Livery Watch

Here’s a round up of special airline livery that we’ve spotted over the past month.

American Airlines - Medal of Honor

American Airlines has painted an A321 aircraft in special ‘Medal of Honor’ livery. The Medal of Honor is the highest award for military valor in action in the USA.

The aircraft - ‘Flagship Valor’ - was unveiled ahead of the groundbreaking of the National Medal of Honor Museum in Arlington, Texas. Expected to open in 2024, the new museum is opening with American Airlines as a founding partner.

Condor - Stripes

From SimpliFlying CEO Shashank Nigam:

Colourful flying zebras? Nope! April Fools’ joke? Not at all. It’s Condor’s bold experiment with a striped new livery. Yay or Nay?

There are ways to break the mould and then there are *ways* to break the mould. Condor is thinking beyond Euro-white.

The new Condor aircraft will be wearing stripes in five colours in the future. According to the airline, the colours and design are “Inspired by parasols, bath towels and beach loungers”.

If you think about it, beach towels are what you’re likely to be imagining when you’re about to board a Condor flight. So why not put it on the fuselage too? Or is it going too far?

A livery is meant to help an airline stand out. To make the brand memorable. This new Condor livery is striking and delivers just that for the airline.

Congratulations to the Condor team on shaking up the norm.

Fly Jinnah - New Livery

Nauru Airlines - New Livery

New Pakistani LCC Fly Jinnah has unveiled new livery and a modern red brand identity using its initials ‘FJ’.

Expected to start flying from June, Fly Jinnah, the colours and identity are very similar to that sported by Middle Eastern LCC Air Arabia. This isn’t a coincidence, as the new airline is in fact an JV with Air Arabia one of the partners.

Nauru Airlines has taken delivery of a new 737-700 and also unveiled its brand new livery.

According to Simple Flying, this features “Nauru’s distinctive 12-pointed star representing its tribes and people.”

The new livery is due to be rolled out to the rest of the fleet in due course.

Sri Lankan Airlines - Raid Amazones

Sri Lankan Airlines teamed up with French sporting event Raid Amazones.

In March and April this saw 600 French female athletes take part in a series of challenges in Sri Lanka, including mountain biking, canoeing and archery.

To highlight the event and partnership, Sri Lankan Airlines painted one of its aircraft in special livery.

This featured the ancient rock fortress of Sigiriya, one of the iconic backdrops to this year’s event.