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Personally, my favorite is the latest Alaska Airlines livery, the latest American Airlines livery, and any of Virgin Atlantic's liveries, especially the new one.

 

My least favorite liveries are Uzbekistan Airways's latest livery, Spirit's yellow monstrosity, and Air China's standard livery.


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favorite: LATAM Airlines

 

least favorite: i don't know



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My favorite, I think it's the SNMagritte form brussels airlines

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there might be better, but I think this one is my favorite.



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My favorite, I think it's the SNMagritte form brussels airlines

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there might be better, but I think this one is my favorite.



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My favorite is Aerolíneas Argentinas livery

least favorite: Frontier and Kulula.com



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My favorite liveries: KLM, Lufthansa, and Iberia's old livery
My least favorite livery: American Airlines, 2013-present

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My favorite thing to see is the Frontier tails. They're each unique and awesome.

 

My least favorite livery by far is the American Airlines rebrand since 2013. The move didn't make sense to me. You had a livery that didn't require much paint and wasn't broken or anything (I mean you kept it for years!) why replace it with a paint scheme that requires a full coat of paint? It adds weight and costs money to paint.



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My favorite thing to see if the Frontier tails. They're each unique and awesome.

 

My least favorite livery by far is the American Airlines rebrand since 2013. The move didn't make sense to me. You had a livery that didn't require much paint and wasn't broken or anything (I mean you kept it for years!) why replace it with a paint scheme that requires a full coat of paint? It adds weight and costs money to paint.

Because new planes aren't made purely of metal anymore. Many are actually made out of composites that don't look good bare. It would cost a ton of money to paint them chrome, more than it would to paint them in a new livery. Also, American thought needed a new livery; their old one was getting dated in comparison to its competitors.


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Because new planes aren't made purely of metal anymore. Many are actually made out of composites that don't look good bare. It would cost a ton of money to paint them chrome, more than it would to paint them in a new livery. Also, American thought needed a new livery; their old one was getting dated in comparison to its competitors.

But the last thing AA needed was a new logo from scratch. They should've kept Vignelli's logo, or at least updated it. And that hideous tail that looks like broken piano keys just throws me off :(

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But the last thing AA needed was a new logo from scratch. They should've kept Vignelli's logo, or at least updated it.

True. To be honest I was really unenthusiastic about the new logo when it was revealed. Infact, when I learned they’d be doing a logo change, I desparatley wished that the old logo would be painted in grey on the belly of the plane.

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My favorite is Aerolíneas Argentinas livery

least favorite: Frontier and Kulula.com

Kulula is still bearable but pretty bad i have to agree,although I do think Mango is even worse.

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Best would probs be Etihad ( Such a nice clean and balanced look) or the classic Air Seychelles ( gives off such a nice vibe)

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The best, Nothing even comes close  ;) 

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i guess i find out my least favorite liveries



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I really like Sun Country's old livery

 

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New livery is nice too, although I think it's a step backwards

 

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I like the new Nordwind livery too. Love it

 

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I really hate Travel Service

 

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UTair new livery. Ew.

 

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Not a fan of this special Transavia livery either. Just doesn't fit in with the rest of the Transavia branding. 

 

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I really like Sun Country's old livery

 

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New livery is nice too, although I think it's a step backwards

 

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I like the new Nordwind livery too. Love it

 

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I really hate Travel Service

 

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UTair new livery. Ew.

 

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Not a fan of this special Transavia livery either. Just doesn't fit in with the rest of the Transavia branding. 

 

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I didn't know Sun Country introduced a new livery! Neither did I know that Nordwind was an airline. It reminds me on Northwest's final livery - which I love - and Utair I couldn't agree more on how bad it is. It looks like FlyAndCrash designed it. The Transavia livery is okay.


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Favorite: Air China Go Communism

Least Favorite: none


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Air Canada's new one is good, as is Air New Zealand (particularly the mostly black version). Also don't mind Qantas's new livery and Cathay Pacific's.



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Personally, my favorite is the latest Alaska Airlines livery, the latest American Airlines livery, and any of Virgin Atlantic's liveries, especially the new one.

 

My least favorite liveries are Uzbekistan Airways's latest livery, Spirit's yellow monstrosity, and Air China's standard livery.

I liked the old livery better. With not many airlines using cheatlines anymore, it looked fairly unique. I also miss the k kicking the a in the groin in "Alaska".



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wow that air NZ livery is absolutely beautiful

 

as for a livery that i don't like:

B-3153_-_Tianjin_Airlines_-_Embraer_ERJ- the character on the tail and the font do it for me

thankfully on some of their planes the yellow rat on the back is replaced with a better-looking logo






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