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Merry Christmas from Ryanair

Christmas

EI-CKP

B737-2K2A

Ryanair [+]

2000-01

The 7th and last year Ryanair added special decals for Christmas saw a full-body Santa different on both sides.

Image ©
Tags Season's Greetings

Let's go to Hokkaido! #2

Let's go to Hokkaido! 北海道へ行こう!

Jalan じゃらん

JA01HD

B767-33AER

Air Do

2000-01

The second aircraft of Air Do received what seem like temporary decals on the port side only before getting the large Hokkaido landscape images in August 2001 (see separately).The decals promoted Hokkaido as a touristic destination in partnership with internet web portal Jalan.

Image © F-4さん (HND)
Tags Tourism

Panda One #1

Panda One

N583FE	MD-11F	FedEx		2000-01
N584FE	MD-11F	FedEx		2000-01

These aircraft were used to carry two pandas from China to the Washington zoo. Both returned to China in 2010 (see 777 N850FD). First Panda livery for FedEx.

Image ©
Tags Panda, Wildlife

Toba Lake

RA-42413

Yak-42D

Lion Air [+]

2000-02

Lake Toba is a large natural lake in Sumatra, Indonesia occupying the caldera of a supervolcano. It is unclear whether the special underside of this Yak-42 is related to Lake Toba...

Images © Christian Volpati (unk.) & Masahiro Shimada (KUL)
Tags

Astrojet

N951AA	B737-823	American [+]		2000-17
N905NN	B737-823	American [+]		2017-

The success of American's Retro 757 N679AN led the airline to paint a second retrojet in 2000, this time in the 1964 Astrojet livery. Note the font used is the one of the 1959 livery though. N951AA wore the Astrojet livery during 17 years before the scheme was passed to sistership tail number 905.

Image © G-AZZD (LAX)
Tags Retro

Christmas #3

Christmas

C-GONJ

Dash 8-102

Air Ontario [+]

2000-01

The design included a reindeer head and socks attached to the first three windows for this third edition.

Image ©
Tags Season's Greetings

Golden Harvest

Golden Harvest 金穗飘香

China Nature Symbols

B-2652

B737-84P

Hainan Airlines [+]

2000-07

"Golden ears of wheat and their floating fragrance mean good harvest" could be a literal translation of this livery's name. The bucolic scenery with happy birds flying around was another auspicious design standing out from the otherwise bland chinese liveries in the early 2000s. It was the last of 10 special schemes unveiled at Hainan when delivered in December 2000.

Image © EX/ZX Collection (PEK)
Tags Plants, Wildlife

Renault Scénic

flies with Alitalia vola con Alitalia

I-DACP

MD-82

Alitalia

2000-01

This rather short-lived livery was unveiled in November 2000 for the launch of the new Renault Scénic car. Titles aft of the wing read "Seguite chi cambia le regole." for "Follow who changes the rules."

Image ©
Tags Automotive Industry

Siemens

Be inspired.

D-AGEU

B737-75B

Germania

2000-02

Promoting an early model of mobile phone which included an MP3 music player, a first at that time.

Image © Toni Marimon (PMI)
Tags Appliances & Electronics

Pause to Remember #4

Pause to Remember

The Royal British Legion

G-BIKR	B757-236	British Airways [+]	2000
G-BMRB	B757-236	British Airways [+]	2001
G-BPEK	B757-236	British Airways [+]	2002-03

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.

Starting 2000 the decal was added on the fuselage with 3 different 757 sporting the decals for the 2000, 2001 & 2002 commemorations.

Image ©
Tags Commemoration, Plants

Jordan

OK-TVR

B737-4Y0

Jordan Aviation (lsf Travel Service)

2000-01

Large decals promoting Jordan as a touristic destination with a rendering of the Petra site were added on the front fuselage of the leased aircraft.

Image ©
Tags Tourism

Boas Festas 00

Happy Holidays Boas Festas

PT-MRF	Fokker 100	TAM		2000-01
PT-MQG	Fokker 100	TAM		2000-01

At least two F100 had small cartoon characters added around the TAM titles in time for Christmas 2000.

Image ©
Tags Cartoon & Anime, Season's Greetings

Renaissance Cruises #2

Renaissance Cruises

G-MONE

B757-2T7

Monarch

2000-01

Chartered again by American cruise line Renaissance Cruises for a last winter. Previously for three winters it had had another dedicated livery (see #1). The ship line went bankrupt shortly after 9/11.

Image ©
Tags Cruise Line

Paradise #1

Paradise

HS-PGP	B717-23S	Bangkok Airways	Samui	2000-08
HS-PGC	ATR-72-500	Bangkok Airways	Nangyuan	2004-16
HS-PGL	ATR-72-500	Bangkok Airways	Pha Ngan	2001-09
HS-PGM	ATR-72-500	Bangkok Airways	Tao	2003-19
HS-PZH	ATR-72-600	Bangkok Airways		2017-
HS-PZJ	ATR-72-600	Bangkok Airways		2017-

This is the first of three leisure-themed liveries evoking Thailand’s beaches & underwater world. The airline added its first jet in 2000 and this was the start of a new era: Bangkok Air’s immediate take on special and colourful liveries played an important role in the international recognition of the brand, primarily targetting tourists visiting Thailand’s hotspots. Note that HS-PGL sadly crash-landed at Surat Thani/Koh Samui on August 4th, 2009.

Images © Torben Guse (HKT) & Suparat Chairatprasert (BKK)
Tags Plants, Tourism, Wildlife

New Mexico One

State Flags

N781WN	B737-7H4	Southwest		2000-23
N8655D	B737-8H4	Southwest		2023-

New Mexico One was unveiled in Albuquerque on September 18, 2000 and was at the time Southwest's 10th specially painted plane. The scheme celebrated 20 years of service to the state, Albuquerque having been added to the network in April 1980.

The state flag features the ancient symbol of the Zia Pueblo Indians; dignitaries of the tribe had been consulted for the design of the livery. Children from the Zia Pueblo performed a traditional Crow Dance at the unveiling ceremony.

Images © G-AZZD (LAX) & Keith Sommer (TPA)
Tags Flag

Western Express

Western Express 西部快车

B-3040	ERJ-145LR	Sichuan Airlines	2000-07
B-3041	ERJ-145LR	Sichuan Airlines	2000-07
B-3042	ERJ-145LR	Sichuan Airlines	2000-11
B-3043	ERJ-145LR	Sichuan Airlines	01+07-11
B-3045	ERJ-145LR	Sichuan Airlines	2001-11

Sichuan is known as the home of the panda bears. Note the decals were all added before delivery at the Embraer factory, and "Western Express" was the name given by Sichuan Airlines to its ERJs.

Image © Skerry (TSN)
Tags Mascots, Panda, Wildlife

Alaskaair.com

Corporate

N774AS	B737-490	Alaska Airlines		2000-06
N548AS	B737-890	Alaska Airlines		2005-13

Promoting the airline’s website. The marketing campaign associated with this special airline livery was a vacation package give away, in which the winner could use the aircraft with friends and fly to Mexico to party. The aircraft thus got the 'Party Jet' nickname. The 734 was replaced by a 738 in 2005.

Image © Michael Stappen (SEA)
Tags Airline Marketing, Reverse Scheme

J-Phone

J-Phone Sky

www.j-phone.com

Brands

JA767B

B767-3Q8ER

Skymark

2000-03

China's Western Branch

China's Western Branch 中国西部支*

B-3426

MA-60

Sichuan Airlines

2000-03

Revenue service started in August 2000 and came to an early end in March 2003, the airline being unhappy with the reliablility of the type. The airline's two MA-60s were delivered with special rainbow-like colourschemes.

Image ©
Tags Panda, Wildlife

Western China

Western China 中国西部—号

B-3425

MA-60

Sichuan Airlines

2000-03

This aircraft was the first MA60 to fly and was delivered to Sichuan Airlines in 2000. Revenue service started in August 2000 and came to an early end in March 2003, the airline being unhappy with the reliablility of the type. The airline's two MA-60s were delivered with special rainbow-like colourschemes.

Image ©
Tags Panda, Wildlife