Posts: 1,824	1. Delta Widget 2. Continental NC 3. Aeroflot NC 4. S7 5. jetBlue (all except mosaic pattern) __________________ More Tupolev planes please, Ty-114, Ty-134, Ty-144 My collection: http://www.diecastaircraftforum.com/...tion-3750.html

12-28-2006, 04:52 AM	#16
Santos South American collector Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Brazil Age: 36 Posts: 2,838	I forgot to mention Thai old colors. LOVE this one. __________________ Wish list in 1:400 scale: 1) BETA DC-8-70F (dedicated to Celso please) 2) PANAIR DO BRASIL DC-8 reg.# PP-PDS 3) VARIGLOG MD-11F & B727-100 / 200F 4) VARIG Caravelle 5) TRANSBRASIL 727-100 6) RIO-SUL 737-500 old colors Thank you Aeroclassics for the VARIG Coronados!

12-28-2006, 09:46 AM	#18
PIA_7772ER Master Collector Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 796	Obv, 1. Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) in 1980s "Gold/Green" livery, then their short lived floral "Kashmiri/Pashmina" livery and finally the provincial tail designs. 2. Saudi Arabian Airlines (Current Livery) 3. Emirates (Current Livery) 4. Qatar Airways (New Colours) 5. Gulf Air (Current Livery - followed by their previous livery). 6. British Airways (Current Livery) 7. Qantas (Current Livery) 8. UNITED (Current Livery) 9. Airblue 10. Royal Jordanian (Current Livery) __________________ MY PAKISTAN INTERNATIONAL (PIA) WISH LIST Boeing 747-300 in 2004 / Floral "Kashmiri Pashmina" colours Boeing 747-200 in 2004 / 1990s colours McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 in 1980 / 1970 colours Airbus A300 in 1980s / 1990s / 2004 colours Airbus A310 in 1990s / 2004 / Provincial colours Tu-154M in 1990s colours

12-28-2006, 11:09 AM	#19
KenLan Master Collector Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Montreal Posts: 499	mine would be Hawaiian United NC us airline NC LAN Qantas Air new Zealand Emirates Thai NC Varig Virgin China airlines Finnair Gulf Air British airlines air canada

12-28-2006, 12:56 PM	#20
panam707 Collector Join Date: Aug 1999 Location: New York, NY 10036 Age: 43 Posts: 84	1. Pan American / Pan Am 1958-1974 2. Braniff International Jelly Bean Girard pastels 3. American Airlines 1962-1968 lightning bolt with orange and white meatball tail logo

12-28-2006, 01:25 PM	#23
cathay747 Try a Little VC-10derness Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 299	Tough one here. Hmmmmm. 1. original Hawaiian Pualani (the current one is lovely too, but I prefer prev.) 2. previous Thai (I also really like the current) 3. current South African 4. previous Royal Jordanian Guess this shows I like "vibrant" colors/liveries??? Favorite "classic" i.e. of a defunct airline would have to be CPAir orange, hands down, followed by final North Central...I miss Herman....and Western final Indian Head.

12-28-2006, 01:30 PM	#24
Bada Bing Bada Blue Gemini Jets Collector Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Chino Posts: 1	So hard to decide but here goes U.S.A 1. Jetblue 2. United Airlines NC 3. Delta "Intermin" Europe 1. British Airways "Landor" 2. KLM Pacific 1. Air Tahiti Nui 2. Qantas 3. Air New Zeland Asia 1. Thai NC 2. Asiana NC 3. Cathay Pacific

12-28-2006, 02:45 PM	#26
JFK'ER Uber Spotter Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Brooklyn, NY Age: 43 Posts: 198	Present: Air Greenland & Air Malta & TAAG Past: Seaboard World (last colors) & Calder Colors DC-8 __________________ I blame Cuomo.