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Airline Livery of the Week: Wind Jet and the Orange-Nosed Airbus

By David Parker Brown, on August 19th, 2012 at 10:00 am

A Wind Jet Airbus A320. Image by Daniel Blok / Flickr CC.

A Wind Jet Airbus A319. Image by Daniel Blok / Flickr CC.

Try not to get too attached to this Wind Jet livery — the airline ceased operations on August 11, 2012.

The Italian-based airline was founded in 2003 and operated scheduled service in Italy and to destinations in Europe, to Egypt and seasonally to Israel.

Wind Jet operated a fleet of five Airbus A319s and seven Airbus A320s in an all economy format.

In January 2012, Alitalia started the process of merging with Wind Jet. The Italian antitrust authority gave Alitialia authorization to move forward, but were told they would have to give up slots on some of their most important routes. Altalia decided to pull out of the merger and Wind Jet was not able to stay in business.

I have to say that I love this livery. The orange nose, engines and tail go well together. It is not just any livery that can pull off a white body and colored nose. Too bad it will be flying no longer.

Airline Livery of the Week: VivaColombia and the Color Circles

By David Parker Brown, on August 6th, 2012 at 8:18 am

One of VivaColombia’s Airbus A320s. Image by Santiago Narayana via Wikipedia.

VivaColombia (5Z), according to their website, is “the first and only low-cost airline of Colombia.” They started in May of 2012 and operate a fleet of four Airbus A320s that service nine Colombian destinations.

They hope to grow their fleet by three additional A320s, all configured in a snug 180 seats, and expand to destinations in Central, South and North America.

The livery is simplistic and has different color balls, representing the three colors of the Colombian flag. I think the livery looks okay, but would probably look better on the shorter A319 or A318.

If the design looks familiar, probably because it is the same concept used by VivaAerobus, based in Mexico. Both airlines have some common investors, which explains the “stolen” livery design. I think it comes off better on the shorter Boeing 737-300 of VivaAerobus versus the longer A320.

VIDEO: An Etihad Airbus A320 Races a Car and Motorcycle

By David Parker Brown, on April 15th, 2012 at 12:32 pm

Who will win? You have an Etihad Airways Airbus A320, a race car and a jet powered motorcycle. What is interesting is this is an Australian newscast that is racing these three things in Abu Dhabi.

I am pretty sure that special Formula 1 livery on the A320 will help to give it a bit more power. Check the video to see how this one turns out.

Thanks to Allen and Joye for pointing this one out.

Cockpit Video from inside An Airbus A320

By David Parker Brown, on January 20th, 2012 at 10:00 am

Every once in a while a video pops up that embraces the spirit of aviation — this is one of them. This video takes you inside an Avianca Airlines Airbus A320 while flying around South America in one of the best cockpit videos I have seen to date. Man, now I want to go flying.

Tip of the hat to NYCAviation.com for sharing this video.

Airline Livery of the Week: Jazeera Airways

By David Parker Brown, on August 28th, 2011 at 6:00 am

Jazeera Airways Airbus A320.

Jazeera Airways is a low cost airline based in Kuwait. It was founded in 2004 and currently has a fleet of six Airbus A320 aircraft. At one time, the airline had 30 A320s on order, but in 2010 aircraft were parked and five had their leases stopped. Jazeera Airways cancelled most of their orders and now only has four A320s on order with Airbus.

The airline was started when the Kuwait government allowed Jazeera Airways to operate, ending Kuwait Airway’s monopoly in the country.

The livery has a lot of white and I almost wish they would have made part of the bottom or have a stripe that was teal. One fun part, you don’t see on many liveries, is the blue behind the tail surrounding the APU. It is pretty difficult to read the airline’s name on the front, on the engines and on the tail due to the font chosen.

Image by: Globespotter

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Airline Livery of the Week: Wind Jet and the Orange-Nosed Airbus

Airline Livery of the Week: VivaColombia and the Color Circles

VIDEO: An Etihad Airbus A320 Races a Car and Motorcycle

Cockpit Video from inside An Airbus A320

Airline Livery of the Week: Jazeera Airways