Singapore_Air From United Kingdom, joined Nov 2000, 13711 posts, RR: 21 Posted (6 years 11 months 1 week 1 day 13 hours ago) and read 5152 times:
Singapore Airlines Limited seems to be adopting for sure (barring some extravaganza in terms of a livery change which slowly seems more and more unlikely), the larger A380 typeface.
I came to this conclusion while about to sleep and browsing through KrisShop.
Looks different. And the tail seems slightly whitened at the bottom too.
Levent From France, joined Sep 2004, 1718 posts, RR: 5 Reply 5, posted (6 years 11 months 1 week 23 hours ago) and read 4155 times:
I am not very fond of those huge titles on the A380 - they're simply too big and remind me of an LCC - the very last thing SIA should be compared with.
FlyDeltaJets From United States of America, joined Feb 2006, 1631 posts, RR: 3 Reply 7, posted (6 years 11 months 1 week 22 hours ago) and read 3909 times:
Quoting VV701 (Reply 3): In preparation for the arrival of the 380 they have removed the 'MEGATOP' titles from all (?) their 744s:
I was going to ask about that. They should have left megatop and used mega ark for the 380.
Centrair From Japan, joined Jan 2005, 3597 posts, RR: 21 Reply 8, posted (6 years 11 months 1 week 22 hours ago) and read 3818 times:
EWWW. Subtly is sometimes better for design. Why are they going for big titles. Even on the A380 its seems...LCCish. Just add .com after it and they have dropped in status.
Quoting Pieinthesky (Reply 4): They have been removing ALL the names - Megatop, Jubilee etc - for a while now. The current CEO is not a fan of them apparently.
I wish they would have kept them.
Megatop 747
Jubilee 777
Leadership A345
The 777 and A345 which were new have names of prestige or honor. I like them better than Megatop.
A380 could have been "Celebration", "Triumph" or "Ambition".
787 could have been "Friendship", "Experience" or "Endeavour"
Did they have names for their other planes?
[Edited 2006-07-17 15:48:15]
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VV701 From United Kingdom, joined Aug 2005, 6675 posts, RR: 17 Reply 12, posted (6 years 11 months 1 week 9 hours ago) and read 3013 times:
Quoting FlyDeltaJets (Reply 7): I was going to ask about that. They should have left megatop and used mega ark for the 380.
But the problem here is that the top deck of a 380 is much more mega than that of a 744.
I noted an SQ 744F on approach to LHR over Chelsea recently and saw for the first time the 'MEGA ARK' titles on the underside of the nose. Did the passenger version have 'MEGATOP' titles in this same, rather unusual position?
Centrair From Japan, joined Jan 2005, 3597 posts, RR: 21 Reply 13, posted (6 years 11 months 1 week 8 hours ago) and read 2949 times:
Quoting Solnabo (Reply 11): SIAs A388 should be called: EMPRESS
I know you are trying to invoke the idea of "Queen of the Sky" but in a little more graduer, but the name in the SIA tradition would not work. It has gender and doesn't "define the function". If you use Empress, then you have to have Emperor which may cause problems in some countries or with the manufacturer. SIA likes to keep everyone happy. Maybe change the E to an I...and you have a word that would work quite well with an A388.
"The A388 combined with the SIA experience will impress anyone who flies. Good Impressions make lasting memories."
I personally don't like Megatop. It sounds like it was thought up by a surfer. "Totally megatop dude." It doesn't fit with the elegant names of the 777 and A345. Megatop = big head, circus, Vanilla Ice's hair. It is the contradiction of "Queen of the Sky".
Yes...I am not a KIX fan. Let's Japanese Aviation!
FlyDeltaJets From United States of America, joined Feb 2006, 1631 posts, RR: 3 Reply 15, posted (6 years 11 months 6 days 23 hours ago) and read 2658 times:
Quoting Pieinthesky (Reply 9): Why would they call the A380 the same name as their 747 freight aircraft ???.
I meant to say find another name for the freighters.
Kiwiandrew From New Zealand, joined Jun 2005, 8435 posts, RR: 14 Reply 16, posted (6 years 11 months 6 days 22 hours ago) and read 2647 times:
Quoting Singapore_Air (Thread starter): I came to this conclusion while about to sleep and browsing through KrisShop.
no offense , but airline models offered through their duty free catalogues often have disportionate titles and slightly odd liveries , I would have thought that if SQ were going to release a modified livery this would not be the medium that they would choose to do it through ( although if you are right it would be nice to say goodbye to the ugly gold stripe that they have had on the fin for the last few years - IMHO it has always clashed horribly with the yellow logo)
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9V-SPJ From United States of America, joined Dec 2000, 741 posts, RR: 0 Reply 18, posted (6 years 11 months 6 days 16 hours ago) and read 2332 times:
VV701,
The MegaArk had "MegaArk" written on the underside because when the nose opened up, you wouuld be able to see that the open nose was that of an SIA744F, named the MegaArk. The B744 Megatop only had the titles on the side of the aircraft near the cockpit.
The MegaArk had "MegaArk" written on the underside because when the nose opened up, you wouuld be able to see that the open nose was that of an SIA744F, named the MegaArk. The B744 Megatop only had the titles on the side of the aircraft near the cockpit.
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