BlueSky1976 From Poland, joined Jul 2004, 1709 posts, RR: 4 Posted (1 year 6 months 4 days 19 hours ago) and read 13299 times:
Greetings,
LO started painting one of its 737s in the new livery, unveiled earlier this year at the Dreamliner presentation. The first frame to be painted is 737-400 SP-LLL, a former Centralwings aircraft:
fpetrutiu From United States of America, joined Aug 2007, 755 posts, RR: 0 Reply 6, posted (1 year 6 months 4 days 13 hours ago) and read 12111 times:
I thought that they changed their minds and redo the updated livery so it does not look like a copy of Tarom's (RO), or added skidmarks at the bottom of the plane... . I would have prefered it to have the body a shade of grey or silver with that livery, instead of the euro-white. But either way, great livery! Good job Tarom... I mean LOT.
VC10er From United States of America, joined Feb 2007, 2426 posts, RR: 9 Reply 7, posted (1 year 6 months 4 days 13 hours ago) and read 12041 times:
Well, it's a tiny refinement and is still distinctive with the giant LOT on the front. I do wish they made their symbol more of "something" vs a fast flying mosquito in a circle, besides TAROM or a bad version of LH's crane.
While I'm the world's worst speller...perhaps on this thread many *A.netters will spell "alot" as A LOT!
But they really ought to work on that very meaningless symbol.
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mke717spotter From United States of America, joined Dec 2005, 2310 posts, RR: 5 Reply 8, posted (1 year 6 months 4 days 11 hours ago) and read 11450 times:
The new livery kinda of plain without having the blue stripe across the fuselage.
Quoting BlueSky1976 (Thread starter): LO started painting one of its 737s in the new livery, unveiled earlier this year at the Dreamliner presentation. The first frame to be painted is 737-400 SP-LLL, a former Centralwings aircraft:
I was under the impression that all of their 734s were now part of LOT Charters, or is that not true?
vanguard737 From United States of America, joined Aug 2001, 674 posts, RR: 5 Reply 11, posted (1 year 6 months 4 days 11 hours ago) and read 10901 times:
I like this update.
Unlike many airlines' attempts at a new livery that ends up being a an uninspired blanket of euro-white, it stays rather true to it's predecessor and is simply a refreshed look. I think a lot of the "hate" is simply due to humans not liking change.
Give it a couple months and I think most everyone will like it.
ghifty From United States of America, joined Jul 2010, 763 posts, RR: 0 Reply 12, posted (1 year 6 months 4 days 10 hours ago) and read 10183 times:
I like the new livery, but it's not really new. All they have done is removed the big blue stripe. And, that makes the offset "POLISH AIRLINES" look very awkward in it's current position. They should move it down so it's flush with the |||||||||||||| of the "T" in "LOT."
Unlike many airlines' attempts at a new livery that ends up being a an uninspired blanket of euro-white, it stays rather true to it's predecessor and is simply a refreshed look. I think a lot of the "hate" is simply due to humans not liking change.
Give it a couple months and I think most everyone will like it.
lol hmm? They have pretty much blanded it into eurowhite. Removing the Blue line...
Vanguard737 From United States of America, joined Aug 2001, 674 posts, RR: 5 Reply 14, posted (1 year 6 months 4 days 8 hours ago) and read 9076 times:
Quoting Giancavia (Reply 13): They have pretty much blanded it into eurowhite.
But it's not! It's a beautiful pearl white, with the traditional oversized LOT titles, and that magnificent tail preserved.
Sure, the blue line is gone, but it could be worse (Finnair).
BAeRJ100 From Australia, joined Nov 2011, 43 posts, RR: 0 Reply 18, posted (1 year 6 months 4 days 1 hour ago) and read 6495 times:
I honestly feel it looks much too "plain". That 787 looks fantastic, the 737 just looks boring. It'd be so nice if airlines realised there was more choice than white.
What a boring design. The only distinctive detail, the blue cheatline prolonging the "T" of LOT, is gone. Whats the sense to go more generic?
Its something that baffles me, You would think airlines would want to have a nice strong image of themselves. Something that stands out, A little creativity that shows off what they represent. I know alot of people say "its just paint.. service is all that matters blah blah" But I am not someone that agrees with that. Everything would be black and white with no logos at all if branding didnt matter.
Atleast Air Transat ditched the all white tail and added some blue, I really like what they came up with in the end. One of very few new schemes I think look good.
Virgin Australia, Finnair, JAL .. All so weak.
It seems anytime a decent or creative livery comes along the airline dissapears pretty fast.. Like hmm "Australian Airlines" colours.
A388 From Netherlands Antilles, joined May 2001, 9077 posts, RR: 13 Reply 22, posted (1 year 6 months 3 days 18 hours ago) and read 4777 times:
The new livery indeed isn't that imaginative as it resembles Tarom almost 100%. The enlarged tail logo is the new trend in the airline industry so that's nice but not new.
mke717spotter From United States of America, joined Dec 2005, 2310 posts, RR: 5 Reply 23, posted (1 year 6 months 3 days 11 hours ago) and read 4478 times:
You know, there were some pretty big protests recently in Poland about the national football team's new uniforms, so I guess if everyone there hates the new livery then maybe they'd do something similar.
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Giancavia From Vatican City, joined Feb 2010, 1262 posts, RR: 0 Reply 24, posted (1 year 6 months 3 days 9 hours ago) and read 4391 times:
Quoting mke717spotter (Reply 23): You know, there were some pretty big protests recently in Poland about the national football team's new uniforms, so I guess if everyone there hates the new livery then maybe they'd do something similar.
If im not mistaken the staff already rebelled against the first livery LOT came up with which lost the logo and had LOT written on the plane 2 times. Amazingly there was a worse rendition then this.
25 Airport: An airline brand is so much more than just a livery. People can critique it as much as they want, but we have yet to see what it'll actually look like
26 WROORD: The crane symbol has been around since 1929 and it is very recognizable around Europe. I think this is the reason LH keeps their crane. I think they
27 BlueSky1976: Those protests were not against the new uniforms, but against the removal of Polish national symbol, the White Eagle. It was replaced by the logo of
28 Owleye: The re-vitalized LOT Polish Airlines livery is a minor re-vitalization and is for certain not the improvement an airline brand needs nowadays. Airline
29 A388: I totally agree with you. Probably the most important criteria was to keep the costs low to re-vitalize the brand. Just my guess. A388
30 Owleye: Good design doesn't cost too much. Good design is double value the money.
31 A388: You have a point there but I can imagine the price to re-vitalize your brand depends on which branding consultancy you hire to do the job. In other w
33 CALTECH: Looks good. More red would be nicer. Very nice touch there. Liked this, but it needed RED in there somewhere. A a big LOT somewhere. Like the link be
34 Giancavia: ^Million times better then the crap they have settled for.
35 ThomasCook: Here it is; I think it looks great, very fresh and contemporary and very much reflects Poland. Bardzo dobze! ThomasCook
36 Vasu: Oh... so it is! For a minute there I thought it was TAROM with a bit of red tape on the tail
37 Giancavia: Right on^ Sure it looks nice and shiney clean I can not dispute... One thing I never understood why cut up the logo, Made it to big to actualy fit th
38 SXDFC: I wonder if will see some nice new seats on this bird too? [Edited 2011-11-23 23:32:00]
39 BlueSky1976: Daylight shot from the outside at WAW:
40 solnabo: The livery on 737 and to be on the 787. Should be more red in the c/s imo http://www.skyliner-aviation.de/viewphoto.main?LC=nav2&picid=7555 //Mike
41 Aleksandar: Well....as always, it will take me some time to get used to this new livery especially because I liked the old one.
42 WROORD: Instead of wasting money on updating the livery for one that lacks character and is very minor, they should have spent that money to update cabins and
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. I would have prefered it to have the body a shade of grey or silver with that livery, instead of the euro-white. But either way, great livery! Good job Tarom... I mean LOT.
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It's a beautiful pearl white, with the traditional oversized LOT titles, and that magnificent tail preserved. 
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