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This page is the result of a continuous, long-running and let's say it outright, *relatively crazy* effort to gather information about *all* special liveries on airliners. Illustrative images are provided by fellow aviation photographers from all over the World; they are used here with their consent and shall not be re-used unless proper permission has been obtained directly from them. Info is sourced from airlines and the press.

Each livery is indexed by airline, aircraft type/family, year of introduction, territory of the airline (click on the country flags for lists by country) and additional thematic tags.

>> Everything is displayed in reverse chronological order (except when using the search bar), so let's start right below with the very latest liveries! Enjoy!

Coca-Cola

Coca-Cola  
Real Magic  
Brands
VN-A814 A330-343 VietJet Air  [+] 2024-
VN-A699 A320-214 VietJet Air  [+] 2024-

Promoting tourism to the country. VN-A669 was only the airline’s third plane when special titles made their apparition at the airline in April 2012. Note 696 has sharklets while the others have standard wingtip fences. The "Timeless Charm" titles are in Vietnamese on the port side and in English on the port side. All three aircraft had very faded liveries and decals by 2019.

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Tags   Drinks

Dominican Republic Flag

Dominican Republic Flag  
HI1101 B737-8 MAX Arajet 2024-

Arajet's 10th aircraft was delivered in a flag scheme emphasizing the role of the airline as the country flag carrier. This airframe is named "Las Haitises", a word of Taíno origin that means high land and which today refers to a national park (all the airline's other aircraft are also named after protected areas in the country).

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Tags   Flag

Panda Route #5

Panda   熊猫
#5
Panda Route   熊猫之路
B-32F8 A350-941 Sichuan Airlines 2024-

This scheme is the 5th variation of the panda scheme at Sichuan Airlines. The aircraft was finally flown to China in June 2024, although it had performed its first flight and was delivered in fall 2023. The panda cub featured is Sanyou 三优, the giant panda adopted by the airline and now its official mascot. San (三) is chinese for three and the cub's name was chosen to match the airline's IATA code "3U". The arrival of new generation widebodies at Sichuan Airlines also marks an additionnal step in the "Panda Route" network expansion program (note the additional titles aft of the wing). The cabin is also decorated extensively with pandas.

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Tags   Mascots, Panda, Wildlife

Maritime Silk Road Quanzhou

Song & Yuan Dynasties China - Maritime Silk Road Quanzhou   宋元中国·海丝泉州
B-9982 A320-214 West Air  [+] 2024-

This special scheme was launched in cooperation with the Quanzhou (Fujian province) tourism bureau and features different designs on the two sides : the port side shows Quanzhou landmarks while the starboard side depits an artistic rendering of the red city flower Erythina. The port city was a prominent center of Chinese culture and trade during the Song & Yuan dynasties.

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Tags   Plants, Tourism

Riachuelo Veste Time Brazil

Riachuelo Veste Time Brazil  
PR-YSA A320-251N Azul 2024-

Lojas Riachuelo is a Brazilian department store company. The company is the official brand of Team Brazil for the 2024 Paris Olympics.

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Tags   Jewellery-Fashion-Cosmetics, Retail

United for biodiversity

United for biodiversity   Unidos por la biodiversidad
Sustainability is now   La sostenibilidad es hoy
N799AV B787-8 Avianca  [+] 2024-

During the presentation of its 2023 Sustainability report presentation in May 2024, Avianca announced the renewal of its alliance with Wildlife Conservation Society, which works in Colombia and Ecuador. The special scheme highlights Colombia's biodiversity and aims to raise awareness of the need to protect the country's wildlife.

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Tags   Wildlife

Team Hungary

Team Hungary  
Official Partner
HA-LGI A321-271NX Wizz Air 2024-

Wizz Air is an official partner of the Hungarian Olympic Team which is about to take part in the Paris 2024 Olympics.

Image  ©  Daniel Nagy (BUD)
Tags   National Olympic Team

Xiaobaihua

Xiaobaihua   小百花
New Dragon Inn - Zhejiang Xiaobaihua Yue Opera Troupe   新龙门客栈 - 浙江小百花越剧团
Take a long dragon ride, visit West Lake and see Xiaobaihua   乘长龙、游西湖、看小百花
B-1077 A320-251N Loong Air 2024-

Promoting the Xiaobaihua Opera Troupe and cultural tourism in Zhejiang, the home province of Loong Air.

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Tags   Show, Tourism, Traditional Patterns

São João do Nordeste is Azul

São João do Nordeste is Azul  
O São João do Nordeste é Azul
Entertainment
PR-YRK A320-251N Azul 2024-

Festas Juninas ("festivities that occur in the month of June"), also known as festas de São João for their part in celebrating the nativity of St. John the Baptist (June 24), are the annual Brazilian celebrations adapted from European Midsummer that take place in the southern midwinter. These celebrations are very popular in Northeast cities like Caruaru (PE) and Campina Grande (PB), where Azul will increase the frequency on the occasion.

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Tags   Festival

Flag of Ecuador

Flag of Ecuador  
#3
HC-CPR A319-132 LATAM Ecuador  [+] 2024-

In early 2024 the LATAM Group announced its intention to paint aircraft with variations of its scheme featuring the flag of Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Peru and Ecuador to honour the legacy of its 5 subsidiaries.

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Tags   Flag

25 years

25 years  
SX-NAM A321-271NX Aegean 2024-
SX-NEJ A320-271N Aegean 2024-

Aegean started scheduled flights in 1999 as a regional carrier and ventured in the charter business before becoming Greece's dominant carrier in the late 2000s.

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Tags   Anniversary

Flag of Peru

Flag of Peru  
#4
CC-BFW A320-214 LATAM Peru  [+] 2024-

In early 2024 the LATAM Group announced its intention to paint aircraft with variations of its scheme featuring the flag of Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Peru and Ecuador to honour the legacy of its 5 subsidiaries.

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Tags   Flag

Turpan (Tulufan)

Turpan (Tulufan)   吐鲁番号
The grapes in Turpan are ripe   吐鲁番的葡萄熟了
B-652F ARJ-21-700 Chengdu Airlines 2024-

Turpan (translated on the plane as Tulufan, also referred to as Turfan) is a city/area in the east of the autonomous region of Xinjiang famous for its production of grapes. Chengdu Airlines is the most active airline at the local Turpan Jiaohe Airport.

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Tags   Food

Zhaosu Tianma

Zhaosu Tianma   昭苏天马号
B-3180 EMB-190LR Tianjin Airlines  [+] 2024-

This special scheme promotes the Zhaosu region in Xinjiang, the "hometown of Tianma". Tianma was a winged flying horse in Chinese folklore. Scenery on the plane features the Tianshan Mountains and Zhaosu prairie. The airline serves the area via the newly upgraded Xinjiang Zhaosu Airport with service to Urumqi.

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Tags   Tourism

GOL Smiles #5

GOL Smiles  
#5
Pay by credit card and have a good trip   Pague no cartão de crédito e boa viagem
PR-GXV B737-8EH Gol 2024-

Promoting the Gol Smiles VISA Card.

Image  ©  Jaka (NVT)
Tags   Finance & Insurance, Loyalty Program

Zootopia

Zootopia   疯狂动物城
#5
Shanghai Disney Resort   上海迪士尼度假區
Entertainment
B-8119 A320-232 China Eastern (Xiamen branch) 2024-

The partnership between the Shanghai Disney Resort and China Eastern continued in May 2024 with the launch of a 5th special Disney livery featuring characters from Zootopia. This is to promote the eighth themed land launched at the Shanghai park in late 2023: "City of Zootopia".

This A320 is one of only 5 operated by the Xiamen branch of the airline.

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Tags   Cartoon & Anime, Disney, Theme Park

Yellow Airlines

Yellow Airlines  
Yellow Legacy
TC-FHL A320-214 Freebird Air 2024-

Yellow Legacy is the traduction of the motto of Fenerbahçe Beko Men's Basketball Team based in Istanbul. The team reached the Final Four for the 6th time in Euroleague history and the team was flown to Berlin onboard that plane on the occasion. A decal includes all players in a “Hero moment” graphic.

Images  ©  Wolfgang Kronfuss (VIE)
Tags   Basketball

Only in Madrid (#6)

Only in Madrid  
#6
EC-NIG A350-941 Iberia  [+] 2024-

The 2024 City of Madrid campaign made its way on this Iberia A350.

Image  ©  Diego Ruiz de Vargas (MAD)
Tags   Tourism

Fanhansa #5

Fanhansa  
#5
D-AIEH A321-271NX Lufthansa  [+] 2024-
D-AIEO A321-271NX Lufthansa  [+] 2024-
D-AIDA A321-231 Lufthansa  [+] 2024-
D-AIWI A320-214 Lufthansa  [+] 2024-
D-AIWK A320-214 Lufthansa  [+] 2024-
D-AIZG A320-214 Lufthansa  [+] 2024-

LH is once again a sponsor of the German Football Team for the EURO 2024 tournament taking place hosted by Germany.

Image  ©  Diego Ruiz de Vargas (MAD)
Tags   National Football Team

Star Trek

Star Trek  
Paramount+
TC-SPO B737-8HC SunExpress  [+] 2024-

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is a Sci-Fi series available on the Paramount+ streaming platform. The aircraft features the famous Enterprise starship from the series.

Images  ©  Dirk Grothe (HAM)
Tags   Films & Series

Festival de Parintins 2024

Festival de Parintins 2024  
Garantido | Caprichoso
Entertainment
PR-AXG EMB-195LR Azul 2024-

This special livery promotes the 2024 edition of the Festival de Parintins foklore festival taking place in the Amaszonas State city of the same name. It is a highly popular event in Brail. The festival celebrates a local legend about a resurrected ox. It is also a competition where two teams, Garantido (in red, featured on the port side of the plane) and Caprichoso (in blue, featured on the starboard side of the plane), compete in extended retellings of the story, each team attempting to outdo the other with flamboyant dances, singing, and parade floats (wikipedia).

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Tags   Festival

Adler

Adler  
D-AJHW EMB-190LR German Airways 2024-

Adler Modemärkte is a fashion retail company in Germany. It is owned by German Airways' parent company Zeitfracht Group. It is actually the second aircraft to wear Adler stickers at the airline (see D-ACJJ).

Image  ©  Björn Strey (HAJ)
Tags   Jewellery-Fashion-Cosmetics

Hello Cambodia

Hello Cambodia   ជម្រាបសួរ
Places
XU-818 A320-214 AirAsia Cambodia  [+] 2024-

Titles in khmer mean "Hello". This the branch's second aircraft.

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Tags   Tourism

Nyingchi Peach Blossom

Nyingchi Peach Blossom   林芝桃花号
Pure Land on Earth, the Most Beautiful Nyingchi   人间净地 醉美林芝
B-1008 A319-115 Tibet Airlines 2024-

These new decals at Tibet Airlines promote the Nyingchi (also known as Linzhi) Peach Blossom from the city/area of the same name in Tibet. The airline serves the local Nyingchi Milin Airport.

Image  ©  Tags   Plants, Tourism

Retro

Retro  
D-AMAH B737-8 MAX TUI Deutschland [+] 2024-

TUI Deutschland celebrated 50 years of operations with this special scheme showing 3 of the liveries used by airlines of the group since its launch in the early 1970s. The classic Hapag-Lloyd orange tail is featured on the tail while the 2002-2007 offshoot Hapag-Lloyd Express and its NYCity cab colours are shown in the mid-part of the fuselage.

Image  ©  Björn Strey (HAJ)
Tags   Retro