Seems they have a new livery or are experimenting with a new one?

Photo on the left in the link was apparently taken at Luton today.

www.twitter.com/planemadblog/status/543495503238139904/photo/1

Probably a short term lease from someone like Titan or the like...

Edit: Seems after a little bit of research that it is indeed a Titan airframe currently on lease to U2 and should be G-POWI  

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They don't have anything on short lease

The aircraft in question is G-EZUA, and was rolled out of the paint shop at Southend yesterday. It would appear that this is actually the new easyJet livery.

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Ohhh dear......someone drank too many G/T's down in Luton......
This is the worst livery i've seen in ages.....

I like it better than their old/current one, which I would describe as 'annoying'. It isn't a wonderful livery like RJ's, KL's, or EI's, but easyjet is an LCC, and for an LCC it's ok.

Quoting countvis (Reply 3): The aircraft in question is G-EZUA, and was rolled out of the paint shop at Southend yesterday. It would appear that this is actually the new easyJet livery.

Not bad. Somewhat plain, but a logical approach which doesn't mess anything up with a radical approach.

Whether it is just a test aircraft or actually their new livery I like it, especially the rear. I just find the small titles at the front a bit odd.

Quoting SpaceshipDC10 (Reply 7): I just find the small titles at the front a bit odd.

  
They should have gone for bilboard titles

However, anything beats the Crayola WN new livery

There you have it, thats the Lords punishment for not going to church!

I think Easyjet needs a new livery, current one is not nice.

Quoting Frostyj (Reply 10): I think Easyjet needs a new livery, current one is not nice.

Current one is better than this mess.

It is very surprising that the new one does not mirror the different lines and shades of orange that easyJet use on their website or promotional material. I was expecting a new livery to be in line with that.

Having the titles in line with the tail leading edge would help.

Quoting winterlight (Reply 11):

Well I think they should go for an all Orange jet. Its much better than the current one due to the fact that there is actually more colour and it sharpens up the plane.

Well I stand corrected  

It looks ugly and boring in my opinion, they should have done something like the website with different shades. This livery doesn't seem to stand out, looks more like some quick stickers that have been slapped on to a leased aircraft.

I hope this is just some sort of 'test' livery to see what people think, I really really hope.

Quoting EK17 (Reply 16): It looks ugly and boring in my opinion,

How can you tell all that from one blurry Twatter photo that doesn't completely show it anyway?

I, at least, am prepared to see it clearly and completely before forming an opinion.

Quoting vhtje (Reply 17):

I saw this photo before coming to this thread:
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7544/15820311498_1ba7388ce2_o_d.jpg

It looks better with Sharklets as the lines go with the tail (although the Sharklets are wrong in this rendering, look at the leading edge). I can't believe I'm saying this, but I think it needs more orange, and possibly a new font.

Maybe when I see a high-res image of the aircraft I might begin to like the livery, it just feels like a downgrade from the previous livery!  

Quoting vhtje (Reply 17): How can you tell all that from one blurry Twatter photo that doesn't completely show it anyway? I, at least, am prepared to see it clearly and completely before forming an opinion.

You really cannot tell that from the picture? Granted, it's blurry, but it's enough to suggest that someone at Luton is on something.

Reminds me a lot of the half arsed effort that was the interim livery applied to ex GB Airways aircraft following the takeover. A good look it was not: https://www.airliners.net/photo/EasyJ...d=60e110b47f9fa1429410b93402acb170

I think they should have rolled out that inverted colors design throughout their whole fleet. I really don't like this livery, looks like it was thought up in 5 minutes and sent straight to the paintshop from there.

Quoting EGPH (Reply 20): looks like it was thought up in 5 minutes and sent straight to the paintshop from there

True... not very exciting at all. But then again, if they're going for cost/efficiency, perhaps we can't blame them...

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This would look perfectly fine with billboard titles Like the current Livery. I echo others in the thread that the small titles and empty fuselage make it look like a short term lease.

Virgin Atlantic called... They want their livery back.

My take...

The font needs to be billboard!

The titles on the tail do not match the angle of the tail! (first picture, could be the angle it was taken)

The location of the registration is too high! (near the upper left corner of the rear cabin doors)

I like the use of Orange over the tail section!

I like the use of Orange on the engines without the titles of the airline name!

I like the use of Orange for the winglets! sorry "sharklets"

I like the eurowhite!

Would of looked better (cleaner) if they chose to paint the wings white! (as opposed to aluminium grey)

Needs a more prominent Union Jack! (why not? be proud)!

 

Easyjet definitely needs a new font.. current looks so childish? And why not paint it over the whole Fuselage like Finnair or Wow Air..

Far to plain and boring. I prefer the current livery tbh.

Quoting winterlight (Thread starter): It is very surprising that the new one does not mirror the different lines and shades of orange that easyJet use on their website or promotional material. I was expecting a new livery to be in line with that.

I really quite like the design on their site, looks good. I reckon it would look great on their aircraft.

I work for the company who do branding for easyJet and I have never understood how the much sharper web branding wasn't reflected in a livery update. This looks *worse* and is further away from the rest of the corporate look than the old livery.

All that "white" fuselage that could be used as advertising space, (either Contact details or third party).

Horrible. Far too white, boring.

Should of gone for the reversed orange/white, but I guess that is a lot of orange paint per aircraft!

It may grow on me, it's a bit difficult to tell until seeing a high-res photo or the aircraft up close, I can't believe there aren't more photos of it, considering that G-EZUA has been operating revenue flights since receiving a new paint job and hasn't been kept in a hangar somewhere.

In my personal opinion, a scheme that incorporated the lines/waves in different shades of orange that can be seen on other forms of branding from the airline such as the website, magazine and signage would have looked great on the rear fuselage and engines or even just on the horizontal stabilizer and rudder. I can't decide on the logo at the back, it looks quite good, but then it was also effective on the tail.

A 'band' of pattern/blocks would have looked quite cool on other areas of fuselage, a bit like Sata's livery!

The titles look a bit too small on the front for my liking.

Could they be preparing for another special livery and have just used a mock up of a livery on a CGI image as a base frame though? My thoughts on it though, reflect on the livery assuming it be rolled out across the entire fleet.

Quoting bennett123 (Reply 28):

Whilst contact details had some significance on the livery when the airline first started and when the website was originally launched, 99% of people will think twice about putting ".com" at the end when they think of easyJet. Again, the airline has such a massive presence within Europe that it's not really necessary to add a web address anymore, and I think it also detracts from the refined and more upmarket image that they are trying to achieve in order to catch more business pax and pax who would usually fly with a flag carrier?

In my opinion, the latter point about advertising space for a third party doesn't really fit in with the airline's image and it again, gives it a sense of cheapness to it. A flight can be cheap, but it doesn't mean that the airline's image has to be. That's just my opinion though!

Quoting skipness1E (Reply 27):

My thoughts exactly! I'm very surprised that some of the other design elements aren't there.

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My words cannot express how ugly that livery looks, I hope they do not change the current one to this one as it looks like a cheapo and "anything but creative" livery.   

Quoting Kleiner (Reply 23): Virgin Atlantic called... They want their livery back.

Unless this is a signal. Coming soon: 'Easyvirgin'.   

I've just spoken to an EZY first officer who flew with a Captain that flew it yesterday (I know; a guy who knows a guy etc) and apparently it was painted at Lasham and appears to be unauthorised, which makes me believe that it could be part of a new livery (the tail) with the other part coming later.

Ben

We appear to have another half.......attempt at a new livery. Not very professional, almost child like.

The orange-ala-Qantas could work if they had a new logo instead of just text and maybe introduced a second colour e.g dark blue into livery?

Hopefully this current livery won't reach the rest of the fleet.

Quoting ben123planes (Reply 33): I've just spoken to an EZY first officer who flew with a Captain that flew it yesterday (I know; a guy who knows a guy etc) and apparently it was painted at Lasham and appears to be unauthorised, which makes me believe that it could be part of a new livery (the tail) with the other part coming later.

It was done at Southend (SEN). Lasham (QLA) don't have any painting facilities.

Quoting Armodeen (Reply 29): Should of gone for the reversed orange/white, but I guess that is a lot of orange paint per aircraft!

Like this special livery :

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Photo © Jan Heistermann

Quoting nicode (Reply 36): Like this special livery

Completely reversed would have had it with a white tail and orange titles on it, and in the process would have became the "Little Pumpkin"of easyJet unlike Braniff's own "Great Pumpkin"...   I'd still enjoy it though.

Aren't they trying to remove themselves from the 'cheap' airline market to compete with the likes of BA?

This design is plain but what livery isn't? It suits the more sophisticated airline they are trying to be.

Quoting kdhurst380 (Reply 19):

The ex-GB Airways aircraft were only part of the easyJet fleet for the short-term, so there was little point in giving them ta full paint job. I see 2 of those A320s ended up back with BA.

Some images:


  

A guy on Twitter decided to change the livery a little bit, it looks much better:
http://twitter.com/mrrosshallam/status/543908896222765056

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Oh boy, this is really horrible. I wonder how much the author of this "livery" got for his work. This is definetly not an improovement over the current livery.

http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=7938233

Better picture. I dont think it looks too bad. I like the small titles on the main fuse, giving it a bit of a cleaner, somewhat less LCC look (like NK). I think the titles on the tail though are too large and not angled correctly. Decent change, still much better revision than the likes of WN, NK, and IB.

Clean, functional. Does the job.

All it needs to do.

I see they still refuse to use the Union Flag along side the reg.

Yes what is that about and why does British Airways have the Gibralter flag??

Quoting winterlight (Reply 44): I see they still refuse to use the Union Flag along side the reg.

They might be British based, but they operate Europe wide, so I find this flag to be more suitable than the Union Jack.


Dan  

Quoting dalce (Reply 4): Ohhh dear......someone drank too many G/T's down in Luton...... This is the worst livery i've seen in ages.....

You haven't seen China Easterns new 'livery' then.

Not a massive fan of this change to be honest, hopefully they do tweak it to match the marketing they use with the different shades of orange.

Just mocked something up in five;

Quoting joshrice (Reply 48):

That's more like how it should be! I really like the shades of orange on the tail and engine