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Kurosawa Rainbow #6

Kurosawa Rainbow   黒澤レインボー
#6
Unit 6   6号機
JA8069 MD-90 JAS » JAL Domestic 1996-04
JA003D MD-90 JAS » JAL Domestic 1997-05

In 1995 Japanese Domestic carrier JAS teamed up with Akira Kurosawa, one of the most influential filmmakers in the history of cinema. The director of Seven Samourai was also a designer and he created 7 different designs for JAS with the original themes being “Japanese morning” and “7 rainbow colors over the skies of Japan”. The schemes were strictly symetrical and adorned all 16 brand new MD90 of the airline. The first seven aircraft became the "Seven Samourai" while from the 8th delivery, aircraft would again wear the first design and so on, becoming some kind of Shadow Warriors (the name of another Kurosawa movie).

Image  ©  Gambardier (ITM)
Tags   Original Artwork

Crested Butte

Crested Butte  
Gunnison, Colorado
Logojet #12
N509AU » N953WP B737-3B7 Western Pacific 1996-98

In Summer 1996 Western Pacific and its new affiliate Mountain Air Express (MAX) announced they would commit to the Colorado ski industry and launch service to six mountain ski destinations in December 1996 - Durango/Purgatory, Gunnison/Crested Butte, Aspen/Snowmass, Steamboat Springs/Hayden, Telluride/Montrose and Eagle/Vail. Cooperation with the local tourism boards started in the meantime with two logojets seeing the light of day.

This aircraft promoted the mountain resort for Summer activities (port side) and Winter activities (starboard side). Crested Butte is a former coal mining town in Gunnison County, Colorado. The Crested Butte Mountain Resort opened in 1960 after two two men purchased a ranch in the area.

The resort's mascot could be seen on the engines.

Image  ©  Jacques Guillem Collection (unk.)
Tags   Landscape, Tourism, Wildlife, Winter Sports

Boas Festas (Stars)

Happy Holidays   Boas Festas
#3
PT-MRD Fokker 100 TAM 1996-97

Gold stars on the fuselage and silver stars on the tail to celebrate Chrsitmas 96 and New Year 97. The Boas Festas gol titles replacing the TAM titles on the tail were removed while the stars were kept for a few more months.

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Tags   Season's Greetings

BancoQuia

BancoQuia  
HK-3480X B727-2H4A Avianca  [+] 1996-98

Avianca's very first logojet promoted Colombian bank BancoQuia.

Image  ©  Bruno Geiger Collection (unk.)
Tags   Finance & Insurance

Runners Christmas Special

Runners Christmas Special  
G-DOCS B737-436 British Airways (EuroGatwick)  [+] 1996-97

British Airways Runners is a charity launched by employee Britt Angel, which delivers much needed provisions and clothing to destitute street children around the world.

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Tags   Charity, Initiative

The 7 Rainbow 777

Rainbow 777   レインボー777
Rainbow Seven   レインボーセブン - by Masatomo Watanabe
all 7 a/c B777-200 JAS » JAL Domestic 1996-05

For its 25th anniversary in 1996, JAS held a public competition with the aim to find a unique livery for its brand new 777s -it is to be noted as well that Boeing was not really happy with the idea of painting its latest plane in the standard JAS livery-, which was directly derived from Airbus' house livery. More than 10,000 schemes were submitted (including some online, a first at the time), and 13-year old Masatomo Watanabe from Chitose (near Sapporo Airport) was chosen as the winner by a jury including film director Akira Kurosawa. The rainbow started on the nose and ended on the tail, resulting in an asymetrical design.

JA8977 (the first 777) was transferred to the Japan register in December 1996 and landed at Haneda on January 28, 1997.

JAS and JAL announced their merger in late 2001 and small JAL stickers were added on all JAS planes in 2002, when the new JAL Arc of the Sun livery was unveiled. JAS became JAL Domestic on April 1st, 2004 and a few of these Rainbow liveries outlived JAS, yet mostly in faded condition.

Images  ©  Gambardier (FUK)
Tags   Design Competition

Merry Christmas (96)

Merry Christmas  
#3
Christmas
EI-CJF B737-204A Ryanair  [+] 1996-97

For the first time in December 1996 Ryanair added a full special scheme to one of its 737s. Note both sides were just very slightly different.

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Tags   Season's Greetings

Happy Holidays

Happy Holidays  
EI-CLK B737-2P6A Air South 1996-97
N159PL B737-242A Air South 1996-97

Short-lived low-cost airline Air South added season's greetings titles to at least two of its 737s in late 1996.

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Tags   Season's Greetings

Snoopy 96 #1

Snoopy 96   スヌーピー号96
#1
Snoopy Jet   スヌーピージェット
Entertainment
JA8961 B747-481D ANA  [+] 1996-97

One of two winter-themed liveries featuring Snoopy & The Peanuts gang. Both sides were different. This was the second set of special liveries after the Marine Jumbo in 1993. Note Snoopy was skiing on the port side and snowboarding on the starboard side. The aircraft was mainly used on the Haneda-Sapporo route serving the winter resorts of Hokkaido.

Image  ©  Gambardier (HND)
Tags   Cartoon & Anime

Kurosawa Rainbow #5

Kurosawa Rainbow   黒澤レインボー
#5
Unit 5   5号機
JA8066 MD-90 JAS » JAL Domestic 1996-05
JA002D MD-90 JAS » JAL Domestic 1997-04

In 1995 Japanese Domestic carrier JAS teamed up with Akira Kurosawa, one of the most influential filmmakers in the history of cinema. The director of Seven Samourai was also a designer and he created 7 different designs for JAS with the original themes being “Japanese morning” and “7 rainbow colors over the skies of Japan”. The schemes were strictly symetrical and adorned all 16 brand new MD90 of the airline. The first seven aircraft became the "Seven Samourai" while from the 8th delivery, aircraft would again wear the first design and so on, becoming some kind of Shadow Warriors (the name of another Kurosawa movie).

Image  ©  Gambardier (NKM)
Tags   Original Artwork

Flying with the best

Flying with the best   A la hauteur des meilleurs
The Spirit of Donovan Bailey   En hommage à D. Bailey
C-FBEG B767-233ER Air Canada  [+] 1996-98

Donovan Bailey is a Canadian sprinter, who once held the world record for the 100 metres race following his gold medal performance in the 1996 Olympic Games. This performance made a lot of noise in Canada and Air Canada unveiled this tribute livery on October 29, 1996. Titles in French on the port side and in English on the starboard side.

Images  ©  Reinhard Zinabold Collection (YYZ) & Wingnut (LHR)
Tags   Tribute to a Champion

Spirit of Durango | Purgatory Resort

Spirit of Durango | Purgatory Resort  
Durango - Colorado
Logojet #11
N946WP B737-317 Western Pacific 1996-98

In Summer 1996 Western Pacific and its new affiliate Mountain Air Express (MAX) announced they would commit to the Colorado ski industry and launch service to six mountain ski destinations in December 1996 - Durango/Purgatory, Gunnison/Crested Butte, Aspen/Snowmass, Steamboat Springs/Hayden, Telluride/Montrose and Eagle/Vail. Cooperation with the local tourism boards started in the meantime with two logojets seeing the light of day.

The port side of the plane advertises the Durango area in Southwest Colorado and its best known attraction, the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad heritage railway. The steam-powered trains (with rolling stock dating back to the 1920s and before) link Durango to the historic mining town of Silverton.

The starboard side promotes the Purgatory Mountain Resort located in the San Juan Mountains of Southwest Colorado. The name Purgatory comes from Purgatory Creek which runs through the area and Purgatory Flats, today the location of the base of the ski area. The exact origin of the name itself however remains unclear.

Images  ©  Jacques Guillem Collection (PHX)
Tags   Landscape, Tourism, Winter Sports

Phoenix Suns #3

Phoenix Suns  
#3
Sports
N708AW B737-122 America West 1996-99

In October 1996 the aircraft that was used by the Suns NBA team got a purple version of the new 1995 America West livery. It would be the very last 737-100 to fly commercially until retirement on December 29, 1999.

Image  ©  Manfred Winter Collection
Tags   Basketball

Sunliner | Rota Do Sol

Sunliner   Rota Do Sol
CS-TGL ATP PGA Portugalia (lsf SATA Air Açores) 1996-97

This SATA Azores ATP was leased to Portugalia in 96/97 to operate an unknown route from Faro.

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Tags   Network

JAL Toll-free Number

JAL Toll-free Number   JALフリーダイヤル
0120-25-5971 Domestic Bookings  国内線予約
0120-25-5931 Int'l Bookings  国際線予約
Corporate
JA8904 B747-446D JAL  [+] 1996-97
JA8183 B747-346SR JAL  [+] 1996-97
JA8540 DC-10-40D JAL  [+] 1996-97
JA8267 B767-346 JAL  [+] 1996-97

This JAL marketing campaign aimed at highlighting new toll-free telephone numbers. The number for domestic bookings could be read on the port side while the starboard side showed the number for international flights.

Image  ©  EX/ZX Collection
Tags   Airline Marketing

Pause to Remember #1

Pause to Remember  
#1
The Royal British Legion
G-BIKC B757-236 British Airways  [+] 1996-97

The Royal British Legion is a British charity providing financial, social and emotional support to members of the British Armed Forces, veterans and their dependants. The poppy is their logo, as WWI created prime conditions for poppies to flourish in battlefields in Flanders and north-west France. The flower became the symbol of remembrance when Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae wrote the In Flanders Fields poem, which was widely shared in the English-speaking world. The decals were applied in time to commemorate Remembrance Day on November 11th which marked the end of World War I in 1918.

1996 also marked the 75th anniversary of the Royal British Legion which probably triggered this first special livery.

Image  ©  EX/ZX Collection (LHR)
Tags   Commemoration, Plants

Nessy

Nessy  
G-BECG B737-204A EasyJet  [+] 1996-97

EasyJet's funny take on the Loch Ness Monster was unveiled in October 1996 as part of a marketing campaign promoting the airline's Scottish services. Starboard side only.

Image  ©  Jacques Guillem Collection
Tags   Fun, Network

Jaguar

Jaguar   ★
Logojets
EI-CJE B737-204A Ryanair  [+] 1996-04

During the Fall of 1996, Ryanair imported Western Pacific' logojet concept in Europe, selling the exterior of its 737s as advertising space. Ryanair entered an agreement with Jaguar and EI-CJE was fully painted to promote the famous car manufacturer, with British racing green and silver blending with the automaker’s big cat. As had happened with Western Pacific's Simpsons Jet, the Ryanair Jaguar plane drew a lot of attention and that helped the airline raise brand awareness in Europe.

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Tags   Automotive Industry

Sam's Town #2

Sam's Town II  
#2 Gold
Las Vegas - Kansas City - Tunica
Logojet #10
N956WP B737-3Q8 Western Pacific 1996-98

Sam's Town II was unveiled in Memphis on October 1, 1996. Sam's Town Hotel and Gambling Hall was one of the very first casinos to open in Las Vegas, and this second cooperation aimed at further developping awareness of Tunica and Memphis as gambling destinations. Both sides were featuring two new cow-girls: Memphis model Traci Adelle on the left side and Kansas City model Kori Bailey on the right side.

Images  ©  Jacques Guillem Collection (unk.)
Tags   Casino & Lottery, Pin-up Girls

VISA Miles > VISA Air

Visa Miles   »   Visa Air
4X-AHI Dash 7-102 Arkia 1996*-01

"VISA Miles" titles were later replaced by "VISA Air" titles for this partnership with the famous credit card company.

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Tags   Finance & Insurance