Hi everyone,
I was wondering what are some of the special liveries airlines painted on their aircraft to honor its employees.
I can remember most recently Delta "Thank You" jet to celebrate amazing profits. I also remember TAM painting a couple of aircraft covered with employees signatures after a major rebranding following the tragedy flight JJ3054.
Do you remember other nice tributes paid to its employee through special livery?
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Alitalia had/has an A320 EI-DTJ which was signed all over with employee signatures.
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Turkish had this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iK_BiH1wRlY
A 737-800 (TC-JHL) with the portraits of about 17,000 personnel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iK_BiH1wRlY
A 737-800 (TC-JHL) with the portraits of about 17,000 personnel.
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Canadian had a DC10 with employee signatures all over:
And Air Canada had a A320 with employees named used to shape out a maple leaf (in honour of AC's 65th anniversary):
And Air Canada had a A320 with employees named used to shape out a maple leaf (in honour of AC's 65th anniversary):
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debonair wrote:
The story match the thread but somebody works for the airline at a age of 91 baffles me !
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AS had their "Employee Powered" livery for a time, covered with a ribbon composed of the signatures of all employees.
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oldJoe wrote:debonair wrote:
The story match the thread but somebody works for the airline at a age of 91 baffles me !
Another few years and he might have a shot at being top of the seniority list
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aerorobnz wrote:Alitalia had/has an A320 EI-DTJ which was signed all over with employee signatures.
Not only signatures, but short notes from each employee from the looks of it. Unfortunately I can't find a picture that's zoomed in enough to make out the actual text- I'd love to know what these notes say.
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Virgin Blue had VH-VBY painted blue with the employees names printed on all the overhead lockers.
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Air Asia had 9M-AFD in honor of Bo Lingam who was COO of the group at the time.
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Southwest has their 25th anniversary plane with all the employees names etched in the overhead bins. Those bins are now in one of their HQ buildings. And their bridge at their headquarters has all of the employees names who were employed with the company on 12/31/2017 etched in the glass. This intern who's internship ended on 12/7/17 and became a full time CSA in February 2018 is a little salty he wasn't included in said bridge.
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Philippines AirAsia has an A320 (RP-C8972) with pictures of their employees:
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N415XJ wrote:aerorobnz wrote:Alitalia had/has an A320 EI-DTJ which was signed all over with employee signatures.
Not only signatures, but short notes from each employee from the looks of it. Unfortunately I can't find a picture that's zoomed in enough to make out the actual text- I'd love to know what these notes say.
I can't find photos that are zoomed in enough, but I do remember the #DiscoverAlitalia video campaign they launched at the time, which included clips of employees showing their notes:
https://youtu.be/l9BWu8VG0J4?t=29
https://youtu.be/uZ-oDil3bYU?t=31
https://youtu.be/mgBxN6RY5EE?t=30
More videos here: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_ ... erAlitalia
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SWISS had their first Boeing 777-300ER in a special livery „Faces of SWISS“.
https://www.swiss.com/worldofswiss/en/s ... -of-swiss#
https://www.swiss.com/worldofswiss/en/s ... -of-swiss#
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69bug wrote:Air Asia had 9M-AFD in honor of Bo Lingam who was COO of the group at the time.
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They had another A320 9M-AFM painted in honour of former chairman Pahamin Rajab, basically the man who made it all happen.
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Don't forget the DL "Thank You" livery which has the names of all the employees before the COVID-19 reductions.
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Don't forget the DL "Thank You" livery which has the names of all the employees before the COVID-19 reductions in staff.
EDIT: OP already mentioned the DL "Thank You" livery.
EDIT: OP already mentioned the DL "Thank You" livery.
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TheFlyingDisk wrote:69bug wrote:Air Asia had 9M-AFD in honor of Bo Lingam who was COO of the group at the time.
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They had another A320 9M-AFM painted in honour of former chairman Pahamin Rajab, basically the man who made it all happen.
AirAsia X also had 9M-XXA in a "Thank You All Stars" livery. If my memory serves correctly, it had the names of D7 employees throughout the cabin
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Azul has PR-PJN, the first E195-E2, with the airline’s values. In addition, each of Azul aircraft is named by an employee.
TAM had an A330 and an A320 with employee signatures.
TAM had an A330 and an A320 with employee signatures.
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VS used G-VNAP in a big virgin Atlantic thank you between 2018-2020
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Alaska has (had?) this one with lots of signatures on it
Closeup and a brief writeup here: https://www.airlinereporter.com/2013/10 ... ed-livery/
Closeup and a brief writeup here: https://www.airlinereporter.com/2013/10 ... ed-livery/
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A3501041 wrote:TAM had an A330 and an A320 with employee signatures.
PT-MZL was quite beautiful with all the signatures.
Had the chance to see it at TAM maintenance area in CGH back in 2008.
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airplanenut wrote:Alaska has (had?) this one with lots of signatures on it
Closeup and a brief writeup here: https://www.airlinereporter.com/2013/10 ... ed-livery/
Didn’t horizon have one as well?
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Can't forget about WN's Triple Crown One
When the plane was a -300, all of the employees names were etched on the overhead bins. Not sure is the new -700 has the same treatment on the interior.
And Silver One, which has since been retired but was dedicated to the employees and the airlines 25th anniversary.
And I'm not sure if they still do this or not but they had a heroes of the heart plane that was dedicated to a different employee group every quarter or year I think
When the plane was a -300, all of the employees names were etched on the overhead bins. Not sure is the new -700 has the same treatment on the interior.
And Silver One, which has since been retired but was dedicated to the employees and the airlines 25th anniversary.
And I'm not sure if they still do this or not but they had a heroes of the heart plane that was dedicated to a different employee group every quarter or year I think
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swiss had a special livery for their first 777:
Interesting detail: One of the Flight Attendants with a big portrait is the widow of the captain who died at the Swissair 111 crash.
Interesting detail: One of the Flight Attendants with a big portrait is the widow of the captain who died at the Swissair 111 crash.
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Didn't DFW have a billboard honoring the employees who died in the 9/11 attacks?
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airlinepeanuts wrote:airplanenut wrote:Alaska has (had?) this one with lots of signatures on it
Closeup and a brief writeup here: https://www.airlinereporter.com/2013/10 ... ed-livery/
Didn’t horizon have one as well?
Looks like it, but judging by more recent photos, the livery is gone (I believe the same for the Alaska plane)
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