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What do you all think of this new livery for Condor Airlines?

What do you all think of this new livery for Condor Airlines?

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Condor Airlines is a German based airline that mostly serves leisure markets, including several in the US, Europe and Africa. They just came out with a bold new livery, as seen on their first A330 Neo which is nearly finished being built (that is why the engines aren't on it). This has been a hot topic in the aviation community, you either love it, or hate it. The goal is to be seen, and remembered, and evoke that "beach towel" look.





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I would say the color of the plane would be the LEAST likely reason I would ever choose to fly a particular airline
 
KingLeo said:
I would say the color of the plane would be the LEAST likely reason I would ever choose to fly a particular airline
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Yeah, but its a marketing and branding thing. Lots of airlines just go for bland, this was pretty daring.
 
beefheart said:
Yeah, but its a marketing and branding thing. Lots of airlines just go for bland, this was pretty daring.
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Daring? Yes, will give them that.
Just do not see it bringing in more customers on it alone.
 
KingLeo said:
Daring? Yes, will give them that.
Just do not see it bringing in more customers on it alone.
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Yeah, but airlines spend a lot of time developing a brand, and each plane is a flying billboard for that brand. Its about awareness.
 
If I were to start an airline, I would call it First Class Air and make every seat first class.
 
Demon said:
I like it. And the gum is exactly what I thought of when I saw this.
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Where does one find condor flavored gum?

Does it taste like chicken?
 
beefheart said:
Yeah, but its a marketing and branding thing. Lots of airlines just go for bland, this was pretty daring.
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It reminds me of candy. I don't want to fly in a piece of candy.
 
Lutherf said:
Where does one find condor flavored gum?

Does it taste like chicken?
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I would think chicken, since a condor is a bird. But it was just the stipes..
 
braniff used paint schemes to differentiate their aircraft from the other carriers

the best i can say about condor's design is that it will assure no military installation confuses that plane with a military model

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beefheart said:
Yeah, but airlines spend a lot of time developing a brand, and each plane is a flying billboard for that brand. Its about awareness.
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I get your point.
And pretty packaging may get you to try a new product, say cookies for example.
But if those cookies taste like crap are you ever going to buy them again or recommend them to anyone else?
Probably not.
 
justabubba said:
braniff used paint schemes to differentiate their aircraft from the other carriers

the best i can say about condor's design is that it will assure no military installation confuses that plane with a military model

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And I always liked Frontier's tails
 
Schism said:
If I were to start an airline, I would call it First Class Air and make every seat first class.
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It has been tried, dozens of times. Air One, McClain, MGM Grand Air, EOS, Silver, MaxJet, Air Atlanta, Regent Air, Legend Air etc.

There are a lot more, I can't remember them all. There is a reason for that.......you can't succeed.
 
beefheart said:
Condor Airlines is a German based airline that mostly serves leisure markets, including several in the US, Europe and Africa. They just came out with a bold new livery, as seen on their first A330 Neo which is nearly finished being built (that is why the engines aren't on it). This has been a hot topic in the aviation community, you either love it, or hate it. The goal is to be seen, and remembered, and evoke that "beach towel" look.





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Speaking as a Celtic fan, I approve of the green one.

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justabubba said:
braniff used paint schemes to differentiate their aircraft from the other carriers

the best i can say about condor's design is that it will assure no military installation confuses that plane with a military model

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The original Branniff was great, big orange 747 SP! The second one lasted a few years, the third one lasted a few months, doing the same "flying colors" schemes.
 
We had some great liveries at America West. American still has 2 planes in each standard livery (and TWA, Reno, USAir, Air Cal, Piedmont.


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Schism said:
If I were to start an airline, I would call it First Class Air and make every seat first class.
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That has not proven to be a successful business model in the past. You're trying to hit a pretty narrow window of passengers whose income makes them want to be on such a flight but is not high enough to just charter a private jet, and you also need enough of them to fill enough seats to turn a profit. These days, airlines struggle to turn a profit on flight operations as it is, they've weirdly become almost a really obtuse bank as they mostly break even on the actual flying and make profits on their mileage programs.
 
Deuce said:
That has not proven to be a successful business model in the past. You're trying to hit a pretty narrow window of passengers whose income makes them want to be on such a flight but is not high enough to just charter a private jet, and you also need enough of them to fill enough seats to turn a profit. These days, airlines struggle to turn a profit on flight operations as it is, they've weirdly become almost a really obtuse bank as they mostly break even on the actual flying and make profits on their mileage programs.
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It has never worked, there are a lot who tried, and they all failed.
 
beefheart said:
Condor Airlines is a German based airline that mostly serves leisure markets, including several in the US, Europe and Africa. They just came out with a bold new livery, as seen on their first A330 Neo which is nearly finished being built (that is why the engines aren't on it). This has been a hot topic in the aviation community, you either love it, or hate it. The goal is to be seen, and remembered, and evoke that "beach towel" look.





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I'd rather not fly in an aircraft that appears to be escaping the chain gang
 
We're talking about them.
 
Schism said:
If I were to start an airline, I would call it First Class Air and make every seat first class.
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First class is rarely full that is why frequent flyers get upgrades…

Sorry but bad business plan…
 
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