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Casino de la Vallee

Casino de la Vallee  
Luck gets you high   La fortuna ti porta in alto
I-AIRX Dornier 328JET Air Vallee 2002-14

Promoting a local casino in the Aosta Valley (Val d'Aoste).

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Tags   Casino & Lottery

Santa Sleigh

Santa Sleigh  
C-GCJP B737-217A Zip Blue 2002-03
C-GCPN B737-217A Zip Green 2002-03
C-GCPO B737-217A Zip Orange 2002-03
C-GMCP B737-217A Zip Fuchsia 2002-03

An additionnal Santa Claus sleigh was added on 4 Zip 737s for Christmas 2002. The sleigh was pulled by the Zip bees instead of reindeer and the front bee event had a small red nose.

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Tags   Season's Greetings

22nd SEA Games Viet Nam 2003

22nd SEA Games  
Viet Nam 2003
S7-ASI » VN-A309 A320-214Vietnam Airlines 2002-06

The 22nd Souteast Asian Games took place in Hanoi in December 2002 (note SEA is not for sea as it is not all about water sports!). The aircraft carried the decals long after the event, including after the change to the Vietnam register in early 2006.

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Tags   Other Sport Events

Fly & Win BMW318i - each month

Fly & Win BMW318i - each month   setiap bulan
Fly with Lion Air - Go home with BMW - January-October 2003   Terbang dengan Lion Air - Pulang dengan BMW - Januari-Oktober 2003
8* a/c MD-82 Lion Air  [+] 2002-03

In late 2002 Lion Air teamed up with BMW Indonesia for a game in which 10 BMW318i models could be won by Lion Air customers - one every month between January and October 2003. At least 8 MD-82 sported the stickers (PK-LMG|H|I|J|L|M|N|O).

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Tags   Airline Marketing

The Lord of the Rings #1 Frodo

The Lord of the Rings  
#1
Airline to Middle-Earth - Frodo
ZK-NBV B747-419 Air New Zealand 2002-04

The Lord of the Rings is a film series consisting of three high fantasy adventure films directed by Peter Jackson. New Zealand's beautiful landscapes served as the scenery of the "Middle-Earth", and Air New Zealand capitalized on the success of the first film by joining the marketing team of the second and third movies, helping to boost the country's attractivity worldwide.

This first aircraft was unveiled in December 2002 in time for the release of the second opus The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers and featured the Frodo character played by Elijah Wood.

Image  ©  A.J. Best (LHR)
Tags   Films & Series

15 años

15 years   15 años
XA-RNP ATR-42-300 Aeromar 2002-03
XA-TLN ATR-42-500 Aeromar 2002-03
XA-TRI ATR-42-500 Aeromar 2002-03

Regional operator Aeromar was established on 29 January 1987 and started operations on 5 November 1987 as Transportes Aeromar.

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Tags   Anniversary

Hertha BSC Berlin

Hertha BSC Berlin  
D-ALTD A320-214 LTU 2002-05

Sponsoring the Berlin team. The first of four LTU football club logojets.

Image  ©  Toni Marimon (PMI)
Tags   Football Club

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year  
I-NEOS B737-86N Neos  [+] 02-03,03-04,04-05
I-NEOT B737-86N Neos  [+] 02-03,03-04
I-NEOU B737-86N Neos 04-05
I-NEOX B737-86N Neos 04-05

The Italian branch of TUI launched operations in March 2002; later in the year special titles were added to celebrate Christmas and the New Year 2003. The same operation was renewed for three years, each year with slighttly different titles, and the Christmas part sometimes removed after December 25. The 2003/2004 edition saw a small star decal added on the engines. In early 2004 the airline separated itsself from the TUI Group and introduced its own titles and logo. The special decals were added for a final year in late 2004.

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Tags   Season's Greetings

Kristianstad Aviation

Kristianstad Aviation  
SE-DRD BAe-146-200 Malmö Aviation 2002-03

Promoting the airline's new Kristianstad service with various local and international sponsors.

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Tags   Network

Arrivederci Alitalia!

Goodbye Alitalia!   Arrivederci Alitalia!
Aggressive Marketing
EI-CSZ B737-8AS Ryanair  [+] 2002-08

These port side only stickers were added when Ryanair entered the domestic Italian market.

Image  ©  Diego Ruiz de Vargas (MAD)
Tags   Airline Marketing

Panamá 100

Panamá 100  
1903-2003
HP-1379CMP B737-7V3 Copa Airlines 2002-03

Panama obtained its independence from the Republic of Colombia on November 3, 1903.

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Tags   Commemoration, Nationhood

Q-Music Airlines

Q-Music Airlines  
OO-VEK B737-405 Virgin Express +Roel Beckers ttl 2004
OO-LTL B737-3M8 Virgin Express 2002
OO-LTU B737-33A Virgin Express 2002&03
OO- B737-3** Virgin Express unconfirmed 2002
OO- B737-3** Virgin Express unconfirmed 2002

Qmusic is a Flemish commercial radio station that first teamed up with Virgin Express for a few weeks in late 2002 (to celebrate its first anniversary) and Qmusic Airlines were titles on a reported 4 aircraft. LTU regained the titles in 2003 and -400 VEK in 2004 with the name of the winner of a competition held by the radio station (note this time both aircraft sported the latest livery of the airline).

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Tags   Music

Impressions of Yunnan #6

Impressions of Yunnan  
#6
B-3072 CRJ-200ER China Yunnan 2002-04

China Yunnan's 6 CRJs were known as the "Little Peacock" (小孔雀) CRJs, with a small peacock mascot visible just under the cockpit windows. All 6 were delivered in unique liveries featuring Yunnan flowers, plants and landscapes. In a rather unusual way, the special part of the scheme was kept while the aircraft gained the MU livery after China Yunnan was integrated into China Eastern.

Sadly, this aircraft crashed immediately after take off on November 21, 2004 at Baotan airport.

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Tags   Landscape

Paradise #3

Paradise  
#3
HS-PGB ATR-72-500 Bangkok Airways Phuket 2002-19
HS-PGF ATR-72-500 Bangkok Airways Hua Hin 2002-17

This was the last of three leisure-themed liveries evoking Thailand’s beaches & underwater world.

Image  ©  Michael Stappen (HKT)
Tags   Plants Tourism, Water Sports, Wildlife

APEC Thailand 2003

APEC Thailand 2003  
HS-TGH B747-4D7 Thai Airways 2002-05
HS-TEB A330-322 Thai Airways 2003-06

APEC Thailand 2003 was a series of political meetings held around Thailand between the 21 member economies of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation during 2003. Leaders from all the member countries met from 20-21 October 2003 in Bangkok. APEC stands for Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation and is a forum for 21 Pacific Rim member economies that promotes free trade.

The logo of the Thai session was made of the forehead figure of the Suphannahong Royal Barge; note the two Royal Barge Jumbos also carried APEC titles in 2003-2005.

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Tags  Summits & Congresses

Pleasant Holidays #3

Pleasant Holidays  
#3
N555TZ B757-33N ATA 2002-05
N558TZ B757-33N ATA 2002-06

The final version of the Pleasant (Hawaiian) Holidays scheme was also the simplest with small titles on two 753s. In 2005 the tour operator signed a new partnership with United and the titles on ATA aircraft finally disappeared.

Image  ©  Gavin (LAS)
Tags   Tour Operator

Children's Painting Competition

Children's Painting Competition   Kindermalwettbewerb
Winner - Henriette, 11 years old   Sieger - Henriette , 11 Jahre
D-ACRF CRJ-200LR Eurowings 2002-06

This clowns & balloons livery was chosen during a children's painting competition held by the airline. Young Henriette won the contest and her name was applied in small characters aft of the front door on the port side of this CRJ. The painting was unveiled on October 5, 2002.

Image  ©  Kevin Cleynhens (DUS)
Tags   Children Drawings, Design Competition

Q400

Q400  
Corporate
JA841C Dash 8Q-402 JAC  [+] 2002-08
JA842C Dash 8Q-402 JAC  [+] 2002-17

The first two Q400 for JAC were delivered with Q400 billboard titles and rainbow JAC tail colours.

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Tags   Fleet

Luang Prabang

Luang Prabang  
HS-PGR B717-231 Bangkok Airways 2002-09

Named after the famous Laotian city of Luang Prabang, which literally means «Royal Buddha Image». The city was the royal capital of the kingdom of the same name and later of Laos until 1975.

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Tags   Landscape

E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial

E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial  
Baby E.T. - On DVD & Video
G-OBMP B737-3Q8 BmiBaby 2002-03

"Baby E.T." was promoting the film's re-release in Video & DVD in late 2002.

Image  ©  Manuel Marin (ALC)
Tags   Films & Series