Brussels Airlines - #Snrackham

Brussels Airlines - #Snrackham

Emphasizing its position as the flagship carrier of Belgium, Brussels Airlines has created a bespoke ‘black shark’ A320 aircraft, inspired by the well-known childhood adventure series Tintin , which have been created by Belgian artist Hergé.

The livery is based on the shark submarine from the Tintin adventure, Red Rackham’s Treasure ). The aircraft was baptized ‘Rackham’ , and on the fuselage it says: “We fly you to the home of Tintin.”

For the painting of the aircraft, Brussels Airlines had the challenging task to adapt the perspective of the original drawings to the unusual curves of an aircraft fuselage. The entire paint job took 1500 man hours in total and even extends to the bulkhead design inside the aircraft. Video here.

I was personally brought up with the comic albums of Tintin, I learned to read with them. This partnership means a lot to Brussels Airlines. Tintin is a frequent traveler, discovered countries around the world and met people of different nationalities and cultures during his adventures. Abroad, we feel like an ambassador of Belgium. In all we do, we build on our ‘Belgitude’ while emphasizing on ‘the best of Belgium’. Tintin fits perfectly into this positioning and represents the characteristics that we also want to put forward: being open minded and welcoming,

commented Bernard Gustin, CEO of Brussels Airlines.

Spotters, aviation enthusiasts and Tintin fans can follow the whereabouts of the plane on the brusselsairlines.com website and are invited to share their pictures tagged with #SNRackham on social media.