ZBBYLW From Canada, joined Nov 2006, 1923 posts, RR: 7 Posted (6 years 1 month 2 weeks 1 day 10 hours ago) and read 3250 times:
Hey guys AC has painted one of their A321s with a special 70 Anniversary fin, do not have any pictures right now but it does look interesting, to bad it is not the entire airframe and just the fin. O well the 60th Anniversary one still looks better, apparently a 767 is going to get some paint to hopefully it will be the whole airframe, wait and see I guess.
FLYACYYZ From Canada, joined Jan 2004, 1914 posts, RR: 12 Reply 4, posted (6 years 1 month 2 weeks 1 day 7 hours ago) and read 2991 times:
Not at liberty to post it yet, as it's on an internal employee website. Simply a tail decal with stylized "70" & TCA 1937-2007 titles, designed presumably by the marketing/graphics department.
It's FIN 453 - A321 aircraft. The aircraft is out and about flying.
San747 From United States of America, joined Dec 2004, 4934 posts, RR: 13 Reply 6, posted (6 years 1 month 2 weeks 1 day 3 hours ago) and read 2711 times:
I was going to ask about if AC was going to paint a 70th anniversary a/c. Good to see it's an A321.
My friend and I were flying out of LAX on the 2nd, and C-FFWN (the 65th anniversary a/c) was parked at T2, and she asked me, if it's 5 years after 2002, shouldn't they update it to 70 years?
FLYACYYZ From Canada, joined Jan 2004, 1914 posts, RR: 12 Reply 7, posted (6 years 1 month 2 weeks 22 hours ago) and read 2581 times:
Quoting San747 (Reply 6): My friend and I were flying out of LAX on the 2nd, and C-FFWN (the 65th anniversary a/c) was parked at T2, and she asked me, if it's 5 years after 2002, shouldn't they update it to 70 years?
Or just paint over it. It's been allowed to fly way beyond the normal 'paint cycle'.
Admluvs2fly From United States of America, joined Jan 2001, 166 posts, RR: 0 Reply 8, posted (6 years 1 month 2 weeks 21 hours ago) and read 2547 times:
How cool, I was at SFO last nite and i was at gate 45 on the airplane and i was looking out the window it was probably around 900pm or so. I saw this Airbus and it was white whith what apeard to be 70 on the tail and i couldn't figure out who it was, so now i know.
YOW From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 9, posted (6 years 1 month 2 weeks 15 hours ago) and read 2271 times:
I've seen a photo of it. After producing such spectacular 60th and 65th anniversary liveries, the 70th decal is about as exciting as AC changing from Eurowhite to toothpaste for the official livery. BORING!!!
The answer is that it cost "LOTS" of money to repaint a plane, specially pulling it out of service when there is nothing wrong. So the plane will useally fly 5-6 years under that livery. The plane is a dedication to employee's, and would only be fair to allow AC to show it off for more then a year.
Alaska's 75th livery will fly for 5-6 years
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FLYACYYZ From Canada, joined Jan 2004, 1914 posts, RR: 12 Reply 11, posted (6 years 1 month 2 weeks 13 hours ago) and read 2145 times:
I think the big consideration aside from cost, is that given the amount of aircraft out of service for XM makeovers, they couldn't afford to yank an A321 from the line for a one-of specialty paint job. The tail decal/logo probably took no more than a couple of hours to apply during the aircrafts down time.
Multimark From Canada, joined Jul 2006, 745 posts, RR: 0 Reply 18, posted (6 years 1 month 1 week 6 days 13 hours ago) and read 1550 times:
Quoting RickYHM (Reply 15): I would love to see Air Canada do this!
It would have been nice to see AC's experimental bare metal 767 repainted with the CP Air "big orange" livery, and another with the AC red and white livery.
Yyz717 From Canada, joined Sep 2001, 15989 posts, RR: 59 Reply 19, posted (6 years 1 month 1 week 6 days 12 hours ago) and read 1486 times:
Quoting Multimark (Reply 18): It would have been nice to see AC's experimental bare metal 767 repainted with the CP Air "big orange" livery
Yupp. Here's some trivia for you. CP Air actually ordered 4 762's in 1980 soon after the initial AC and Pacific Western 762 orders. I recall "artist impression" drawings of the CP 762 in the orange scheme. As it turned out, the order was cancelled during the 81/82 recession and converted in part to a 732/733 order.
Panam, TWA, Ansett, Eastern.......AC next? Might be good for Canada.
A340Spotter From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 1973 posts, RR: 26 Reply 20, posted (6 years 1 month 1 week 6 days 10 hours ago) and read 1404 times:
Quoting RickYHM (Reply 15): I would love to see Air Canada do this!
That would be one hot idea! Seeing that the heritage schemes of US Airways seem to be popular and elicit good memories of more senior employees, I wouldn't be surprised to see more of this occur.
JSD
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Viscount724 From Switzerland, joined Oct 2006, 21481 posts, RR: 24 Reply 21, posted (6 years 1 month 1 week 6 days 10 hours ago) and read 1377 times:
Quoting A340Spotter (Reply 20): Quoting RickYHM (Reply 15):
I would love to see Air Canada do this!
That would be one hot idea! Seeing that the heritage schemes of US Airways seem to be popular and elicit good memories of more senior employees, I wouldn't be surprised to see more of this occur.
Except I don't think it makes the slightest difference to a passenger's choice of airline. It generates a little free media coverage but not much else. And having too many aircraft in special liveries can dilute your identity, especially when carriers like AC still have much of their fleet in their previous livery.
In AC's case, considering all the problems they had after the merger with CP, integrating seniority lists etc., I think they would be smart to put that all behind them and not dredge up too many reminders of the past.
NorthStarDC4M From Canada, joined Apr 2000, 2804 posts, RR: 40 Reply 22, posted (6 years 1 month 1 week 6 days 10 hours ago) and read 1345 times:
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Quoting Viscount724 (Reply 21):
In AC's case, considering all the problems they had after the merger with CP, integrating seniority lists etc., I think they would be smart to put that all behind them and not dredge up too many reminders of the past.
I think AC could do quite well with say 4 retro jets (70s Red AC, Pacific Western, CPAir (or even the Canadian Pacific cursive letters scheme) and Wardair)... i don't think they need to do the smaller airlines as cool as it would be. Lots of A319s need paint and it would be a nice media event, and there is always the "hey i remember that plane" effect, might make people remember the GOOD old days and forget about the 90s/merger/etc...
plus if they do all the regional airlines, i demand that Jazz paint a couple planes up in Austin Airways and the Green/Blue Air Ontario colors!
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