US Airlines Livery Showdown

[GSTom1]

Of the seven largest domestic US airlines, which one has the best looking plane livery (i.e. paint scheme, logo, etc.)?
American, Continental, Delta, Northwest, Southwest, United or US Airways?

Generally, I am referring to their main (most widely used) liveries and not their special/limited edition ones.








AMERICAN







CONTINENTAL







DELTA







NORTHWEST







SOUTHWEST







UNITED







US AIRWAYS

[ThrashATL]

The new Delta is nice & clean but I'm starting to like the "billowing" tail Delta livery which hasn't lasted long and never made it fleet wide...

[vertex]

I can appreciate Delta trying to revamp the look, but I think the size and the weight/stroke-width of the logotype they are using is too small and thin, especially on a white background. It will be harder to spot the plane from a concourse or control tower. Plus, the paint scheme looks too much like the newer U.S. Airways.

[trvlr70]

I think AA's silver belly will always make it the classiest. I hope they never change that.

[vertex]

It's unpainted/exposed aluminum, I think.

I wonder how much lighter the plane is with so little paint, or if it affects drag.

[PHX602]

I wonder how much lighter the plane is with so little paint, or if it affects drag.

Air Canada's theory is that removing the paint will reduce the airplane's weight by as much as 360 pounds, which will make taking off easier and reduce expenses by an estimated $24,000 per airplane every year.

This is US Airways new livery.

[Buckeye Native 001]

Canyon blue.

Although I do like United's new livery.

[Busy Bee]

After seeing that chart at the top of the page, I'm reminded of how awesome Song was. What a shame.

[urbanflyer]

I actually like the purple tail best in the US

[Kngkyle]

United, with US Airways as a close 2nd.

[Daquan13]

Originally Posted by Kngkyle2

United, with US Airways as a close 2nd.

I'd have to pick that one as well!

And so, it looks like the majority of votes went to United!

[urbanflyer]

good comparisons of recent and new UA colors from almost the same angle

[Derek]

United...then US Airways...then Southwest

[TheMeltyMan]

United yo.

[seaskyfan]

I like American - very clean.

Not on the list but a personal favorite is Alaskan.

[nbrindley]

I like Northwest's white livery up close, the white is a very nice pearlescent paint. Shame you can't tell from a distance or in pictures. I voted for US Airways, though if it didn't have the light gray lines, I probably wouldn't have. Delta's new colors are a close second.

[sammyk]

GSTom1, the first picture in your original post, the diagram of all the planes, is that available in poster form somewhere?

[The Chemist]

My favourite has got to be United's new livery.

The new US livery and the Deltaflot livery are pretty good too.

[GSTom1]

IMO, the old United livery is ugly. I never liked the grey paint scheme. The new United livery is quite nice. I also like the new US Airway livery. Too bad they didn't keep any of the colorful elements of America West Airlines when they merged.

What do you guys think of the new Delta livery?

[GSTom1]

Originally Posted by sammyk

GSTom1, the first picture in your original post, the diagram of all the planes, is that available in poster form somewhere?

I'm not sure if you can order that poster yet (it sounds like they're still working on it), but you can contact Feenixx Publishing, Inc. here:

WORK IN PROGRESS: Aviation Posters

They have a poster for U.S. domestic airlines and one for international airlines.




Domestic Airlines
Air Alaska, Boeing 737 - NEW IMAGE
Airtran, Boeing 717
Aloha Airlines, Boeing 737
American Airlines, Fokker F-100
American Trans Air, Boeing 757
America West, DeHavilland DHC-8
Atlantic Coast Airlines, Canadair CL-600
Continental Airlines, Boeing 777
Delta Airlines, Boeing 767
Delta Connection, Canadair CL-600
Frontier Airlines, Airbus 319 - NEW IMAGE
Great Lakes Aviation, Beech 1900D
Hawaiian Air, Boieng 717
Hooters Air, Boeing 767
Horizon Air, Canadair DHC-8
JetBlue, Airbus A-320 - NEW IMAGE
Midwest Airlines - NEW IMAGE
North American, Boeing 767 - NEW IMAGE
Northwest Airlines, McDonnell-Douglas DC-9
Northwest Airlink, Saab 340B
Pan Am, Boeing 727
Skywest Airlines, Canadair CL-600
SONG - NEW ADDITION
Southwest Airlines, Boeing 737
DELETED
Spirit Airlines, McDonnell-Douglas MD-83
Sun Country Airlines, Boeing 737
Ted Airlines, Airbus A-320 - NEW IMAGE
Trans States Airlines, Embraer ERJ-145
United Airlines, Boeing 747-400 - NEW IMAGE
United Express - NEW ADDITION
US Airways, Airbus A-320
USA 3000, Boeing 767 - NEW IMAGE





United States
US: American Airlines, Boeing 777
US: North American Airlines, Boeing 757
US: United Airlines, Boeing 747 -
US: Virgin Airways, Boeing 737
New World
Argentina: Aerolineas Argentinas, Boeing 747
Brazil: Varig Airlines, McDonnell Douglas MD-11,
Canada: Air Canada, Boeing 767
Cuba: Aerocaribbean, ATR-72
Jamaica: Air Jamaica, Airbus A-321
Mexico: AeroMexico, McDonnell Douglas MD-83
Europe
France: Air France, Airbus A-330
Germany, Lufthansa Airlines, Boeing 747
Greece: Olympic Airlines, Boeing 747
Italy: Alitalia Air, Boeing 777
Spain: Iberia Airways, Airbus A-320
Sweden: Helvetic Airlines, Fokker F-100
Switzerland: Swiss Air, McDonnell Douglas MD-82
United Kingdom: Britannia Airways, Boeing 767
United Kingdom: British Airways, Boeing 747
Middle East / Africa
United Arab Emirates: Emirates, Airbus A-330
Ghana: Air Afrique, Airbus A-310
Israel: Israir Airlines, Israel, Boeing 757
Asia / SE Asia
China: China Airlines, Boeing 747
India: Air India, Airbus A-320
Japan: JAL Airlines, Boeing 747
Korea: Korea Air, Boeing 747
Russia: Aeroflot Russia, Ilyshun II 98-300
Thailand: Thailand Airlines, Boeing 747
Vietnam: Vietnam Airlines, Boeing 777
Pacific
Australia: Qantas Airlines, Boeing 747
Tahiti: Air Tahiti Nui, Boeing 747