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How would you rate your favourite airlines' colour schemes today?

I personally go with; (in no particular order)

1. Cathay Pacific
2. KLM
3. SAA

Mine:

1.New US Airways
2. 1980's United
3. New Aeroflot

TAP
SAA
UA

Filler bits

1. Northwest "bowling shoe"
2. US Airways/America West
3. Continental

1. Alaska
2. Hawaiian
3. Continental

Quoting Alaska737 (Reply 4): 1. Alaska 2. Hawaiian 3. Continental

Spot on.

  

How about Fedex, UPS, and AA Astrojet retro?

1. BMI
2. New US Airways
3. Continental

1. Virgin Atlantic
2. Bangkok Airways
3. US Airways

1. New Aeroflot
2. UTA
3. BA Landor Colours

1 - Mango Airlines (South Africa)
2 - US (new c/s)
3 - Air Tahiti Nui

Worst livery 2006:

Asiana (new livery) - just bloody awful   

Micke//   

Of the current aircraft, I particularly like

South African Airways
Qantas
air Tahiti Nui

In no particular order

-Air New Zealand (I like it, probably national pride/bias kicking in   )
-SAA
-BA (Nice and simple IMHO)

1. Aer Lingus
2. BMI
3. Virgin Atlantic (old and new)

Regards,
Btriple7

1) Aer Lingus
2) KLM
3) Bmi

1) Old Canadian Airlines livery
2) British Airways
3) Cathay Pacific

Malaysia Airlines Hibiscius livery and the blue livery (I forgot the name)

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Sinapore Airlines special Tropical livery

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Gotta love Saudi Arabian's livery on the 777!

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My top 3:

1. Aeroflot (my all-time #1, the perfect livery IMO):

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2. Northwest:

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3. BWIA:

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Patrick

MY fav are?

1. Royal Brunei (Love the yellow belly)


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2. Gulf Air (The 50th Anniversary designs, The blue Islamic/Moghul pattern and red being my favourites followed by the golden)


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3. Malaysia Airlines (The red is really eyecatching)

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Not in any particular order

1) KLM
2) Qantas
3) South African

also

Air New Zealand
Aer Lingus
Lufthansa
Ethiad
British

(I seem to like it simple, stupid...)

I dislike complex/busy liveries that are difficult to discern from any distance. I also dislike liveries that don't match, such as painting the engines a bright color that is not reflected anywhere else on the frame.

I find United's new scheme somewhat cartoony and not as classy as the previous one. I find NWs new livery a bit severe - all that grey.

I miss JALs old Proud Bird. That was always a favorite.

My fav with always be.... Wailaia Dreaming (sp?)

Quoting SSTsomeday (Reply 19): My fav with always be.... Wailaia Dreaming (sp?)

Did you mean "Wanuala Dreaming" by QANTAS???

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Quoting NW727251ADV (Reply 20): Did you mean "Wanuala Dreaming" by QANTAS???

Absolutely

My top 3 are (in order):


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^^^I love this livery so much, especially on the A330 it looks amazing!


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^^^I love the NWA livery as well, again it looks great on the A330!


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^^^Stunning.

Actually I think all GF Special Edition schemes rock.

Retro liveries.#1 BA 80's #2 PA #3 British Caledonian.Present,#1 SV, #2 PK colours of the desert. #3 TG -Tai.   

for me:

1) SAA

2) TAP
3) AVIANCA

bmi British midland - fabulous livery - shame about the airline......

Air Baltic - the green livery

Alitalia


And for my all time LOATHING at a livery: The new asiana - cheap and tacky.

Thanks
Alex

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Favorite classic scheme:

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Favorite special scheme:

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And two honorable mentions:

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No one mentioned jetBlue  

1. Varig Airlines
2. America West
3. Air Nu Guniea

Olympic Airways


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American Airlines


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Iberia


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LAN
Delta Breast Cancer
Royal Jordan

1. Malaysia Airlines (special blue livery)

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2. SAA

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3. new TG

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also:

new BMI

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1. BWIA - the steel pan, the green, it is an eye catcher.
2. Air Jamaica - beautiful colours of the caribbean
3. KLM - a sea of blue, my favourite color. What more can I ask for?

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3.
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BMI is amazingly good, as is LAN. I like Thai too, but I can't do a top three cos theres so many gud'uns

1) Aer Lingus - all Irish: warm and classy.


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2) easyJet - have to be faithful to my airline   It's still the epitome of simplistic, bright, cheerful and fun.


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3) bmi - shame about the interior and the delays with repainting the entire fleet.


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I'm not even going to attempt to place my top 3 in any order

but it would include the following current schemes.


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Air Tahiti Nui


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Virgin Atlantic


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Qantas

Honourable Mentions (Current Liveries) include:

Air New Zealand
Thai Airways
Lan
Avianca

My Favourite Past 3 Liveries (in no order) include



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Ansett (Southern Cross 1981-1990)


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British Airways (Landor 1984-1999)


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TAA (Big "T" 1970's)



Jason

• Air Greenland
  
  
• Lufthansa
  
  
• Emirates
  
  

I addore many other special liveries, but these are the standard classic ones.  

Regards.

The first two are special liveries, but I really do like them. CX's A333 B-LAD, and MH's B772 9M-MRD. I think Etihad's scheme is also very nice , especially on the B773ER   !

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Regards, JetMech

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1. Continental. Gotta go with my employer. Can't beat the blue, white, and gray.

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2. Iberia. Just classic beauty. The A346 makes it look all the better.

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3. Gulf Air 50th(All of the variants).. Pure art. Enough said.

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By far, my most favorite standard livery from That Wonderful Airline:


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A mix of new and old, and in no particular order:

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Mine are:

1. Gulf Air
2. Continental
3. BMI

1. Iberia
2. 1980s SAS
3. US Airways

cheers

Asturias

Quoting NW727251ADV (Reply 16): Malaysia Airlines Hibiscius livery and the blue livery (I forgot the name)

For special livery, without any doubt !

For normal : LAN, KLM

1. Southwest Airlines
2. KLM
3. Air Tahiti Nui

Normal liveries:
GF
UA new
UPS

Special:
QF Wunala Dreaming
QF Nalanyi (?) Dreaming
MH Freedom of Spce (the blue 777)