Visit Malaysia Year 1990

Visit Malaysia Year 1990

all	B747-400	Malaysia Airlines		1989-90
all	B747-300	Malaysian Airlines		1989-90
all	B747-200	Malaysian Airlines		1989-90
all	DC-10-30	Malaysia Airlines		1989-90
all	A300B4-200	Malaysia Airlines		1989-90
all	B737-400	Malaysia Airlines		1990
all	B737-200	Malaysia Airlines		1989-90

Promoting Malaysia as a touristic destination. It is unclear if all aircraft had the decals applied or it was part of the fleet only. Note the classic 747s were still in the old scheme by that time.

Images  ©  Glein Reid Collection (AMS) & Peach Air (LAX)
Tags   Tourism

Queensland

Queensland

G-PATE

B737-33A

Ansett » East-West (opb Paramount Airways)  [+]

1989-90

This aircraft was operated during the lenghty 1989 Australian pilots' dispute by Paramount Airways of the UK (which had just halted opeartions in the UK) for Ansett and the Queensland government. Additional Queensland titles were added from the start. The aircraft was transferred to Ansett subsidiary East-West in April 1990 and flew one more month before going to Varig.

Image  © 
Tags   Tourism

We Go Further

We Go Further

Corporate

VH-OJA

B747-438

Qantas  [+]

1989-91*

OJA was the first -400 delivered to Qantas in August 1989. Instead of being delivered directly to Australia, the aircraft was positionned to London and broke the record of distance for a passenger flight, reaching Sydney in 20 hours and 9 minutes (for a total of 9,633nm). A great report of the flight can be read here on the AussieAirliners website. The "We go further" titles were added a few days later in Sydney and remained on the aircraft for a few years.

Image  © 
Tags   Fleet

Rainbow Fantasy

Rainbow Fantasy

Green the World - Save the Amazon - Olympics for Oz '96

VH-RML

B727-277A

Ansett  [+]

1989

In its last month of service with the airline in June/July 1989, this plane flew 2 days for disadvantaged children as part of the Ansett 'Dream Flights' charity club. The two sides showed different animal paintings and graphics altogether with messages raising environmental issues. The design was the work of different Australian personalities including Rolf Harris, Clifton Pugh and David Rankin. The aircraft was later ferried to the US in this scheme and became a freighter for FedEx. Also known as the "Rainbow Serpent".

Image  ©  Manfred Winter Collection
Tags   Charity, Original Artwork