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winterlight wrote:I think the whole idea of logos and lettering on the belly is a silly idea. Same goes for winglets, which as merely upturned wingtips, should remain grey.
LeCoqFrancais wrote:I was wondering why American Airlines did not paint their new eagle logo on the belly of their planes?
LeCoqFrancais wrote:Its people like you that make us have liveries like
winterlight wrote:I think the whole idea of logos and lettering on the belly is a silly idea. Same goes for winglets, which are simply upturned wingtips anyway.
winterlight wrote:I think the whole idea of logos and lettering on the belly is a silly idea. Same goes for winglets, which are simply upturned wingtips anyway.
winginit wrote:It would be an added expense with little if any revenue upside to offset the cost.
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You mean perfectly rational livery decisions? So they don't look great. Who cares? It doesn't dictate customer preference in 99.99% of transactions. These are businesses not beauty pageants.
ckfred wrote:If you go back to the early days of the jet age and earlier, it was common to find something painted on both the upper and lower surfaces of the wing, such as the airline name or IATA code or the registration number of the aircraft. I can remember when TW aircraft had the letters "TWA" painted in red on the wings. In the days of the lightning bolt livery, AA painted the ailerons red.
Painted winglets aren't such a bad idea, because it allows it makes them stick out. That can come in handy ground operations. A friend of mine who is a 737 captain with AA is worried that when AA starts taking deliveries of their 738 MAX aircraft, ground vehicles could run into the split wingtip, if the entire wingtip is painted silver/gray. He thinks the lower part should be painted red, and the upper part blue.
LeCoqFrancais wrote:
LeCoqFrancais wrote:Its pretty obvious you have not taken any business and management classes while studying, because of you would have you would know that a corporate identity (logo, livery, etc) can make or brake a company. If you fly on airline X and airline Y and both have a great product and service but airline X has a bland corporate identity (a la China Eastern) and airline Y has a strong corporate image (a la Emirates) you are more likely to remember airline Y over airline X because its livery and logo are easy to remember and flashy.
einsteinboricua wrote:Where possible, the logo can fit on the winglets (though I don't see the point since it will be visible to those already flying the airline).
blink182 wrote:Qantas' decision to paint the inside of their winglets with their latest colorscheme is due in large part to the preponderance of airplane photos shot from passengers that are appearing across social media. Every time someone takes a window shot from a QF 738 or 330, the world will know it's a Qantas aircraft.
BravoOne wrote:... it's a waste of money that might be used to enhance the inflight service ......
winginit wrote:LeCoqFrancais wrote:I was wondering why American Airlines did not paint their new eagle logo on the belly of their planes?
LeCoqFrancais wrote:winginit wrote:It would be an added expense with little if any revenue upside to offset the cost.
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You mean perfectly rational livery decisions? So they don't look great. Who cares? It doesn't dictate customer preference in 99.99% of transactions. These are businesses not beauty pageants.
Its pretty obvious you have not taken any business and management classes while studying, because of you would have you would know that a corporate identity (logo, livery, etc) can make or brake a company. If you fly on airline X and airline Y and both have a great product and service but airline X has a bland corporate identity (a la China Eastern) and airline Y has a strong corporate image (a la Emirates) you are more likely to remember airline Y over airline X because its livery and logo are easy to remember and flashy.ckfred wrote:If you go back to the early days of the jet age and earlier, it was common to find something painted on both the upper and lower surfaces of the wing, such as the airline name or IATA code or the registration number of the aircraft. I can remember when TW aircraft had the letters "TWA" painted in red on the wings. In the days of the lightning bolt livery, AA painted the ailerons red.
Lofty wrote:Belly logos have an advantage of letting airlines tell the locals they have a presence in that country.
32andBelow wrote:The answer is that then there would be an American logon on the belly of the plane.
beechnut wrote:I thought I should jump in and let everyone know that the OP, LeCoqFrancais who's real name is Sébastien C. Tourillon, passed away last Saturday (11 March). He was only 20 years old. RIP. His obituary was in today's La Presse (largest French-language daily in Canada).
I had read in one of his posts that he was terminally ill. Alas it was all too true.
Beech