OwlEye From Netherlands, joined Feb 2006, 881 posts, RR: 2 Posted (4 years 1 month 3 weeks 6 days 12 hours ago) and read 12610 times:
Beirut based Middle East Airlines-MEA will introduce its new revised color scheme on its next A330 delivery scheduled for June 2008. It is based on its current color scheme with the introduction of the Lebanese Flag. The engines will have MEA in addition to the green Cedar. Looks good!
A388 From Netherlands Antilles, joined May 2001, 8223 posts, RR: 14 Reply 4, posted (4 years 1 month 3 weeks 6 days 11 hours ago) and read 12537 times:
Nice livery even though it looks like a copy of Canada 3000. Did you design that revised livery OwlEye?
OD720 From Lebanon, joined Feb 2003, 1904 posts, RR: 43 Reply 5, posted (4 years 1 month 3 weeks 6 days 11 hours ago) and read 12493 times:
They were planning to introduce the new scheme this past February on the existing A321s currently in service. But it was later decided to wait for the new delivery of the A330 possibly to gain some more publicity.
BrightCedars From Belgium, joined Nov 2004, 1234 posts, RR: 3 Reply 8, posted (4 years 1 month 3 weeks 6 days 9 hours ago) and read 12390 times:
It's been in the works for sometime now. I remember suggesting doing exactly this in a forum some years ago!
Maybe they should put some red touches on the engine nacelles as well à la Royal Jordanian.
I trust the country and the airline will come out even stronger. We can't be that far from rock bottom, hopefully.
Ah! And let them start BEY-BRU at some point if they don't want me to get involved in the business, our friends in general and the close and related family in particular are getting fed up with having to transit all over Europe at undue hours of the night There are dozens of people flying between BRU and BEY every single day, there's got to be room for a 3 weekly direct service. And we all pay so much more taxes for transfer, it would add revenue for the actual flight if it were to be a nonstop link. Please!
N.B.: Syrian Air's 1-weekly frequency is crap and we don't really feel like flying them...
QatarA340 From Qatar, joined May 2006, 1478 posts, RR: 8 Reply 10, posted (4 years 1 month 3 weeks 6 days 9 hours ago) and read 12355 times:
Its very nice! Reminds of the Classic MEA titles, but I dont get where the blue color fits in? If its just red and green it would have been better with the titles in Gold, such as in Emirates.
Ramzi From Canada, joined Oct 2006, 534 posts, RR: 0 Reply 13, posted (4 years 1 month 3 weeks 6 days 4 hours ago) and read 12096 times:
Quoting JoKeR (Reply 2): Reminds me of their neighbor's livery...
Ironically true hehe.
Quoting QatarA340 (Reply 10): , but I dont get where the blue color fits in?
The 'A' in 'MEA' has been blue since the current livery was introduced, they needed a third color for the third letter, and gold would have looked a lot louder than blue, in my opinion at least.
I agree it look better with just green and red, but the 'MEA' on the front of the fuselage looks HORRIBLE in just red. I mean HORRIBLE!
Speaking of MEA, they should be getting their first A320 in April, meaning very very soon. Also, it is not confirmed the A330 will be delivered in June, however I hope it goes that way.
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OwlEye From Netherlands, joined Feb 2006, 881 posts, RR: 2 Reply 14, posted (4 years 1 month 3 weeks 6 days 3 hours ago) and read 12059 times:
Quoting Ramzi (Reply 14): I agree it look better with just green and red, but the 'MEA' on the front of the fuselage looks HORRIBLE in just red. I mean HORRIBLE!
It's a matter of font type choice. The current font type for MEA is not well choosen, it's not really an 'airline'-like font. The previous one though was too bold:
GoMEA From France, joined Jan 2004, 202 posts, RR: 10 Reply 16, posted (4 years 1 month 3 weeks 6 days 2 hours ago) and read 11986 times:
I preferred the simplicity of the current design, or something more red, a bit à la post 1990... Red engnes would have great, just like RJ did!
Are they really getting an A320 now? I thought they would only get the 330s this year! Any clues on where F-OMEA/B/C will be going after being handed back to ILFC?
BA From United States of America, joined May 2000, 11097 posts, RR: 68 Reply 17, posted (4 years 1 month 3 weeks 5 days 20 hours ago) and read 11862 times:
Quoting Ramzi (Reply 14): I agree it look better with just green and red, but the 'MEA' on the front of the fuselage looks HORRIBLE in just red. I mean HORRIBLE!
I agree. Having the 'MEA' in green instead would be much better I think...
Quoting Ramzi (Reply 14): Speaking of MEA, they should be getting their first A320 in April, meaning very very soon.
I've always heard that the first A320 will be delivered next year, has this been changed???
I have to say...MEA's fleet expansion couldn't be coming in a better time... (sarcasm)
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EurostarVA From Bahrain, joined May 2002, 1296 posts, RR: 10 Reply 20, posted (4 years 1 month 3 weeks 5 days 11 hours ago) and read 11680 times:
Quoting Soups (Reply 20): The blue is designed to represent the sea. Thats why their new uniform is in blue
Agreed. It's worthy to mention that the tri-color strategy, when the livery was designed years ago, was to recall the diversity of Lebanon and its landscapes, including the blue (representing the sea and sky).
I think a RED-GREEN strategy is too simple,and doesnt reflect on the vibrant, sea-faring (and sky-faring) culture of Lebanon and its various peoples.
Ramzi From Canada, joined Oct 2006, 534 posts, RR: 0 Reply 21, posted (4 years 1 month 3 weeks 5 days 11 hours ago) and read 11672 times:
Quoting OwlEye (Reply 15): It's a matter of font type choice. The current font type for MEA is not well choosen, it's not really an 'airline'-like font. The previous one though was too bold:
Its more the color than the font for me, the red just blinds me.
Quoting BA (Reply 18):
I agree. Having the 'MEA' in green instead would be much better I think...
Yeah, definitely.
Quoting BA (Reply 18): I've always heard that the first A320 will be delivered next year, has this been changed???
I have to say...MEA's fleet expansion couldn't be coming in a better time... (sarcasm)
Quoting MEA330 (Reply 19): Your info is correct. 4 A320's in 09 starting JAN. 2 A320 in 2010.3 new A332's to replace F-OMEA/B/C on a 1 for 1 basis will be delivered in 2009.
From what I know plans changed many times. The first I heard was the the first A330 will enter service this May and the A320s will start coming in by early 2009. What I hear now is that the A330 will enter in the last quarter of 2008 and the first A320 will enter service in April or May, however the rest will still go by the original plan of being delivered through 2009 and 2010. Also new news is that they are considering keeping the 3 330s on lease and only purchasing one new one and later on replacing them slowly.
MEA330s info may be fresher than mine, I got mine around two weeks ago. According to my info, the A320 will be delivered soon like I said, and the A330 the end of the year. The rest of the A320s through 2009-2010. That's all thats known for sure.
Your sarcasm is a pretty typical thing you'd hear form the Lebanese. The thing is, BA, there is never a 'good' time in Lebanon. There's always something wrong, so time has proven that the best way to go is set politics aside. Despite that, the orders were placed before the war, when things seemed to be settling down here, and then some changes were made with the worsening conditions including postponing the delivery of the A330 as the MEA website claims.
Anyway, I hope we will see their first A320 soon, it would be disappointing to hear it'll have to wait another year. As for the new livery, I don't think they're going to get rid of the blue, Lebanese aren't much of change people, they want blue in their colors, they'll keep blue. But who knows.
There will come a time when you believe everything is finished - that will be the beginning.
Viscount724 From Switzerland, joined Oct 2006, 18460 posts, RR: 17 Reply 22, posted (4 years 1 month 3 weeks 4 days 23 hours ago) and read 11537 times:
Quoting A388 (Reply 4): Nice livery even though it looks like a copy of Canada 3000
Which was a copy of British charter carrier Air 2000's livery due to the original links between the two companies.
MEA310 From Lebanon, joined Feb 2002, 660 posts, RR: 16 Reply 24, posted (4 years 1 month 1 week 4 days 14 hours ago) and read 11289 times:
I'm surprised no one uploaded the, somewhat, fresh picture of the new A330 in the new revised livery, here she is :
I think it looks great, compared to the current too white livery at least ..
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25 Kaitak: It looks good, but I have to say that I've always liked the current livery. With regard to the new A330s, ME apparently did a slot swap with my favour
26 MEA330: Kaitak It must have been Airbus juggling the slots. After taking delivery of the first new A332 (June 08) MEA needed the delivery of the next 3 A332 t
27 MEA310: Will the new A332 carry an F-OMED registration? And, if so, will it be changed afterwards once F-OMEA/B/C leave the fleet? MEA310
28 A388: Why do the MEA aircraft have french registrations and no local registrations? A388
29 Flitemax: What a disaster and total disgrace this livery is. As if Lebanon has no creative designers, they had to recycle El Al's livery which is repulsive in i
30 Ramzi: Thank you for that! This aircraft will be delivered to MEA this June? Very good question. All their current fleet is F-. I always wondered, never got
31 SXDFC: Will MEA have a new cabin interior as well? I hope they come out with a model of this one soon, as it makes a Euro White scheme look pretty good!
32 FlyTUITravel: Would be a very strange thing to do, and also a waste of time IMO.
33 777way: Liveyr looks like the stripes have been inspired by Sri Lanka Airlines logo, infact its looks like UL logo streaked over the aircraft.
34 Egmcman: I would imagine it's because they are leased or tax reasons.
35 Cedarjet: I hate it. The swirly lines are irregular and random, the whole thing is too garish, it looks like the national airline of a country where the evening
37 MEA310: I recall this question being discussed here a very long time ago. From what I can remember, it has something to do with the safety regulations across
38 BA: I wanted to post it a few days ago but couldn't find the source of the photo. What do you mean by history repeating itself? In reference to the curre
39 MP: The design looks really great, something more dynamic and, well, compared to old MEA livery, it now shows some more colours. Of course, it would be ni
40 BA: If you're referring to the text above the windows behind the emergency exit, it says "Middle East Airlines Air Liban" in Arabic. If you take a look a
41 MIAMIx707: This upgrade is beautiful, very nice. Fuselage color can make a plane look 10 times better! ElAL's livery is dull, crappy, and boring. The tail strip
42 Mozart: Wow, that's good news. Will that just be new colours or will they introduce new seats, e.g., lie-flat seats in Business? That would be great!
43 RJAF: I like it...especially the tail - the cedar tree looks really good. Let's hope this new livery brings new hope for Lebanon!
45 BrightCedars: Well, there are several factors playing against RB's service in our case, if you exclude the emotional factor of nationality. 1. The frequency and da
46 BrightCedars: That reveals how the livery is truly stunning and beautiful, thanks mate!
47 Boeing777/747: But I'd go more for your idea but to delete all those fancy colours. MEA should stick to red with the only green in the tree.
48 MP: Thanks, but that's the aircraft I painted. I wasn't sure about the text above the window and the future reg no. As soon as the the aircraft is delive
49 Flitemax: Correct! Here again is my criteria for giving this livery a fail mark: Reflection of Lebanese heritage C- Uniqueness, Originality F Clarity and harmo
50 GoMEA: ME310, where did you get this picture from? I've tried scanning the web to see it but didn't find it! It's MSN926 and apparently swapped with an Aer L
51 MEA330: MEA A332 position was not swapped with EI A333.Always was 926 with Delivery in June. Middle East Airlines air Liban on one side and the arabic transla
52 MEA310: It was uploaded on MEA's group on facebook earlier this month MEA310
53 MIAMIx707: Red engines often look tacky against a white aircraft. I think they look just great white with the MEA logo
54 Flitemax: Well, one must look at the bright side of things: Great savings on the 'new' livery application, since it will save the Cedar tree on the tail. It's j
55 BrightCedars: I think it's more of an evolution than a new livery. Less eurowhite which should satisfy most spotters and enthusiasts. Jane and John Doe passenger d
56 BA: MEA has released the seating configuration for its upcoming 10 new aircraft. The six A320-200s will be configured with 24 Cedar Class and 102 Economy
57 BrightCedars: I was also under the impression that MEA was complaining about the Cedar class cabin being too small. I guess things might have changed. Also, is it
58 GoMEA: I feel something weird here... Trading 8Y, means they lost a whole row of Y seats while getting 2 additional J, so not a full row of J's... So the pit
59 MEA330: The new A332 has an all new cabin, you can't compare it with the old ones. Flat business class seats take more space than the previous ones. Also econ
60 OD720: This is true. The business class will be one section instead of the current 2 devided ones.
61 BA: Sounds nice. Can't wait to see some pictures.
62 BA: I've been looking at the schedule and have seen some of the changes as a result of the delivery of the new A330 in June. Starting May 28, MEA will be
63 FlySSC: What do you mean by "one section insread of 2" ??? If the new MEA seats are similar to AF's ones, You can not fit 44 lie-flat Business Class into the
64 MEA310: Great article, thanks for sharing BA. MEA suffered a lot across the decades and always managed to survive the unstable and volatile situation in Leba
65 Ramzi: That makes no sense whatsoever. Makes sense, thanks. Very interesting... Any chance I'll catch the new A330 to LHR in July? Beat me to it. This is gr
66 BA: Sorry, I didn't put the correct link to the article in my last post. http://www.mea.com.lb/MEA/English/Corporate/PressReleases/20080410.htm No clue. I
67 Vasu: Much nice than their old one in my opinion...!
68 MEA330: FYSSC currently the business class section is divided into 2 sections with a galley and 2 toilets near the Left/Right door 2. According to MEA sources
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There are dozens of people flying between BRU and BEY every single day, there's got to be room for a 3 weekly direct service. And we all pay so much more taxes for transfer, it would add revenue for the actual flight if it were to be a nonstop link. Please!
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