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AMAZING AEROPLANE PAINT JOBS

Added on: 31st May 2015

 

AIR NEW ZEALAND – THE HOBBIT

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To celebrate the release of The Hobbit and to promote the country’s

film and tourism industry, the airline painted one of its planes with the

characters from the film. Even a specially made safety video was

filmed using the Hobbit characters for this plane.

 

 

ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS – FLY PANDA

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In 2007, to celebrate 20 years of flying to China from Japan,

All Nippon Airlines painted one of its planes as a Panda, one

of China’s national symbols. It’s still in service today and is

appropriately called the “Fly Panda”.

 

 

THAI AIRWAYS – ROYAL BARGE

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To celebrate and honour the king of Thailand, Thai Airways painted

Three of its planes with the image of the two traditional royal barges,

on either side. These traditional barges stretch from both sides of

the plane and even have small people painted on them to add

attention to detail as well as traditional Thai temples.

 

 

SWISS AIR – SAN FRANCISCO

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Swiss Air unveiled a San Francisco themed plane job to celebrate

the launch of its non-stop flight from Zurich to San Francisco.

The flower power design includes peace symbols, music notes,

love hearts and words painted in hippy like fonts and colours.

It took eight people, three days to paint the aircraft.

 

 

NOK AIR – BIRD

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Nok Air is an airline from Thailand. Nok is the Thai word for bird so in

English the name can literally be translated into “Bird Air”.

To play homage to its name, all of its aircraft are painted to look like

colourful birds. The beak is painted on the nose of the plane and

the rest of the plane is painted in many different designs and

colours to make up the feathers.

 

 

ALASKA AIR-SALMON-THIRTY-SALMON

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Alaska Air brought out a plane called the “Salmon-Thirty-Salmon” in

2005 (that’s a play on words for 737 which is the type of plane the

airline decorated, a Boeing 737). It was done to celebrate the airlines

unique relationship with the people and communities of Alaska and to

also promote the state’s seafood industry. The plane was unfortunately

repainted in 2011 to the dismay of many and after a year-long outcry,

the airline brought back the paint job in 2012.

 

KULULA AIRLINES – FLYING 101

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South African airline, Kulula Airlines was more than creative with this

paint job. The plane is decorated with labels that describe the various

parts of the plane and gives a brief description for what they’re used for.

The airline did this to raise awareness of some of the unknowns of

aviation and to also raise awareness of air safety.

 

 

ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS – POKEMON JETS

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Japanese airline, All Nippon Airways, has been decorating it’s

planes with the characters from Pokemon ever since 1998 to

promote Japanese culture. Nicknamed the Pokemon Jets, the airline

has six of them which are still in use today. It’s not just the outside

that is decorated though, even cabin, headrests, uniforms,

food containers and souvenir bags are decorated in Pokemon

designs to make the experience a little bit more special.

 


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