LH introduces revised livery

Channex757 · Wed Oct 04, 2017 12:41 am

IMO (that stands for In MY Opinion in case anyone wants to rip me a new one)

The current LH livery sends out a powerful statement to the passenger. "We at Lufthansa aren't really bothered about making our planes look gaudy and flashy as we would rather concentrate on efficiency and the experience inside the fuselage".

It's smart, timeless businesslike and deliberate.

FriscoHeavy · Wed Oct 04, 2017 1:37 am

AtomicGarden wrote:
LH's livery is Eurowhite yet for many folks it's ok if they go this route.

I could dig a change from white fuselage to silverish grey like NW had. Picture their planes but with a blue tail instead of read. Now that'd be a nice sight, without being a major change to their "timeless brand".

I agree!

The white isn’t timeless. The fuselage needs some color, especially the front. Most airlines that do add color only do the back 1/3 + tail.

I’m a huge fan of grays in general, but their bellies look so dingy overall. I’m not knocking the airline, I really like them, but they won’t lose their identity by putting a fresh, colorful and classy livery on.

They won’t lose a single customer over it, but it would be much more exciting to watch at the airport or as it comes overhead for landing.

abrelosojos · Wed Oct 04, 2017 4:51 am

It could do with a refresh.

Saludos,
Alex

CarbonFibre · Wed Oct 04, 2017 3:01 pm

AtomicGarden wrote:
LH's livery is Eurowhite

How is a grey belly and blue tail "Eurowhite"? Air France is Eurowhite.

RalXWB · Wed Oct 04, 2017 4:06 pm

The LH livery is part of their corporate identity and brand awareness. There will be livery updates but certainly not a new livery like ACs Delta2.0

seahawk · Wed Oct 04, 2017 4:06 pm

It started in a forum where somebody dug out some design studies from 2015 ordered by a magazine. Nobody who would actually know, would be free to deny or confirm this at this point.

Antarius · Wed Oct 04, 2017 4:56 pm

Embajador3 wrote:
Oh, pleeeease! I hope they don't go the IB way and dump a gorgeous livery for a cheap-looking one!!!

I agree that LH is gorgeous and timeless, but IB... yuck :irked:

ER757 · Wed Oct 04, 2017 5:22 pm

FriscoHeavy wrote:
I’ll be the detractor. It’s very boring and blah. I like the tail, but they could certainly add some color to the body.

+1 here
I will go put my flame-retardant suit on now......

CarbonFibre · Wed Oct 04, 2017 6:24 pm

AtomicGarden wrote:
I could dig a change from white fuselage to silverish grey like NW had.

LAXLHR · Wed Oct 04, 2017 9:15 pm

maortega15 wrote:
Anyone like these concepts?

http://www.wings900.com/vb/1-1-civil-av ... ivery.html

NO! Looks like TG, and wavy always screams LLC (see KLM).

Zaf · Wed Oct 04, 2017 9:27 pm

I agree its about time.
I would replace the white with LH yellow. New modern Logo font ALL UPPER CASE. And a extended tail design like AA.

AtomicGarden · Thu Oct 05, 2017 12:40 am

CarbonFibre wrote:
AtomicGarden wrote:
LH's livery is Eurowhite

How is a grey belly and blue tail "Eurowhite"? Air France is Eurowhite.

You are welcome to share your definition of Eurowhite, as everyone has one. Grey belly doesn't change the fact that the fuselage is mostly devoid of color. And every company has a painted tail. LX and QF are 2 other eurowhite liveries most people here love, all white save for the tail.

bmibaby737 · Sat Jan 13, 2018 8:32 am

Skyliner showing D-ABYA 747-8 ferried to Rome for painting into a new livery. Still speculation or confirmed? I'd read a rumour a slightly revised livery was being announced first week of February

Sula123 · Sat Jan 13, 2018 9:34 am

Please please please, LH, stay away from wavy lines, cropped logos or fonts or any other design fad of the last 10 odd years. Please!!

oldannyboy · Sat Jan 13, 2018 9:52 am

I'm bracing for impact....praying for common sense to prevail....

zkojq · Sat Jan 13, 2018 10:40 am

I really hope that nothing is changed. The current livery is fantastic, nothing wrong with it at all. No need to tweak what isn't broken. Let us all hope that this is nothing.

Spiderguy252 · Sat Jan 13, 2018 10:53 am

Fully expecting some Eurowhite trash a la Finnair or China Eastern.

teusje · Sat Jan 13, 2018 11:35 am

According to Skyliner the first aircraft to be repainted is D-ABYA and it was ferried to FCO yesterday, 12 januari.

http://www.skyliner-aviation.de/regdb.m ... av4&page=4

VSMUT · Sat Jan 13, 2018 12:09 pm

I really hope it doesn't involve wavy lines or the term "my" in front of "Lufthansa".

Bricktop · Sat Jan 13, 2018 1:51 pm

zkojq wrote:
I really hope that nothing is changed. The current livery is fantastic, nothing wrong with it at all. No need to tweak what isn't broken. Let us all hope that this is nothing.

I could not agree more. Fingers crossed.

LH's livery looks on good all their birds. Some liveries look good on wide bodies and crap on narrows, and vice versa. Don't screw it up, LH!

Adipocere · Sat Jan 13, 2018 3:33 pm

LH has had boring Eurowhite which looks like it's from the 80s. I hope they paint their planes a bright LH yellow, more like NK or WN do.

ACCS300 · Sat Jan 13, 2018 4:00 pm

oldannyboy wrote:
I hope they don't mess with their timeless and universally recognized design graphics....

On a side note I am a strong detractor of the KLM wavy line. They've ruined a perfectly executed design. It does nothing to enhance the design flow of the fuselage. It now looks generic and cheaper and I am sure this wavy-line thing will date quickly.

I can't begin to tell you how much I agree with you. The wavy KLM change totally ruined the iconic look of the livery, it doesn't look good on any of their aircraft and completely takes away from the overall branding. I hope one day soon the marketing team realizes this.

steman · Sat Jan 13, 2018 4:16 pm

I have heard that it's just going to be a variation of the current one. The yellow of the logo will disappear and be replaced by silver, much like the logo of their business class lounge. Official presentation should be on February 8th or 9th

ORDfan · Sat Jan 13, 2018 4:59 pm

I'm certainly in the "don't touch it" camp. I think the existing livery looks as good and contemporary as ever - a true testament to it's designer three decades ago.

Rendering with the existing livery on the 777X prove to me that this is not an action worth taking for LH.

MartijnNL · Sat Jan 13, 2018 5:29 pm

Clipper101 wrote:
Hope they can bring a wavy line between white & grey, same style as KLM or UA B787.

The wavy line on the UA B787 makes it the worst looking aircraft type in their entire fleet. I really hate it. A straight line looks so much sharper.

musang · Sat Jan 13, 2018 5:46 pm

"If Qantas can chop off the arms of the roo, I guess Lufthansa could chop off the crane's wings!"

Much earlier, the 'roo had a wing too.

musang

Narfish641 · Sat Jan 13, 2018 6:02 pm

Whenever I think of a new revised livery for Lufthansa, It needs to have the exact same concept as the original livery they had for a while, but it has more of a KLM look to it. The curves on the side of the fuselage, maybe a metallic finish to the paint, and a belly logo.

thebatman · Sat Jan 13, 2018 6:13 pm

ACCS300 wrote:
oldannyboy wrote:
I hope they don't mess with their timeless and universally recognized design graphics....

On a side note I am a strong detractor of the KLM wavy line. They've ruined a perfectly executed design. It does nothing to enhance the design flow of the fuselage. It now looks generic and cheaper and I am sure this wavy-line thing will date quickly.

I can't begin to tell you how much I agree with you. The wavy KLM change totally ruined the iconic look of the livery, it doesn't look good on any of their aircraft and completely takes away from the overall branding. I hope one day soon the marketing team realizes this.

Wow, I totally disagree! I think the KLM 747 with the new "wavy" look is stunning. The best livery out there. It's gorgeous. Hopefully LH can do the same, keep their timeless look but at the same time freshen it up a little.

CBBW · Sat Jan 13, 2018 6:15 pm

It would be interesting to see what kind of Frankensteins's monster would result from a designer trying to accommodate everyone's preferences for a new livery!

I like the current one well enough and I doubt any overhaul would be very radical. I always associate Lufthansa with professionalism and dependability so I hope that if they do change it significantly they don't go with something "playful" or "hip". There's a reason relatively plain liveries age well, IMO.

conaly · Sat Jan 13, 2018 7:19 pm

steman wrote:
I have heard that it's just going to be a variation of the current one. The yellow of the logo will disappear and be replaced by silver, much like the logo of their business class lounge. Official presentation should be on February 8th or 9th

Yep, same thing I heard: only grey/silver crane, no rings around it. Also the grey belly and engines will disappear.

BartSimpson · Sat Jan 13, 2018 7:19 pm

I am hoping for a return of the cheatline, in some subtle form.

Kno · Sat Jan 13, 2018 8:29 pm

maortega15 wrote:
Anyone like these concepts?

http://www.wings900.com/vb/1-1-civil-av ... ivery.html

#1 looks great but move the titles up. #2 and #3 look cheep and lccish

planespotter20 · Sat Jan 13, 2018 8:29 pm

conaly wrote:
steman wrote:
I have heard that it's just going to be a variation of the current one. The yellow of the logo will disappear and be replaced by silver, much like the logo of their business class lounge. Official presentation should be on February 8th or 9th

Yep, same thing I heard: only grey/silver crane, no rings around it. Also the grey belly and engines will disappear.

I hope the blue or yellow makes its way onto the fuselage a little bit.. would be a shame to see it without yellow and a plain white fuselage. Maybe the back end of the fuselage could be painted blue, similarly to the way AZ’s tail colors do.

jubguy3 · Sat Jan 13, 2018 8:55 pm

MartijnNL wrote:
Clipper101 wrote:
Hope they can bring a wavy line between white & grey, same style as KLM or UA B787.

The wavy line on the UA B787 makes it the worst looking aircraft type in their entire fleet. I really hate it. A straight line looks so much sharper.

Cheatlines look Soviet. Maybe mao-chic. It looks incredibly outdated and I am having trouble believing anyone complaining about KLM or UA's liveries (specifically on the 787 for UA) is under the age of 55.

jeffh747 · Sat Jan 13, 2018 9:06 pm

I saw a rendering awhile ago of a livery for them. It looked very similar to their current livery but the titles were changed to billboard style. It actually looked fantastic on their A32S aircraft, too bad I can’t find it.

GatorClark · Sun Jan 14, 2018 1:29 am

Kno wrote:
maortega15 wrote:
Anyone like these concepts?

http://www.wings900.com/vb/1-1-civil-av ... ivery.html

#1 looks great but move the titles up. #2 and #3 look cheep and lccish

I like #1 but agree it should be moved up. Possibly billboard titles in the same font, #2 is eh, ok but change the font and go back to the original blue. As for #3, this is LH, not BMI. That looks like LH would be trying to rehash the old BMI scheme and frankly just sucks.

shamrock350 · Sun Jan 14, 2018 3:07 am

I'm also hoping for no wavy lines or cropped logos, also no additional logos placed awkwardly on the fuselage like Air Canada! The current livery is still nice but the grey belly is getting a little dated and I hate the way it's painted higher in front of the wing and lower behind it on some aircraft, only the A350 appears to have it low and level from nose to tail which makes it much sleeker.

I'd like to see a cheatline of sorts return, I miss when liveries were designed to complement the design of aircraft and their aerodynamic shape. Obviously times have moved on but most liveries these days are either wavy and exaggerated or flying billboards with minimalist logos and basic titles slapped on a white background.

aemoreira1981 · Sun Jan 14, 2018 3:35 am

The one thing I would change likely is the belly to be gray on the bottom. I could see a billboard-style Lufthansa title on the planes though.

notaxonrotax · Sun Jan 14, 2018 4:46 am

90% of LH`s fuselage is boring Euro white, no 2 ways about it.
My input? Keep the iconic blue and yellow tail but spice up the white a tad.
They grey belly is cool, though!

BTW nothing wrong with KLM`s new livery.
It still stands out between all the other liveries worldwide!

Day or night, it`s good.....like in the following pic, still looking great as ever:

viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1383309

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vahancrazy · Sun Jan 14, 2018 7:17 am

If it is a minor change, imho, they will just remove they grey from the belly.... maybe also adjust logo size on the tail.

BTW, it seems I am in the minority on this forum because I like the wavey lines like KL and UA.

seahawk · Sun Jan 14, 2018 10:05 am

Most other LH group liveries have something the current LH does not have...

BHXLOVER · Sun Jan 14, 2018 11:54 am

How about leave it the way it is but paint the engines yellow?

Semaex · Sun Jan 14, 2018 1:07 pm

A350900 wrote:
A user on german airliners.de suggests that LH will introduce a revised livery in 2018.
(http://forum.airliners.de/topic/45349-a ... ent-780581)

Thoughts? What do you expect from LH?

So reading through the thread on airliners.de, there is nothing, absolutely nothing, more than somebody stating there will be a new "repaint hangar" at LEJ in 2018. Then somebody confused and misread the posting and thought it's about a new livery. That's how rumors start. And looking at this thread here, they're not exactly easy to be made undone.

maortega15 wrote:
Anyone like these concepts?
http://www.wings900.com/vb/1-1-civil-av ... ivery.html

Boeing778X wrote:
[2 renderings]

Frankly, no.
SQ has been using the exact same livery since the 1780's it seems. And it works. It shows continuity. You get what you pay, and you know what you pay for.
LH has the exact same concept in that regard. They did try out a yellow livery on one aircraft (which was highly disliked by the pax). But other than changing from a chrome to a white belly, they kept their colours steady, which is a good thing in my opinion.
So it's not like I don't like the renderings. They actually look quite good. But it's always a question of "what does it symbolize?". And there I cannot follow anyone wanting a new livery for LH.
If you wanted to see how a new livery looks and performs on a LH jet, let CLH try a new outfit. The impact is smaller.

[edited for the LH special livery of the late 80s]

Channex757 wrote:
IMO (that stands for In MY Opinion in case anyone wants to rip me a new one)

The current LH livery sends out a powerful statement to the passenger. "We at Lufthansa aren't really bothered about making our planes look gaudy and flashy as we would rather concentrate on efficiency and the experience inside the fuselage".

It's smart, timeless businesslike and deliberate.

qf002 · Sun Jan 14, 2018 1:27 pm

I like the silver titles in the 80s yellow livery. That plus a silver crane on the existing blue tail could work quite nicely IMO and give the brand a more luxurious feel (which seems to be something they are going for recently).

na · Sun Jan 14, 2018 1:53 pm

qf002 wrote:
I like the silver titles in the 80s yellow livery. That plus a silver crane on the existing blue tail could work quite nicely IMO and give the brand a more luxurious feel (which seems to be something they are going for recently).

As much as I would like silver on a new LH livery, silver titles on white dont work. In many light conditions they would be hardly readable. That was one reason why it was turned down after testing the yellow experimental livery of 1988.

vhqpa · Sun Jan 14, 2018 2:33 pm

I know it's not going to happen, but I wouldn't complain if it rolled out like this...

For a while they were my favourite retrojets.

Fabrice95 · Sun Jan 14, 2018 3:01 pm

Semaex wrote:
So reading through the thread on airliners.de, there is nothing, absolutely nothing, more than somebody stating there will be a new "repaint hangar" at LEJ in 2018. Then somebody confused and misread the posting and thought it's about a new livery. That's how rumors start. And looking at this thread here, they're not exactly easy to be made undone.

Read again, it's a bit confusing but moddin is referring to the revised livery, not the LEJ hangar situation. He doesn't refer to "next year" for the hangar because he doesn't even know if there was one at that point. That sentence is clearly about the new livery. Someone a few posts down also misterpreted it but it was clarified on the same page of that thread.

F27500 · Sun Jan 14, 2018 6:45 pm

Its going to be an all white fuselage .. with big billboard lettering down the side ... and the same tail.

Just like everyone else.

gennadius · Sun Jan 14, 2018 7:16 pm

Looks like a revised livery is happening. Per 747classic on another forum, he states that D-ABYA, LH's first 747-8, has been ferried to Rome for paint as the first aircraft in the new livery. He cites: http://www.skyliner-aviation.de/regdb.m ... av4&page=4

A350 · Sun Jan 14, 2018 8:17 pm

I think I would like blue engine nacelles very well, a bit like BA ... especially at the 4-holers

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