BFS From United Kingdom, joined Nov 2001, 734 posts, RR: 2 Posted (6 years 4 months 2 weeks 15 hours ago) and read 14102 times:
Does anybody know of any new colours in the pipeline for Continental? The reason I ask is that as I was driving away from IAH on Saturday afternoon, I could make out the tail of what appeared to be a 757/767 sized aircraft sticking out of the back of a hanger. I tried to get a photo but had gone too far past the area by the time I got my camera out, but it was a dark blue tail with what looked like a globe, much in the same size and position as CO's current tail, but instead of the grid design it was more of an outline and may have been in silver or gold.
I may have been imagining it as at this stage exhaustion was kicking in from a long and busy flight, but thought it might be interesting. Any info welcome.
Bingo From United States of America, joined Nov 2006, 359 posts, RR: 0 Reply 5, posted (6 years 4 months 2 weeks 14 hours ago) and read 13879 times:
Quote: On another note.......why are Copa and Continental's liveries so......well...similar? I mean the fuselage looks almost identical.
Because the apple doesnt fall far from the tree...
"On 19 May 1998, Continental Airlines acquired a 49% stake in the airline, marking the beginning of a comprehensive marketing and operating alliance. Since then, it has adopted a livery and corporate logo which resemble those of Continental, and participates in Continental's OnePass frequent flyer program." -find the rest here... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copa_Airlines
Cba From United States of America, joined Jul 2000, 4530 posts, RR: 3 Reply 8, posted (6 years 4 months 2 weeks 14 hours ago) and read 13814 times:
Yes, Continental chose a solid livery 14 years ago, and unlike some carriers *cough, Delta!* do not need to spend money to change it every few years...
Part of changing the livery is changing the airline's image. CO is very satisfied with its image and its product. Future investment will likely be made where it counts - inside the aircraft.
Bingo From United States of America, joined Nov 2006, 359 posts, RR: 0 Reply 9, posted (6 years 4 months 2 weeks 13 hours ago) and read 13649 times:
Copa has really come full circle for those of you who dont remember it back in the day. Some of my friends down in SJO like to joke that is CO's LCC. Bottom line, You can change the livery all you want...modern clean planes, decent perks and great service is what counts...
Cheers,
Bingo
"Onepass Member for Life"
Alitalia744 From United States of America, joined Mar 2000, 4670 posts, RR: 45 Reply 10, posted (6 years 4 months 2 weeks 13 hours ago) and read 13623 times:
Quoting Cba (Reply 8): Yes, Continental chose a solid livery 14 years ago, and unlike some carriers *cough, Delta!* do not need to spend money to change it every few years...
Agreed, the Ron Allen scheme was a wash, and while I do love the Deltaflot livery, I'm still not sure what it stands for.
Tercer From United States of America, joined Dec 2005, 142 posts, RR: 0 Reply 11, posted (6 years 4 months 2 weeks 13 hours ago) and read 13622 times:
Quoting WestJetYQQ (Reply 6): I as well quite like CO's Livery. However I do feel it is becoming just a little bit dated. I wouldn't mind seeing a change.
Sounds like a great idea if you are paying for the fleet re-paint
It's politically sensitive, but it's going to happen.
ZschocheImages From United States of America, joined Sep 2006, 138 posts, RR: 0 Reply 12, posted (6 years 4 months 2 weeks 13 hours ago) and read 13597 times:
JetBlueGuy2006 From United States of America, joined Jan 2006, 1615 posts, RR: 2 Reply 13, posted (6 years 4 months 2 weeks 13 hours ago) and read 13514 times:
AirTran737 From United States of America, joined Apr 2004, 3644 posts, RR: 12 Reply 14, posted (6 years 4 months 2 weeks 13 hours ago) and read 13506 times:
Classy
Nice Trip Report!!! Great Pics, thanks for posting!!!! B747Forever
WesternA318 From United States of America, joined Oct 2004, 5395 posts, RR: 25 Reply 16, posted (6 years 4 months 2 weeks 13 hours ago) and read 13425 times:
Quoting JetBlueGuy2006 (Reply 13): First One - ok
Second One - Horrible
Third, Fourth - My fav
Last One - Cool, but I like the look of the other 2 (3, 4) better
The third one just looks like a classy upgrade of the current and former liveries all in one..
Woohoo! Back to Beirut in Oct '13! (Along with a stop in DOH for 4 days)
AlexPorter From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 17, posted (6 years 4 months 2 weeks 12 hours ago) and read 13417 times:
The only thing I think I might change about CO's livery is just adding a little bit of dimension to it. One non-aviation example I can think of is how Chevron slightly updated its logo recently, but it is still basically the same thing.
So, if maybe CO either raised or lowered the cheatline around the nose, or added a little bit more texture to the typeface and globe it would look very nice, but still the same basic identity. Like a little refreshment rather than an entire change. But I am a fan of CO's current livery quite a bit - I do have to say that it looks much less than 17 years old!
Falcon84 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 19, posted (6 years 4 months 2 weeks 12 hours ago) and read 13353 times:
Hideous! And besides, we have no 747's.
Even worse!!
Now, that one is pretty nice, although I think most CO employees who've been around for a while don't want the meatball back. But that looks pretty damn good.
Might be my favorite. Very bold and sleek. but keeps the crisp, business like look in tact.
Not bad, but I don't like the large lettering at all.
DL's releasing yet another livery! Whew, I hope this one's good. I actually liked the 1997 Delta livery better than the new Deltaflot scheme, although I still do miss the old widget.
Regarding the fantasy CO liveries, the one with the neo-meatball is very classy, however, maybe use the tail logo from the final 787 one instead of the meatball?
Antoniemey From United States of America, joined Dec 2005, 1509 posts, RR: 4 Reply 22, posted (6 years 4 months 2 weeks 12 hours ago) and read 13288 times:
Take the Emblem from 4/5, change it to gold, and put it on 3... and lose the gold nacelles...
Nah... still wouldn't look as good as the current ones...
Make something Idiot-proof, and the Universe will make a more inept idiot.
Floridaflyboy From United States of America, joined Jun 2006, 1988 posts, RR: 0 Reply 23, posted (6 years 4 months 2 weeks 12 hours ago) and read 13190 times:
Quoting Alitalia744 (Reply 10): Agreed, the Ron Allen scheme was a wash, and while I do love the Deltaflot livery, I'm still not sure what it stands for.
The new one however is gonna be hot!
Is DL re-doing their livery AGAIN? How did I miss that one?
WestJetYQQ From Canada, joined Jan 2007, 2986 posts, RR: 5 Reply 24, posted (6 years 4 months 2 weeks 11 hours ago) and read 13109 times:
Quoting Floridaflyboy (Reply 23): Is DL re-doing their livery AGAIN? How did I miss that one?
Ditto!
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25 Garri767: sorry, i absolutely LOVE the way they "modernized" the meatball into that livery. if only DL could do the same with widget...
26 TristanHNL: I agree. Although the meatball was around when Continental aircraft were referred to as the "proud bird with the golden tail" back in the 70's, it is
27 Rampart: Weird. I was watching a CO plane fly over today and said to myself, "timeless livery, no need to change it, but I'll bet someone from A.net suggests o
29 Elite: 3,4 and 5 are amazing. Personally I'd go with number 5, but any of those I'll be happy.
30 Jcf5002: You know... I'm begginning to wonder, what the ratio is between "...livery..." threads and "When is NW going to retire its DC-9" threads? Its gotta be
31 ZschocheImages: Good call. Pretty soon there are going to be posts trying to guess when the next NW DC-9 post will be. I agree, but I don't think that DL will change
32 Malmoaviation: The number four is great. But, the color-scheme is blue, and should continue being that. Maybe change the blue planet into a gold-colored planet? Oth
33 Snaiks: but the question is. if it was a bigger plane than a 737 painted for copa? maybe a 767 getting ready for transatlantic flights? if it was a CM 737, wh
34 Alitalia744: you'd be surprised I smell a widget.
35 RICARIZA: And in 2005, CM bought AeroRepública (P5) -the second largest airline in Colombia after Avianca - and recently changed its image to CO like too:
36 Xkorpyoh: me too.. it is very 1992... and that globe logo has been overused by so many companies " target=_blank>http://www.cardatabase.net/modifieda...05209 I
37 Steeler83: Kinda similar to the story behind the USAir livery from the late 1970s to about 1991. Yet, when I was flying back to PHL from PIT on the day after Ch
38 Nosedive: They did update the widget itself in 2000, and it sucked. They brought the "old" widget in 2004. A "old" 1959-2000, 2004-now B 2000-2004
39 747LUVR: Hey...CO would have a 747 if it ate up UA....haha...I had to get this in..
40 RootsAir: Too Eurowhite The best is the meatball one, though if you change it to a globe its just perfect! Keep the livery as it is. BTW I prefer the tail logo
41 CM767: Possible but never heard that, the joke I heard was that that CO bought it because the changing the name was easy, form Compañia Panameña de Aviaci
42 WesternA318: They are just as good as CO for that part of the world...
43 ABQopsHP: The current scheme was super when it came out in the early 90s. The first time I saw it in ELP, I asked to go up and take a look inside. What a calmin
44 Tommy767: CO current logo is classy and clean. That doesn't mean that they shouldn't opt out for a new paint scheme sometime soon (its kinda been a while...)
46 PHLBOS: Personally, the only things I would change w/CO's present livery would be to make the gold stripe a little wider (but not too wide) and go w/a slightl
47 WTXJET: The current Continental logo was introduced in February 1991 by CEO Hollis Harris. The 'new' look was introduced on aircraft 318 a 737-300.
48 Zippyjet: Couldn't have said better if I said it myself! And yes, even the Peter Max birds are sharp!
54 ZschocheImages: But you did get to experience a true ANet discussion in the mean time.
55 MATURRO727: I think the most likely is these one I think these is the one, Please correct me if am wrong. Cheer MATURRO727[Edited 2007-02-15 05:30:03]
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The third one just looks like a classy upgrade of the current and former liveries all in one..
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