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RobK From United Kingdom, joined Sep 2004, 3940 posts, RR: 19
Posted (11 months 3 days 21 hours ago) and read 11219 times:

On their newest B738 B-5653 :

Photo credit : Andrew W Sieber. Click the pic for other sizes.

Looks like they've nicked Aerolineas Argentinas old livery...

[Edited 2012-07-20 09:37:48]

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Airport From United States of America, joined Aug 2009, 1397 posts, RR: 9
Reply 1, posted (11 months 3 days 21 hours ago) and read 11134 times:

Quoting RobK (Thread starter):
Looks like they've nicked Aerolineas Argentinas old livery...

Huh? I honestly didnt make that connection at all. The blue is quite a bit different, the bird logo is the one they've used for quite a while now, the awkward circle element is the only thing removed. Here's their old livery for reference:

http://www.whatsonxiamen.com/news_images/4817Xiamen%20Airlines.jpg

It's a lovely evolution, I think.

777way From Pakistan, joined Dec 2005, 5286 posts, RR: 4
Reply 2, posted (11 months 3 days 21 hours ago) and read 11010 times:

Nice livery a proffessional looking logo would complete it, I wish Ariana had this instead of their pathetic bland scheme.

RobK From United Kingdom, joined Sep 2004, 3940 posts, RR: 19
Reply 3, posted (11 months 3 days 21 hours ago) and read 10917 times:

Quoting Airport (Reply 1):
Huh? I honestly didnt make that connection at all.

Change the shade of blue a few notches darker and it's virtually identical to AR's old tail livery.

sw733 From United States of America, joined Feb 2004, 6105 posts, RR: 10
Reply 4, posted (11 months 3 days 20 hours ago) and read 10807 times:

Looks good! I did like the "old" Xiamen livery though, so I don't think the change is necesarilly a huge improvement. But it'll look good when their 787 lands in LAX

777way From Pakistan, joined Dec 2005, 5286 posts, RR: 4
Reply 5, posted (11 months 3 days 20 hours ago) and read 10807 times:

Which old AR livery? it dosent even come close in STYLE to the three worn before the current one, tail maybe a bit on the third one.

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Birdwatching From United States of America, joined Sep 2003, 3587 posts, RR: 52
Reply 6, posted (11 months 3 days 19 hours ago) and read 10541 times:

Srsly, Argentinas?

There is only 1 thing this looks like, and it's this:

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An identical copy in my opinion.

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RobK From United Kingdom, joined Sep 2004, 3940 posts, RR: 19
Reply 7, posted (11 months 3 days 19 hours ago) and read 10437 times:

Quoting 777way (Reply 5):
Which old AR livery? it dosent even come close in STYLE to the three worn before the current one, tail maybe a bit on the third one.

The tail was what I was referring to and yes the 3rd one. At a glance it looks nearly identical if not for the shade of blue. Certainly a bland tail logo and worse than the previous livery imho which had a nice Chinese feel about it, but this one just looks totally generic.

ghifty From United States of America, joined Jul 2010, 782 posts, RR: 0
Reply 8, posted (11 months 3 days 16 hours ago) and read 10213 times:

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Oh, please. It's just a crane.

Lufthansa also has a crane on their tail, and they've been around longer than AR and MF, so are the two younger airlines both "copying" Lufthansa?

There's only so many ways you can create a graphic of a crane/swallow, and even with that lack of differentiation the cranes look different enough IMO.

Quoting RobK (Reply 7):
At a glance

At a glance, most airplanes look similar.. most bird logos look similar..

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Giancavia From Vatican City, joined Feb 2010, 1272 posts, RR: 0
Reply 9, posted (11 months 3 days 15 hours ago) and read 10051 times:

Its okie dokie, The tail should have been a darker blue for me.

MotorHussy From New Zealand, joined Mar 2000, 2817 posts, RR: 10
Reply 10, posted (11 months 3 days 13 hours ago) and read 9786 times:

Not knowing anything about Xiamen other than it's a city and area renowned for stone masonry, the airline's livery doesn't connect to my perception in any way. Just another generic Cathay airline logo IMHO.

come visit the south pacific

Camohe From Australia, joined Oct 2006, 48 posts, RR: 0
Reply 11, posted (11 months 3 days 9 hours ago) and read 8381 times:

I think the new livery looks quite smart. I have flown domestic first class with them a few times. They are good airline. Their service is much better than CZ in my experience.

zoom1018 From Vietnam, joined May 2005, 224 posts, RR: 0
Reply 12, posted (11 months 3 days 8 hours ago) and read 7603 times:

Quoting Birdwatching (Reply 6):
An identical copy in my opinion.

I am always amused to see people trying to be smart jumping to conclusion without any eduational background imformation. The logo on the tails of Xiamen Airlines is an EGRET, popularly seen on Xiamen island. The idea of an egret is flying high...

zoom1018 From Vietnam, joined May 2005, 224 posts, RR: 0
Reply 13, posted (11 months 3 days 7 hours ago) and read 7548 times:

Quoting MotorHussy (Reply 10):
Cathay airline logo

Cathay Pacific Airways' logo is not a BIRD, it is a BRUSH print.

Ideekay From Switzerland, joined Jun 2012, 183 posts, RR: 1
Reply 14, posted (11 months 3 days 4 hours ago) and read 5936 times:

The tail remembers me at this:

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poLOT From United States of America, joined Jul 2011, 1591 posts, RR: 0
Reply 15, posted (11 months 3 days 1 hour ago) and read 4964 times:

Quoting zoom1018 (Reply 13):
Cathay Pacific Airways' logo is not a BIRD, it is a BRUSH print.

It is a symbol of both. There is a reason the stroke is in the shape that it is; it was designed to also conjure an image of a stylized bird in addition to a calligraphy stroke.

CX Flyboy From Hong Kong, joined Dec 1999, 6364 posts, RR: 56
Reply 16, posted (11 months 3 days 1 hour ago) and read 4838 times:

Reminds me of Donghai Cargo's scheme.

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je89_w From United States of America, joined Mar 2002, 2329 posts, RR: 10
Reply 17, posted (11 months 2 days 23 hours ago) and read 4151 times:

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Reminds me of Our Airline's scheme.

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Bluewave 707 From United States of America, joined Jun 2001, 3139 posts, RR: 7
Reply 18, posted (11 months 2 days 19 hours ago) and read 3252 times:

B-5653's delivery flight is today as CXA5653.

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MotorHussy From New Zealand, joined Mar 2000, 2817 posts, RR: 10
Reply 19, posted (11 months 2 days 16 hours ago) and read 3102 times:

Quoting zoom1018 (Reply 13):

Quoting MotorHussy (Reply 10):
Cathay airline logo

Cathay Pacific Airways' logo is not a BIRD, it is a BRUSH print.

Obviously I wasn't being clear enough; this was a reference to Cathay as another name for China (and it's various airlines).

BTW, CX's logo and livery is one of my personal favourites.

come visit the south pacific

TeamInTheSky From United States of America, joined Apr 2011, 515 posts, RR: 0
Reply 20, posted (11 months 2 days 16 hours ago) and read 3090 times:

I think it looks great. Look forward to the painted SkyTeam plane as well.

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je89_w From United States of America, joined Mar 2002, 2329 posts, RR: 10
Reply 21, posted (11 months 1 day 23 hours ago) and read 2810 times:

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Quoting Bluewave 707 (Reply 18):
B-5653's delivery flight is today as CXA5653.

Looking forward to seeing your photo of it at HNL on the database!

na From Germany, joined Dec 1999, 9710 posts, RR: 10
Reply 22, posted (11 months 1 day 6 hours ago) and read 2492 times:

Massively better than the crappy scheme they had before.

I am waiting for Air China now to finally introduce a scheme that fits this century. They are the only airline left still flying in a dull communist era paintscheme - and worse, they are the flagcarrier and not a backrow operator.

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