V Australia Boeing 777 coming in to land at LAX
Can you keep track of all the Virgin airlines that are out there now? Yes, the ones that are “Virgin ______” are easy to tell, but some aren’t so easy.
V Australia gives a big hint with the big “V”.The airline is the “sister” to Virgin Blue. The airline departs from Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane and flies to LAX and Phuket. Flights to Fiji will start on December 18th and they hope to get to Johannesburg by March 2010.
Virgin Blue put the name of the new airline up to vote. The final name choices were: Matilda Blue, V Australia, Australia Blue, Virgin Pacific, Amelia Blue, Didgeree Blue, Liberty Blue, and Virgin Australia. Of course V Australia won and they named their first plane after the 2nd place name, Digeree Blue.
They currently run four Boeing 777-300ER’s in a 3 class layout. Any guesses on what the next Virgin airline wil be called?
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LIVERY OF THE WEEK: Balkan Holidays Airlines
Balkan Holidays Airline (or BH Air) is a special charter airline for Balkan Holidays that provides special tours. to Bulgaria, Croatia, Slovenia, Montenegro, Serbia and Romania. The tour company has been around since 1966, but the airline was created more rently in 2002. The airline flies chartered flights to the UK, Scandinavia, Germany, Israel, Switzerland, and others.
The charter airline started with one lone Tuplov TU-154, but today they have four aircraft, all Airbus 320’s. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bh_air_a320-200_lz-bhd_takes_off_at_manchester_arp.jpg
Image: Bonedome 33 http://www.flickr.com/photos/bonedome/2349768069/
Tupolev Tu-154, LZ-HMI, Balkan Holidays, Manchester, June 2006
Balkan Holidays Airline (or BH Air) is a special charter airline for Balkan Holidays that provides special tours. to Bulgaria, Croatia, Slovenia, Montenegro, Serbia and Romania. The tour company has been around since 1966, but the airline was created more recently in 2002. The airline flies chartered flights to the UK, Scandinavia, Germany, Israel, Switzerland, and others.
The charter airline started with one lone Tupolev TU-154, but today they have four aircraft, all Airbus 320’s.
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Image: Bonedome 33
747-8 Paint Roll Out
Last week, Boeing showed off its “light” livery on the new Boeing 747-8 Freighter. This new Boeing livery saves time and cost, since it is less complex than their standard livery.
It has a simple white background, with stripe and “8” on the tail. I got a glimpse of the new livery myself while driving by Paine Field (don’t worry my passenger took that picture) and it looks even better in person than it does in pictures.
Check out the photo gallery of additional photos and video of the B747-8 Freighter (I love that wing).
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Source: Seattle PI
Safi Airways Boeing 767 (YA-AQS) in the Netherlands in March 2009 taking the President of Afghanistan to a conference
This livery is unique, but it seems confused. I like the nice silver base and the blue strips on front. However, the red/orange font doesn’t go too well and the tail seems confused with having strips, gradient, and the logo.
Safi Airways was founded in 2006 and flies between Afghanistan, Germany, Iraq, and UAE. Their fleet has one Airbus A340-300, two Boeing 737-300’s, and two Boeing 767-200ER’s. It is headquartered in Kabul, Afghanistan, with an office in Dubai, UAE.
One of their Boeing 767’s is the official plane for the president of Afghanistan.
THANK YOU YVETTE FOR THE TIP!
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Image: Peter van Marion
Apolo Ohno getting off the plane with his face on the side.
The Winter Olympics in Vancouver, B.C. are right around the corner. Alaska Airlines (based in Seattle, WA) is celebrating the Olympics with a special themed Boeing 737-800 displaying a picture of Apolo Ohno on the side. Ohno is one of the most decorated speed skaters in history and also a winner on “Dancing with The Stars.” Ohno is a Seattle native and a local celebrity.
Brad Tilden, Alaska’s president, stated, “The ’˜Follow Apolo’ jet will fly across our route system to build excitement for this great American athlete.’
When seeing the plane for the first time, Ohno said, ’œIt’s an honor to be featured alongside Alaska’s trademark Eskimo and have the support of my hometown airline for the most important race of my life.’ It has to be odd to see a bigger-than-life photo of you on the side of a plane. There is also a website where fans can follow Ohno’s quest to be the most decorated Winter Olympics athlete in history.
This aircraft adds to Alaska/Horizon’s great collection of themed liveries. Check out more photos of the event.
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