Everyone's Favourite Livery

[VDH.FliesOut]

Singapore Airlines' livery is definitely one of my favourites. It's classy, yet modern. And it fits well on all of their aircraft.


KLM is also a favourite. I love their "Drop Nose" livery. And I appreciate how the company is still keeping the sky blue colour instead of going for the typical "bland modern" liveries. But it's the classic thick cheatline livery from the '90s holds a special place. Maybe it's the nostalgia in me

 

[planes_on_a_shelf]

Eurowhite was nice when it was first unveiled back in the 1970s/1980s because they stood out.
I bet it was cool to see a pure white Air France, SAS or even Transbrasil planes back in the day

It was! As a Xennial, I can ratify this
It was revolutionary for the 1970s/80s - the Eurowhites, the Billboards - especially exciting to see those during my trips to FRA.

Lufthansa may be the biggest offender of this..

it adopted the Eurowhite much later than others - only in the 1980s!

See the remarkable minimal Indian Airlines livery from 1967 - I'm surprised it doesn't get more recognition - and for its creator - who was a contemporary of Vignelli & Saul Bass , considering its one of the earliest Eurowhites worldwide - from roughly the same time European carriers like UTA introduced it. Remained unchanged for almost 4 decades. Minimal by itself isn't isn't bad - it's the execution.

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That's exactly how I see JAL, China Eastern, Finnair... there is no class, no effort, just a white tube and a name.

You can add Swiss and Air France to this lol - and of course now, Lufthansa & Iberia -
legacy carriers that perpetuate a blandness in their approach to Eurowhite (Qantas is also Eurowhite - but it's definitely not 'bland')
By this metric, Korean is fortunately not a Eurowhite wasteland.

And I think it's fair not to add carries like Mahan Air here - as they operate under severe sanctions - so justifiably they wish to reduce expenses.

 

[BHD]

For me It’s Southwest Canyon Blue livery, Sun country Old livery, Hawaiians livery and Oman air Southwest state liveries are also satisfying.

 

[planes_on_a_shelf]

Sun country Old livery, Hawaiians livery

Loovvvve these 2
Sun Country old scheme especially is a stunner

 

[Tropicalista]

Volga dnepr
DHL
And… Alitalia was not bad…
I must agree with @Charter Neos is very beautiful

 

[BHD]

Loovvvve these 2
Sun Country old scheme especially is a stunner

Indeed lovely birds.

 

[_KAviation]

For me, my favourites are:
Virgin Atlantic, Silver Dream Machine and current liveries


Singapore Airlines


Thai Airways


Oman Air


Etihad Airways


Air Tahiti Nui

 

[MIAv8Diecast]

If there was ever a livery duo that was a match made it heaven.. KLM & NWA.

 

[LeoMuse747]

Many great liveries being mentioned here! Very cool!

 

[Thingswithwings]

For me, my favourites are:
Virgin Atlantic, Silver Dream Machine and current liveries

Etihad Airways
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Etihad I think maybe the most elegant one out there, and it looks great on a 787. KLM and Southwest are way up there for me too.

 

[OllieBHaas25]

IMHO Azerbaijan Airlines has a really cool livery. So does air Tahiti nui. I love the undertone blue patterns if you couldn’t tell

 

[bakejobb_23]

A few of my favorites

 

[Alphaless]

I can't pick one so I will dump a bunch here. There are plenty more I didn't attach.

Blue1 is non-existent in this hobby, needs to change. 7 unique 717 paintjobs and none have been made in diecast.

 

[planes_on_a_shelf]

Hilarious that @YesterAirlines tongue-in-cheek thread title has been taken up by folks to actually share their favorite schemes
Keep it coming

 

[Phantom]

Thanks to todays fast-paced social media I think those who read more than just a thread title and maybe the latest post before posting away are in the minority these days.

 

[Alphaless]

Hilarious that @YesterAirlines tongue-in-cheek thread title has been taken up by folks to actually share their favorite schemes
Keep it coming

The collectors have spoken, or something.

 

[SmallTimeAviation]

United Saul Bass, Delta widget and Continental meatball.

 

[SIGWX]

Why put any words on the fuselage when a blank slate does the job? JAL and China Eastern need to step up their game.

This is what peak looks like, ASL Airlines Belgium cooked

 

[Starz10p Aviation]

I quite like the United Evo Blue livery. It has lots of character, and gives an older livery a modern yet unique feel. Other modern liveries are way to simple (Korean Airline’s new livery, and other simple modern liveries that have been popping up lately), but United made this refresh look much better than the original Unicon colors.