FL370 From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 252 posts, RR: 0 Posted (7 years 3 weeks 1 day 14 hours ago) and read 3916 times:
what are some airlines that need new pain.
here are some airlines i feel need new paint
1. Alitalia(out dated)
2. Lufthansa(too simple, outdated)
3. Air Canada(new paint scheme looks hideous)
4. Air India(outdated)
well those are the ones i know that i think needs new pain!
i know there are more airlines that need new paint!! anyone have any ideas what other airlines need new paint?
BA747YYZ From Canada, joined Mar 2006, 377 posts, RR: 0 Reply 1, posted (7 years 3 weeks 1 day 12 hours ago) and read 3896 times:
Allitalia I agree with.
I like the new AC paint job
I think Air France needs a new paint job, or maybe just clean their planes
FedEx would look far better if they updated their paint and made it metallic.
SanDiegoFlyer From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 37 posts, RR: 0 Reply 2, posted (7 years 3 weeks 1 day 11 hours ago) and read 3894 times:
Alitalia I also agree with...
I think that the new AC color scheme is really good looking...much better than their older one...
I think LH definintly needs a new color scheme, maybe when they get the A380? We can only hope...
I also think South African could use a toon up it is slightly boring to me...
Also...this is off topic but why are all the new color scheme's going towards white...ie UA, US/HP, Delta (well they have been white for a while)
PHLBOS From United States of America, joined Mar 2004, 7253 posts, RR: 25 Reply 7, posted (7 years 1 week 3 days 16 hours ago) and read 3756 times:
Quoting SNfreak (Reply 5): Not in all cases of course but it does indeed help and some airlines do this for that exact reason.
That was the main reason behind the recent US livery change following the HP merger. With hubs in PHX & LAS; the old US dark blue scheme (though nice looking when new) would have been a bear to contend with.
"TransEastern! You'll feel like you've never left the ground because we treat you like dirt!" SNL Parady ad circa 1981
Btriple7 From United States of America, joined Sep 2005, 1139 posts, RR: 9 Reply 12, posted (7 years 2 days 12 hours ago) and read 3629 times:
I'm surprised no one has mentioned AF. Although their livery isn't ugly, it's not very eye-catching. Even if AF cleaned their planes more often, their livery is still...well...boring.
The French are marked for their national pride. I would like to a livery that said: "Look! Look! This airplane is French!" Just like Aer Lingus has made their livery very Irish, I think AF should make their livery very French.
FlySSC From France, joined Aug 2003, 7313 posts, RR: 61 Reply 17, posted (6 years 12 months 2 days 20 hours ago) and read 3508 times:
Why changing a livery when it reflects the identity of an airline ?
Just changing for changing ?
Air France HAS a logo. And AF's livery is timeless.
And I don't agree with you about AF, and other legacy carriers.
The livery is the identity of an airline.
You may like their livery or not (that's another subject) but LH, IB, AZ, AF are part of the Aviation History.
Just by seeing their tail everybody can say : this an AF/LH/IB/AZ aircraft.
What would like ? that they adopt one of those ugly colored strange liveries, designed by one of these so called "Communication/marketing " expert agencies ?
Look what happened to BA, or Delta few years ago when they changed their colors ...
Even "SN Brussels airlines" or "SWISS" kept on with the "tradition", when they restarted after SABENA and Swissair demisses, by keeping most of the livery of their legendary parent.
Air France was formed in 1933 and can be proud to have changed its livery only once in its 73 years of history, plus some minor ajustements.
Then, for the inauguration of the first Supersonic Commercial service with Concorde in January 1976, Air France adopted its "new" colorscheme, painted for the first time on Concorde F-BVFA :
Note that Air France 's logo (the SeaHorse) is now applied again on the engines of all the aircraft (along with "Air France - KLM" title, under the cockpit)
Boeinglover24 From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 304 posts, RR: 5 Reply 18, posted (6 years 12 months 2 days 16 hours ago) and read 3496 times:
I would say IB definitely.......
It looks so 60's.....
RvA340 From Mexico, joined Jan 2006, 69 posts, RR: 0 Reply 20, posted (6 years 12 months 2 days 10 hours ago) and read 3468 times:
I think:
1) olympic( looks to old)
2) LAB( looks old and simple)
3) Mexicana ( to simple i dont like the new one)
4) Aeropostal ( to simple... plain)
5) Portugalia (to simple... looks old)
Air France I think ........it can stay like that...!!!
there are many others that need an urgent change!!!
AlexPorter From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 22, posted (6 years 11 months 4 weeks 1 day ago) and read 3374 times:
Asiana! The livery looks like military planes. Definitely the ugliest of the Star Alliance carriers IMO. I like TAP's overlapping letters, although the white everywhere else is kind of boring. But it's way better than dull grey!
Srbmod From United States of America, joined Mar 2001, 16888 posts, RR: 51 Reply 23, posted (6 years 11 months 4 weeks 16 hours ago) and read 3366 times:
Quoting CO7e7 (Reply 21): AA is in desperate need of a new paint scheme!
Why mess with perfection, AA has always had bare metal a/c with the exceptions being the A300 early on, and any a/c in a hybrid/transitional livery (AirCal & Reno Air mergers come to mind immediately.).
In today's era of higher Jet-A prices, the few hundred pounds of weight savings definitely makes it worth the time and money to keep them polished. If you look at the bare metal belly of a DL a/c, the older ones are very dull as they don't maintain the shine like AA does (although I did notice that many of the ex-TW birds didn't get much of a polish when they were put in the AA livery).
I think DL could use a bit of a tweak, maybe ditch the bare metal belly for a gray one (like the DL Connection a/c) and maybe a solid color engine nacelle with the widget or the Delta titles on them.
Many of the airlines mentioned already don't need entirely new liveries; a tweaking of them perhaps, but nothing really major. AF and LH have classic liveries that really don't need much refining. AZ perhaps a different tail, maybe using the DL "Wavy Gravy" tail as something to base it on, but in it colors of the Italian flag. Someone a few years back posted a fantasy AZ one that was based off of the 1997 DL livery, it looked quite sharp.
Ariis From Poland, joined Sep 2004, 417 posts, RR: 1 Reply 24, posted (6 years 11 months 3 weeks 17 hours ago) and read 3309 times:
Quoting AlexPorter (Reply 22): Asiana! The livery looks like military planes.
I believe it will have a new livery in a very short time (their logo and corporate identity has already changed; for much worse, if you ask me). Just look at their website: http://www.asiana.co.kr/
25 Captaink: Everyone says that AA's livery is timeless. And while that may be true and it does look good by the way, I think it will be rather intriguing to see w
26 FlySSC: I would really love to see this one, back on AZ's aircraft ...
27 Alfa75: AA Bare metal is nice but the red and blue look awful.
28 Jeffry747: I love the Canyon Blue scheme. I wish WN would hurry up and finish repainting the fleet. The other day I was at BWI and at the time most of the WN ai
29 DeltaDAWG: North America: WN...without a doubt the ugliest scheme on the planet (blue or gold). AA....just worn out and old looking. AC....not too bad but lacks
30 BA787: AZ planes need a good clean. The livery looks excellent on the MD-80S but on the newer models it looks dated and needs changing. No Italian flair. Sam
31 DHHornet: US Airways and that's the new colours. yuk!
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AC has one of the better ones out there. Oh well, in the eyes of the beholder, I guess.
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