China Southern A318

[YesterAirlines]

With such a small customer base the A318 has struggled to get into my collection, but the first has just arrived in the form of this CZ example. Formerly B-6188 and operated by Beijing Airlines / China Sonangol. It only flew with them, in VIP configuration, for less than 5 years, from August 2009-May 2014, before being acquired for static display at the China Southern Airlines Guangzhou Industry Education Integration Training Base as an instructional airframe. In real life it doesn't have engines fitted. The box indicates this is an official licensed release for China Southern, and airline Gemini once had the licence for. This model arrived in my most recent engtaobao box as it has been on sale in China for a while now, despite only being announced by NG last month.

 

[YesterAirlines]

The acquisition of the A318 also gives me the opportunity for the full A320 body-length line-up in China Southern colours. The A318 and A319 are NG models, the A320 is Aviation400 and the A321 is HYJLwings

 

[planes_on_a_shelf]

I can never have enough of the CZ livery.
Such a timeless scheme.
Classic, yet not nostalgic.
Modern, but not sterile.
And looks fabulous on any aircraft!
That's a rare accomplishment.

I'd put ANA and Air China in the same exceptional category
Of long standing schemes that have withstood the test of time.
And carry a certain brand legacy and assurance - without the need to 'refresh' it ever so often.
(EDIT: Add Singapore & Sichuan )

Which other legacy carrier can you think of that hasn't needed a 'brand refresh' and still wears what they did in 1990? And isn't Air France level sterility

 

[ChairFlyer101]

I can never have enough of the CZ livery.
Such a timeless scheme.
Classic, yet not nostalgic.
Modern, but not sterile.
And looks fabulous on any aircraft!
That's a rare accomplishment.

I'd put ANA and Air China in the same exceptional category
Of long standing schemes that have withstood the test of time.
And carry a certain brand legacy and assurance - without the need to 'refresh' it ever so often.

Which other legacy carrier can you think of that hasn't needed a 'brand refresh' and still wears what they did in 1990? And isn't Air France level sterility

Singapore!

 

[planes_on_a_shelf]

Singapore!

Yessssss! Right!
I didn't realise until your comment led me to Google it haha - the current livery is from 1987! I'd imagined it was from the mid 90s
Yes they did change the title size etc, but the livery itself hasn't!

And I add one more! Sichuan!

I think this needs to be another thread
I'm hijacking this one lol

 

[Theresa apocalypse222222]

Yessssss! Right!
I didn't realise until your comment led me to Google it haha - the current livery is from 1987! I'd imagined it was from the mid 90s
Yes they did change the title size etc, but the livery itself hasn't!

And I add one more! Sichuan!

I think this needs to be another thread
I'm hijacking this one lol

Shandong Airlines；the livery hasn’t change since 1994

 

[bakejobb_23]

I can never have enough of the CZ livery.
Such a timeless scheme.
Classic, yet not nostalgic.
Modern, but not sterile.
And looks fabulous on any aircraft!
That's a rare accomplishment.

I'd put ANA and Air China in the same exceptional category
Of long standing schemes that have withstood the test of time.
And carry a certain brand legacy and assurance - without the need to 'refresh' it ever so often.
(EDIT: Add Singapore & Sichuan )

Which other legacy carrier can you think of that hasn't needed a 'brand refresh' and still wears what they did in 1990? And isn't Air France level sterility

cheatlines need to return badly…they’re the key to a timeless classic livery imo. Name any airline with the best livery of all time and I bet well over half include iconic cheatlines (generally of course)

 

[OllieBHaas25]

Yessssss! Right!
I didn't realise until your comment led me to Google it haha - the current livery is from 1987! I'd imagined it was from the mid 90s
Yes they did change the title size etc, but the livery itself hasn't!

And I add one more! Sichuan!

I think this needs to be another thread
I'm hijacking this one lol

TAAG! I know they have anew livery but the old one really stood the test of time

 

[josecolme]

We need a few more A318s. Mexicana in the last three liveries, Avianca and LAN Chile used them in Latin America.

 

[planes_on_a_shelf]

We need a few more A318s. Mexicana in the last three liveries, Avianca and LAN Chile used them in Latin America.

NG's already released a pair of LAN A318s!
I'm hoping for Mexicana and Aviancas in the future

 

[LeoMuse747]

Avianca Brasil was also the last operator of A318 with PW engines. These were since scrapped, and now every A318 active nowadays is CFM powered

 

[MIAv8Diecast]

I can never have enough of the CZ livery.
Such a timeless scheme.
Classic, yet not nostalgic.
Modern, but not sterile.
And looks fabulous on any aircraft!
That's a rare accomplishment.

I'd put ANA and Air China in the same exceptional category
Of long standing schemes that have withstood the test of time.
And carry a certain brand legacy and assurance - without the need to 'refresh' it ever so often.
(EDIT: Add Singapore & Sichuan )

Which other legacy carrier can you think of that hasn't needed a 'brand refresh' and still wears what they did in 1990? And isn't Air France level sterility

Air Koryo

 

[planes_on_a_shelf]

Air Koryo

Touché

 

[josecolme]

NG's already released a pair of LAN A318s!
I'm hoping for Mexicana and Aviancas in the future

Yea, I did get the LAN. Hopefully thos Mexicana and Aviancas show up at some point.

 

[bakejobb_23]

Yea, I did get the LAN. Hopefully thos Mexicana and Aviancas show up at some point.

As insane as it sounds- getting all 11 frontier a318s would be kinda neat, especially since they all have their own “unique” tail sections (I believe there were no repeats there)