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This is the  2004  category
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Santa Claus

Santa Claus  
SX-DFC A340-313 Olympic 2004-05
SX-DFD A340-313 Olympic 2004-05
SX-BEL A300B4-605R Olympic 2004-05
SX-BKA B737-484 Olympic 2004-05
SX-BKB B737-484 Olympic 2004-05
SX-BKE B737-484 Olympic 2004-05
SX-BKG B737-484 Olympic 2004-05
SX-BKI B737-4Q8 Olympic 2004-05

A small Santa with an Olympic logo on the belly was added to some Olympic fleet members for Christmas 2004. All aircraft had it on the front part except SX-BKB which had it aft of the wing.

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Tags   Season's Greetings

[Thumbs up]

[Thumbs up]   [Pulgar arriba]
HK-727 B727-59F Aerosucre 2004-06

It is unclear why this aircraft -the very first 727 to be delivered in Colombia- gained an all-white livery with thumbs up decals on the tail in late 2004... any piece of information most welcome.

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Tags   Unknown

World Handball Championship Tunisia 2005

World Handball Championship Tunisia 2005  
Events
TS-IPC A300B4-605R Tunisair 2004-05
TS-IMG A320-211 Tunisair 2004-05
TS-IMH A320-211 Tunisair 2004-05
TS-IMI A320-211 Tunisair 2004-05
TS-IMM A320-211 Tunisair 2004-05
TS-IMP A320-211 Tunisair 2004-05
TS-IMO A319-114 Tunisair 2004-05
TS-IOJ B737-5H3 Tunisair 2004-05

The 19th World Men's Handball Championship was hosted by Tunisia in early 2005.

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Tags   Other Sport Events

Sun Microsystems - Java

Sun Microsystems - Java  
VT-ADB ATR-42-300 Air Deccan 2004-05

Sun Microsystems was an American company that sold computers, computer components, software, and information technology services and created the Java programming language. Altogether with the NDTV A320, this was India's first batch of logojets in late 2004.

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Tags   Appliances & Electronics, B2B

Pokémon Jet Flower Jumbo

Pokémon Jet   ポケモンジェット
#5
Flower Jumbo   お花ジャンボ
Entertainment
JA8956 B747-481D ANA  [+] 2004-12

Pokémon (also known as Pocket Monsters in Japan) is a franchise created by Satoshi Tajiri in 1995, and owned by Nintendo. The Flower Jumbo design is the winning design of a competition held by ANA on the occasion of the opening of Haneda Terminal 2 in December 2004. The work of 10 year-old Azumi Suzuda and her "Pokemon Flower Field" was chosen among 15,000 design of primary school students. The Flower Jumbo started operations on December 5, 2004 with a panoramic flight organised by the airline which had invited 250 children and their parents for a party in the new Terminal 2. Note both sides were also different.

Images  ©  Atsushi Yoshioka (HND)
Tags   Cartoon & Anime, Design Competition, Plants, Pokemon

Fly to Buenos Aires with Gol

Fly to Buenos Aires with Gol  
Voe para Buenos Aires de Gol
PR-GOC B737-75B Gol 2004-05

Promoting the launch of flights to Buenos Aires with Tango dancer decals on the fuselage.

Image  ©  Jaka (FLN)
Tags   Network

Season's Greetings #1

Season's Greetings  
#1
Christmas 2004
OO-TCJ A320-214 Thomas Cook Belgium  [+] 2004-05

First Christmas markings for T.Cook Belgium. Port side stickers only.

Image  ©  Manuel Marin (ALC)
Tags   Season's Greetings

NDTV

NDTV  
India's Largest News Network
VT-ADZ A320-232 Air Deccan 2004-05

New Delhi Television Limited is an Indian television media company founded in 1988. The company teamed up with low-fare newcomer Air Deccan in late 2004 and together with the Sun|Java ATR they were the first logojets to take to the skies in India.

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Tags   News Business, TV

The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie

The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie  
Nickelodeon  
VP-CAY B737-3Q8 Cayman Airways 2004-06

Promoting the release of the 2004 movie based on the Nickelodeon characters SpongeBob & friends.

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Tags   Cartoon & Anime

Jet2Manchester

Jet2Manchester  
G-CELI B737-330 Jet2 2004-17

One of three Jet2 737 wearing billboard titles advertising its main departure points in the UK. Flights from Manchester were launched in November 2004.

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Tags   Network

85 años

85 Years   85 años
N948AV B767-3Y0ER Avianca  [+] 2004-06

Avianca celebrated 85 years in 2004 with special markings on the tail of this 767.

Image  ©  Justin Idle (MIA)
Tags   Anniversary

Fashion Passion

Fashion Passion  
100 years of fashion at Oca   100 Anos de moda na Oca
PR-GOO B737-76N Gol 2004-05

This exhibition took place the at Oca Museum in Sao Paulo in late 2004 and presented high-collections of the 20th century, featuring 26 foreign designers, mostly French couturiers or those they inspired.

Image  ©  Jaka (FLN)
Tags   Exhibition

¡no pierdas tiempo!

Don’t waste your time!   ¡no pierdas tiempo!
Buy in with your travel agent   Compra en tu agencia de viajes
Corp. & Init.
EC-IRA B737-4Y0 Air Europa  [+] 2004-05

Wearing rather weird titles at a time when most airlines promoted direct bookings through their website.

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Tags   Airline Marketing

Varig, Varig, Varig

Varig, Varig, Varig  
We go further for you   A gente vai mais longe por você
PR-SAF B737-7Q8 Varig  [+] 2004-06
PR-SAG B737-7Q8 Varig  [+] 2004-06

In late 2004 these two 73Gs were transferred from Rio Sul to Varig and gained special titles matching the airline's marketing campaign of the time.

Image  ©  Jaka (FLN)
Tags   Airline Marketing

We are mooving money for CHOC

We are mooving money for CHOC  
ZS-OTH B737-436 Kulula (opb Comair) 2004-10

First funny livery for Kulula, promoting CHOC, a charity raising funds for children with cancer. In 2009-2010 the aircraft had a football nose with small "Kulula loves soccer" titles.

Image  ©  Jacques Guillem Collection (JNB)
Tags   Charity, Fun, Wildlife

Say No to BA fuel levy

Say No to BA fuel levy  
Aggressive Marketing
EI-CTB B737-8AS Ryanair  [+] 2004-09

This second batch of "aggressive" stickers was added in late 2004, targetting the 3 European majors which at the time of expensive oil added fuel surcharge in their fares.

Image  ©  David Roura (GRO)
Tags   Airline Marketing

Dites Non à la surchage kérosène d'Air France

Say No to the Air France fuel surcharge  
Dites Non à la surchage kérosène d'Air France
Aggressive Marketing
EI-CSF B737-8AS Ryanair  [+] 2004-06

This second batch of "aggressive" stickers was added in late 2004, targetting the 3 European majors which at the time of expensive oil added fuel surcharge in their fares.

Image  ©  David Roura (GRO)
Tags   Airline Marketing

100 years H-E-B

100 years H-E-B  
Thanks Texas
Brands
N490WN B737-7H4 Southwest 2004-05

H-E-B is an American supermarket chain based in San Antonio, Texas. The company was founded in 1905 and its name comes from founder Howard E. Butt and has over 300 stores, all of them located in Texas, which is also the home state of Southwest.

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Tags   Retail

Fritidsresor.se | StarTour.no

Fritidsresor.se | StarTour.no  
SE-DUP B757-236 Britannia Nordic » TUIfly Nordic  [+] FR|FR 2005-07
SE-DZH B737-804 Britannia Nordic  [+] ST|FR 2004-05
SE-DZI B737-804 Britannia Nordic  [+] FR|ST 2004-06
SE-DZK B737-804 Britannia Nordic » TUIfly Nordic  [+] FR|ST 2004-06
SE-DZN B737-804 TUIfly Nordic  [+] ST|FR 2006-08

In late 2004 Britannia Airways AB/Britannia Nordic - while still trading simply as Britannia (yet with swedish-registered planes) - started flying partly with the titles of the tour operators it was flying for. Fritidsresor is the Swedish one which was at the origin of the split of the scheduled and charter operations of Transwede in 1996, the charter part trading under the Transwede Leisure name, which in turn quickly became Blue Scandinavia (the predecessor of Britannia Sweden), a period from which it still retains its 'Bluescan' radio callsign.

StarTour is the Norwegian tour operator which also became part of the TUI Group in the early 2000s; the airline is indeed also flying from Norway as well as Finland. The side on which the titles were applied varied as well; it is indicated here with the 'port side|starboard side' pattern, with FR for Fritidsresor and ST for StarTour.

Images  ©  Thomas Ingendorn (PMI) & Pertti Sipilä (HEL x2)
Tags   Tour Operator