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Vostokavia Boeing 737-500


Vostokavia Boeing 737-500

After the first Boeing 737 was delivered to Vostokavia in 1998, Vostokavia continued to add examples of the American-built jet to the fleet. Vostokavia currently operates 6 737 variants - the -300, -400, -500, -600, -800 and -900 as well as multiple 737 MAX airframes currently stored overseas in Renton. The Boeing 737 proved a versatile replacement for Vostokavia's elderly Tu154 trijets, becoming a workhorse of its own in the Russian Far East.

In 2017, Vostokavia decided to replace its 1992-vintage paint scheme with something that represented the new spirit of the post-Soviet Siberian locations that their operations connected. A new minimalistic design was introduced, replacing the traditional red rudder on the tail with a stylish red swoop. The logo, featuring a reindeer and a in a badge with wings was moved and resized under the windows after door L1. Notably, the hammer and sickle was eschewed from this version of the logo.

AIRCRAFT INFORMATION

Boeing 737-5T1 - EI-OIJ
October 1994 delivered to Southwest Airlines
January 2010 sold to Vostokavia, winglets installed
June 2020 stored in Vladivostok



    I feel like the tail is a bit basic (Maybe add a second swoop?), but I love this livery regardsless!

    I feel like the tail is a bit basic (Maybe add a second swoop?), but I love this livery regardsless!

    I agree. adding a second swoop would make the tail feel more complete. other than that, it's awesome!

    This is really cool

    I feel like the tail is a bit basic (Maybe add a second swoop?), but I love this livery regardsless!

    Agreed. Don't try to imitate Utair, their livery is trash. 

    I'd actually have to disagree with everyone who has commented here - this is definitely super minimalist, but I can see it being a realistic thing that would actually exist, which is what matters in this case. I'd tweak the curve so it flows more naturally out of the front (less vertical) part of the tail, but overall the general concept does work, especially for this kind of Russian airline based somewhere out on the periphery that suddenly modernizes its fleet and livery.

    Sidenote: The only part of this that isn't realistic and that I actually hate is the hammer and sickle in the logo. It shouldn't have been in the original (1992) design, and it definitely shouldn't be on this one. The only reason Aeroflot uses it is cause its part of their historical logo. As far as I'm aware, nobody else does - and why would they? The USSR collapsed 30 years ago!

    The only part of this that isn't realistic and that I actually hate is the hammer and sickle in the logo. It shouldn't have been in the original (1992) design, and it definitely shouldn't be on this one. The only reason Aeroflot uses it is cause its part of their historical logo. As far as I'm aware, nobody else does - and why would they? The USSR collapsed 30 years ago!

    I guess the logo was based on Aeroflot's in a few ways, as this airline was meant to have been the Far Eastern division of Aeroflot before the breakaway. I'll think about it and probably change it