How well did you do in this airline livery challenge?
YES! I did it. I made a very challenging Ultimate Livery Challenge that few people could get. However, maybe that is not the best way to do it, since I want more people to be able to enjoy. Anyhow, I knew this one was going to be difficult, but holy cow some people got them all right.
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#1 China Soutwest Airlines Boeing 737-300. Photo by AlainDurand.
#2: AeroPeru DC-8-62. Photo by Savas Garozis.
#3: Air Mauritius Airbus A340-300. Photo by Thomas Becker.
#4: Ecuatoriana Airbus A310-300. Photo by Axel J.
#5: Kar Air Airbus A300-200. Photo by Jordi757.
#6: Aerolineas Argentinas Boeing 737-200. Photo by AlainDurand.
#7: Bulgarian Airlines Ilyushin IL-18V. Photo by RAScholefield.
#8: Nigeria Airways DC-10-30. Photo by Savvas Garozis.
#9: Buzz Boeing 737-300. Photo by Helmut Bierbaum.
#10: L’Avion Boeing 757-200. Photo by Kurt Greul.
So who were the livery-nerds who got them right?
* Gordon W (@GordonWerner): he is the only person to get all three livery challenges with aircraft types correct.
* Liz M (@ImperfectSense): not only did she get all the liveries, but she also got all the aircraft types.
Those semi livery-nerds with 5 or more correct:
* Patrick O: 9
* Ben W: 9
* Rory M: 8
* Raul G: 6
* Michael K: 6
* Robin J: 5
The winners will be mailed prizes and heck, since this one was so difficult, I am going to send AirlineReporter.com stickers to everyone who got five or more correct!
Team Marco Polo provides knowledge and humor...some of my favorite things.
Ah, to travel the way it used to be. Think you have it hard now with little leg room and peanuts? Go back to the late 1200’s and travel with Marco Polo, talk about having it rough. I am sure he would have LOVED to pay for a little bag fee to travel 4000 miles in a few hours versus three years.
Anyhow, Mr. Polo recently celebrated his Birthday and the fine folks over at Team Marco Polo made a fun celebration video (there might be someone familiar at the Future of Flight in that video). I talked about this very funny Seattle based kids travel show a while back and they are still moving forward.
Air Finland's new livery on a Boeing 757
I love it when an airline has a snoozers livery and turns it into a WOW livery. Found some mock-ups on Airliners.net and couldn’t help by share. Take a look at their currently livery. It is not the world’s worst, but definitly not inspiriting. Of course any livery in an air-to-air shot with a Boeing 757 is going to look good. Seeing the livery on the ground isn’t as exciting.
Air Finland is based at the Helsinki-Vantaa Airport in Vantaa, Finland. They have a flee of three Boeing 757-200s that they use in scheduled and charter flights. They were founded in 2002 and started flights in 2003. From Europe they fly to Africa, Canada and Mexico.
UPDATE: The first Boeing 757 has been painted. Here is a photo of the actual plane. Wow, I almost think it looks better in real life vs the mock up! Thanks @APGPhoto.
More good stuff:
* All three Boeing 757’s in current livery photo
* What the three 757’s will look like in new livery
* Larger version of image used in the blog
* Why don’t more airlines do this? 360deg interior tour of their cabin
I have confirmation that the first flight for ZA006 will be Monday at Paine Field. No confirmation of time, but most likely it will be set to take off at 10am.
Allegiant Air MD-83
If you follow Allegiant Airlines on Twitter, you noticed a lot of announcements for new routes recently. I have been talking a lot about their Boeing 757’s getting painted in their livery, but I wanted to talk about all the new action their MD-80’s will be seeing. Here is a list of new routes they announced that will be starting next week:
Some of the new Allegiant routes start next week
Just in time for the winter to allow people in colder climates to get to warmer ones. All these new flights will be flown by Allegiant’s MD-80 aircraft. This means (hopefully) there should be some more announcements here in the near future that involve Allegiant’s new Boeing 757s.
One destination I am disappointed not to see is Paine Field. As I discussed earlier in the year, Allegiant Air and Horizon Air were looking to fly into Paine Field, which is located about 20 miles north of Seattle. At this point, everyone is still waiting and no decision has been made.
Image: Silenus81