Malev Hungarian Airlines Boeing 737-600 (HA-LOE) in snowy Moscow
Malev Hungarian Airlines was founded back in 1946 as the Hungarian-Soviet Civil Air Transport Joint Stock Company (that’s a long name). The airline is based out of Budapest and flies to 50 cities in 34 different countries.
Malev has 22 aircraft, including 6 Boeing 737-600’s, 7 737-700’s, 5 737-800’s and 4 Q400. They used to fly Boeing 767’s which make the livery look good as well.
I love this livery with the blue nose, why don’t more airlines do this? Oh I have seen a few liveries with the nose a different color, but it wasn’t meant to be. Although I do like the blue nose best on a Q400.
Image: Aleksander Markin
Clickair Airbus A320 (EC-GRH)
Silver blue and teal. Why does that sound so familiar? Ah right, Eastern Air Lines tried out that livery combination for a while and it looked great. Although the livery looks great, it is no longer flying.
Clickair is a low cost carrier that was founded in 2006 and was based in Barelona. The little airline grew quickly to almost 40 destinations and about 25 Airbus A320’s before it merged with Vueling Airlines in July 2009.
It is sad to see a very nice looking liver disapere, but at least Vueling’s livery isn’t half-bad either.
Image: albspotter
United Airlines Boeing 757 (N542UA) with special Oprah livery. Click for Larger.
Man, United Airlines and their new livery has made a lot of blogs on here recently. Oprah has been making pretty good airline news as well. She gave her entire audience a trip down to Australia with Qantas and now she has her name on a United Airlines Boeing 757.
When I first received the press release all I could do was laugh, but okay I guess it makes sense. United is based out of Chicago and so is Oprah. But doesn’t Oprah always say “travel accommodations provided by… American Airlines?” I dunno, I haven’t watched it in years. Anyhow, United wants to help celebrate Oprah’s final season by creating a special livery.
Not only does the exterior have Oprah stuff, but the interior does too. On the inaugural flight, passengers had a special video message from Oprah and one lucky passenger won enough United Mileage Plus miles for a trip around the world. Everyone else got a special fleece blanket.
If you weren’t on the first flight, don’t worry. United is having a contest and giving away a million miles per month through May 2011, which is when the special Oprah livery will be taken off the aircraft.
MORE:
* Time lapse video of the Boeing 757 being painted
* Video of Oprah’s welcome message
Videos and Image from United Airlines
I have loved following Allegiant getting their new Boeing 757’s. I find it very interesting when an airline runs only one aircraft type, then gets another. Recently I shared one Boeing 757 with Allegiant’s old livery (N901NV) and then got photos of a second Boeing 757 with Allegiant’s new livery (N902NV). I was told that this new livery would be added to their fleet of MD-80 aircraft and now we have our first look. Now we get a look at Allegiant’s new livery on an MD-82 maddog.
After seeing the first 757 in old livery and the second 757 in new livery, I wasn’t sure how I liked it. Now with more time I am liking the addition orange on the aircraft. Now, it is time to try to see one of these badboys (err maddogs) in person.
Photos from Allegiant
Dutch Antilles Express Fokker 100 (PJ-DAB) landing at St. Maarten.
Using this photo is not really fair. Almost any livery is going to look good landing at St. Maarten. When you take a look at her livery on the not-so-exciting ground you can see it really is nothing special.
Dutch Antilles Express (DAE) is a small airline based in Curacao, Netherlands Antilles. The airline only has a fleet of five: three ATR 42s and two Fokker 100s.
Even though the airline started back in 2005, their about us section of their website still has, “under construction,” which is not very re-assuring.
Image: TVL1970
