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[BubblesAviation]

American Airlines B737-800WL and E175 future "250th Anniversary" special livery (special sticker, i would say).
Not a great fantasy as usual...
(Don't remember if already shared)

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(from Worldairlinenews.com)
American Airlines is partnering with America250 to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the United States in 2026, coinciding with the airline’s own centennial. As an official sponsor, American will paint a Boeing 737-800 and an Envoy Air Embraer 175 in special patriotic liveries to honor the nation's semiquincentennial.
Key Details of the 250th Anniversary Initiative
Special Liveries: A Boeing 737-800 and an Embraer 175 (operated by Envoy Air) will feature the official America250 livery.
Purpose: The planes will promote the 250th anniversary, featuring themes of resilience and ingenuity while traveling across the domestic and international network.
Dual Celebration: The 2026 campaign marks both the U.S. 250th anniversary and American Airlines' 100th anniversary (1926–2026).
Partnership: American Airlines is an official sponsor of America250, the organization tasked with leading the commemoration of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
"America Innovates": The airline will serve as the Official Airline of America Innovates, a program highlighting U.S. ingenuity, as reported by Newsweek.

I’ll have a great chance to see both but especially the E175, seeing that it’s non-enhanced, so almost definitely Republic. Although N234AE is a fake reg.

 

[Charter]

Southwind Airlines, charter airline based in Antalya (Turkey) restarts flights to Europe.
What kind of news? It Is a news because Southwind Airlines was owned by Russian entrepeneurs and so was banned from European airspace like all the other Russian airlines because of the invasion of Ukraine.
In fact, in the first months after the invasion, when all the airlines based in Russia have been banned from Europe, Southwind Airlines continued to fly and many Russian holidaymakers and travelers reached Europe through Antalya airport and Southwind Airlines.



"Southwind Airlines (2S, Antalya) resumed flights to Western Europe on March 2, 2026, with a charter service from Antalya to Berlin Brandenburg tied to the ITB Berlin travel trade fair, ch-aviation research reveals.
The flight was conducted with a dry-leased 189-seater B737-8, TC-GRK (msn 43359), according to ADS-B data.
Announcing the flight on social media, the airline said that it now intends to expand its network with more European destinations, but it did not elaborate.
Launched in 2022, Southwind was banned from European Union airspace on March 29, 2024, due to its alleged Russian ties. The ban stemmed from the Finnish authorities' denial of traffic rights to Southwind on March 25 of that year over suspected Russian ownership/control.
A Southwind court challenge to overturn the ban failed in August 2024, as the European Union General Court ruled that no challengeable EU decision existed, and that instead it was member-state led. The court said that a European Commission email to Southwind, while stating the ban was in place and providing justification, was not a legal decision. Consequently, no EU decision could be challenged in court.
The airline serves at least eight Russian destinations, two destinations in Saudi Arabia, and four domestic routes within Türkiye, according to ch-aviation data. It operates a fleet of 14 aircraft: four A321-200s, one A321-200NX, two A330-200s, three B737-8s, three B777-300s, and one B777-300ER".