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ATMRM - Fliggy Travel

A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains   千里江山彩绘
#4
Fliggy Travel   飞猪旅行
B-1427 B737-89P China United 2025-

A new series of specials appeared at China United in late 2024. The livery of all aircraft in the series is based on the "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains" long blue-green scroll painting by 12th century painter Wang Ximeng.

This 4th iteration of the scheme features the basic scheme with Fliggy Travel titles ; Fliggy (feizhu) is an online travel platform in China; its mascot is a pig.

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Tags   Internet Companies, Traditional Patterns

Game for Peace

Game for Peace   和平精英
B-1426 B737-89P China United 2025-

Game for Peace (formerly known as Peacekeeper Elite) is a version of PUBG Mobile that has been especially designed for the Asian market.

Image  ©  Wu (TSN)
Tags   Games

A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains - #3 Tongcheng Travel

A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains   千里江山彩绘
#3
Tongcheng Travel   同程旅行
B-1573 B737-89P China United 2024-

A new series of specials appeared at China United in late 2024. The livery of all aircraft in the series is based on the "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains" long blue-green scroll painting by 12th century painter Wang Ximeng.

Tongcheng Travel (ly.com) is an online leisure travel service provider in China headquartered in Suzhou. Halfway between an airship and a fish, Firmon (Feiermeng) is the mascot/logo of Tongcheng Travel.

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Tags   Internet Companies, Traditional Patterns

A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains #2 Zhengding

A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains   千里江山彩绘
#2
Zhengding   正定号
B-1425 B737-89P China United 2024-

A new series of specials appeared at China United in late 2024. The livery of all aircraft in the series is based on the "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains" long blue-green scroll painting by 12th century painter Wang Ximeng.

Although the scenery of the painting is identified as Jiujiang in Jiangxi province, this particular aircraft advertises Zhengding in Hubei province, an area served by CUA with its base in nearby Shijiazhuang. Landmarks featured are the Longxing Temple, Rongguo Mansion Archway, and Xumi Pagoda of the Kaiyuan Temple.

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Tags   Tourism, Traditional Patterns

A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains - #1 CTrip Travel

A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains   千里江山彩绘
#1
CTrip Travel   携程旅行
B-1151 B737-89P China United 2024-

A new series of specials appeared at China United in late 2024. The livery of all aircraft in the series is based on the "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains" long blue-green scroll painting by 12th century painter Wang Ximeng.

This first scheme promotes CTrip Travel, part of the Trip.com Group, one of the largest online travel agencies.

Image  ©  Olivier Mouhot (PKX)
Tags   Internet Companies, Traditional Patterns

Daxing

Daxing   大兴号
#5
B-208Z B737-89P China United 2023-

During the unveiling of the Magnolia 白玉兰 livery (on B-20AD) in April 2023, China United announced the start of the Diamond Route Network visual campaign which highlights the airline's 4-base strategy in style. Beijing Daxing is the 4th and last base to be featured, and this aircraft was unveiled in time for the 4th anniversary of the opening of Daxing airport. Note the "welcoming flower" magnolia theme on the tail of the aircraft is common to all the schemes in the series.

The Daxing design includes auspicious clouds like all aircraft in the series and the tail has pink hues. Design elements include Beijing's Temple of Heaven as well as the silhouette of the Daxing airport main terminal building. Note additional titles for the Daxing "9.25" 4th anniversary celebration festival close to the front door.

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Tags   Network, Plants, Traditional Patterns

Chengdu

Chengdu   佛山号
#4
B-208U B737-89P China United 2023-

During the unveiling of the Magnolia 白玉兰 livery (on B-20AD) in April 2023, China United announced the start of the Diamond Route Network visual campaign which highlights the airline's 4-base strategy in style. Chengdu is the third base to be featured, and this aircraft was unveiled in time for the second anniversary of the Sichuan branch of China United. Note the "welcoming flower" magnolia theme on the tail of the aircraft is common to all the schemes in the series.

The Chengdu design includes auspicious clouds like all aircraft in the series and the tail has pink hues. Design elements include a Sichuan panda holding a traditional Kongming fan.

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Tags   Network, Panda, Plants, Traditional Patterns

Foshan

Foshan   佛山号
#3
B-208Y B737-89P China United 2023-

During the unveiling of the Magnolia 白玉兰 livery (on B-20AD) in April 2023, China United announced the start of the Diamond Route Network visual campaign which highlights the airline's 4-base strategy in style. Foshan is the second base to be featured. Note the "welcoming flower" magnolia theme on the tail of the aircraft is common to all the schemes in the series.

The Foshan design includes auspicious clouds like all aircraft in the series and the tail has green hues - as for the Wenzhou aircraft. Design elements include the famous Foshan Ancestral Temple, cubic shapes from the recent Foshan Grand Theatre, as well as a lion head. The Guangdong Lion Dance, which was listed as a national intangible cultural heritage in 2006, is a combination of martial arts, dance and music; it is often performed at the Foshan Ancestral Temple.

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Tags   Network, Plants, Traditional Patterns

Wenzhou

Wenzhou   温州号
#2
B-7563 B737-89P China United 2023-

During the unveiling of the Magnolia 白玉兰 livery (on B-20AD) in April 2023, China United announced the start of the Diamond Route Network visual campaign which highlights the airline's 4-base strategy in style. Wenzhou is the first base to be featured with Chengdu, Foshan & Daxing to follow. Note the "welcoming flower" magnolia theme on the tail of the aircraft is common to all the schemes in the series.

The Wenzhou design includes auspicious clouds, the famous Wenzhou Yandang Mountains, the Wuhua Tianbao Fountain, the Wenzhou Grand Theater and Wenzhou City Camellia flower. Grass green and an orange rising sun complete the scheme.

Image  ©  Thomas Ingendorn (PKX)
Tags   Network, Plants, Traditional Patterns

Magnolia

Creative Edition Standard   创意版标准机
#1
Magnolia   白玉兰
B-20AD B737-89P China United 2023-

This livery is a new, artistic yet unique version of standard livery for China United, conveying a "leisurely, peaceful, and vigorous" visual experience. The design includes the pattern used in Xiangqi or Chinese Chess as well as pastel colours. White magnolias, symbols of purity and nobility, are used here as "welcoming flowers" and repeated next to the L1 and L2 doors. This scheme is used as the canvas on the 4 additional specials of the Diamond Route Network series (Wenzhou, Foshan, Chengdu & Daxing).

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Tags   Plants

City of Ordos

Ordos   鄂尔多斯
City of Ordos   鄂尔多斯号
B-20A9 B737-89P China United 2022-

China United's 8th city livery promotes Ordos, the "Pearl of the Grassland" - in Inner Mongolia. The aircraft made its first appearance at Ordos Airport on January 7, 2023, marking the establishment of China United's Ordos base, which had been launched a few months earlier at the start of the 2022/2023 season with 6 aircraft based. This brought a notable frequency and network increase for the city airport, including a 3 daily service to China United's Beijing Daxing base.

The livery of the result of a partnership with the Ordos Municipal People's Government; the main colour mix of the livery depicts a sunrise on the prairie with the grassland green as seen in morning light. Featured prominently on the front of the aircraft is an Albasi white cashmere goat, typical from the Ordos Plateau. Other elements on the front include orange-yellow berries of sea buckthorn and sour apricot. A galloping Mongolian white horse can be seen at the rear together with a hand-painted Malan flower, a yurt and typical "grassland clouds". Also included are the silhouettes of local landmarks: the Ordos Grand Theater (rear) and Ordos Museum (front).

Image  ©  Ceci Wong (PKX)
Tags   Tourism, Traditional Patterns

Happy Wuhu

Happy Wuhu   欢乐芜湖号
City of Wuhu   芜湖
B-7371 B737-89P China United 2021-

China United's 7th city livery promotes Wuhu on the banks of Yangtze River (Anhui province in central China). The special livery was christened by a water salute at the newly-opened Wuhu Airport on June 23, 2021. The airline now serves the city from both Beijing and Foshan, and is a partner of the City tourism office with whom it designed the special scheme.

Elements of the design include a unique light blue colour depicting the waters of the Yangtze River, the Jiuzi God Bird, the Old Customs House as well as the Zhongjiang Pagoda. The rear part is painted like a cartoon; it is centered on the Cartoon Castle of the Wuhu Fangte theme park, and includes the "Three Squirrels". Three Squirrels is the name of a snack company based in Wuhu which specializes in online brand marketing of forest food such as nuts, dried fruit and tea.

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Tags   Cartoon & Anime, Food, Theme Park, Tourism

ChangBai Mountain

ChangBai Mountain   大興号
I yearn for it   我心向往之
B-7370 B737-89P China United 2020-22

Changbai Mountain (Changbaishan) is an active stratovolcano on the Chinese–North Korean border (and known in Korea as Paektu Mountain). In mid-2020 China United teamed up with the local tourism bureau to promote travel to the mountain area via its newly-launched Beijing (Daxing)-Changbaishan route.

Image  ©  Yiran (CAN)
Tags   Tourism

Lianyungang

Lianyungang   连云港号
Flower and fruit hill   花果山
B-1750 B737-89P China United 2019-

The 6th special aircraft for China United was unveiled in September 2019 and promotes coastal city Lianyungang in the Jiangsu province; it is located immediately south of Rizhao which is already featured on company 737 B-5470. Lianyuangang is the gateway to Mount Huaguo aka Flowers and Fruit Hill, a place related to Journey to the West, one of the four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature. In the novel, the large mountain has many demons and monkeys in its population and contains many hidden areas.

The scheme was inspired by 1960s animated feature film The Monkey King, a highly influential work in China, itself inspired from the 16th century novel. The city of Liangyuangang is served by CUA daily from Beijing.

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Tags   Cartoon & Anime, Plants, Tourism

Daxing

Daxing   大興号
B-1310 B737-89P China United 2019-

China United moved from Nanyuan Airport in Beijing to the new Daxing Airport in late September 2019.

Image  ©  YanShuai (NAY)
Tags   Network

Qingyang Apple Manor

Qingyang Apple Manor   慶陽
B-5471 B737-86D China United 2019-

Qingyang is a prefecture-level city in eastern Gansu province served by China United. Qingyang City is one of the birthplaces of the early Chinese farming civilization. The local climate makes it a great place to grow fruits, with apples being the most common variety produced. The livery was unveiled in time for the 2019 Spring Festival celebrations.

Image  ©  Yiran (PKX)
Tags   Plants, Tourism

Xingyi Million Peak Forest

Xingyi Million Peak Forest   兴义万峰林号
Guizhou Qianxinan   贵州黔西南
B-7561 B737-89P China United 2018-

This 4th logojet for China United was designed in partnership with the Guizhou Qianxinan (Southwest) government. The aircraft first flew to Xingyi airport on August 1, 2018 to celebrate the opening of the new terminal. The Xingyi area is known for its ten-thousand or "Million" peak forest and the local authorities aim at increasing the number of visitors to the area.

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Tags   Tourism, Traditional Patterns

Fantasy Ocean Rizhao

Fantasy Ocean Rizhao   日照号
Rizhao Fantasy aircraft - Maritime Capital
B-5470 B737-86D China United 2017-

Rizhao is a coastal city in Shandong province which is famous for its blue sea and this livery was designed as a marketing tool by the Government of the city of Rizhao. The scheme celebrates traditional decoration by Chinese craftsmen in a pink dreamy mood.

Included in the design is the iconic Rizhao lighthouse, as well as typical ocean wildlife with coral, starfish and seagulls. The rear of the livery despicts a traditional Oriental Sunrise seascape with sailing ships.

Image  ©  Kimi (CAN)
Tags   Tourism, Traditional Patterns

Baotou Dream

Baotou Dream   包头创梦号
Create a Dream - Baotou aircraft
B-5665 B737-86N China United 2016-

Baotou also known as Bugthot is the largest industrial city in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of northern China. The city’s Mongolian name means «place with deer» and an alternate name is «Lucheng», meaning «Deer City».

This livery is a result of a partnership with the Baotou City People's Government to advertise the city as a touristic destination. The scheme was created in a way to match the Sui and Tang dynasties mural art, showing Inner Mongolia prairie scenery with deers. Typical Inner Mongolia Little Yellow Bird can be seen on the engines. The winglets are decorated with auspicious Mongolian Obo totem flags.

Image  ©  Danny Yu (NAY)
Tags   Tourism, Traditional Patterns, Wildlife

Anshun Huangguoshu Waterfalls

Anshun Huangguoshu Waterfalls   安顺黄果树号
Anshun aircraft
B-5448 B737-86N China United 2015-

Huangguoshu Waterfall is one of the largest waterfalls in China and East Asia located on the Baishui River in Anshun, Guizhou province. The livery is advertised as the first freehand Chinese painting on a plane.

This scheme is the result of cooperation between the Anshun City Government and China United. The aircraft was used to inaugurate the Beijing Nanyuan-Anshun route and passengers were awarded discounts to go see the Waterfalls.

Image  ©  Danny Yu (NAY)
Tags   Tourism, Traditional Patterns