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World Natural Heritage #7

World Natural Heritage   世界自然遺産号
#7
Connecting to the Future   未来へつなごう
Initiatives
JA10RK B737-8Q3 JTA  [+] 2025-

This is the 7th scheme at JAL & JTA related to the World Natural Heritage tourism campaigns highlighting a designated area in Okinawa (& Kagoshima) Prefectures. The area consists of Amami Ōshima Island, Tokunoshima Island, the northern part of Okinawa Island and Iriomote Island. The drawing contest had been held once again for elementary and junior high school students in the Yanbaru/Iriomote Island area, this time specifically in the northern and Yaeyama regions the Okinawa prefecture.

Note both sides showed different elements sourced from the 2 winning designs; the left side shows "Tidanagaruma-din" by third-year student Sawa Yaka while the starboard side shows "Into Vivid Nature" by third-year student Aisa Tamamoto.

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Tags   Children Drawings, Tourism

ATCO

ATCO  
Air Traffic Controllers   Controladores de Tráfego Aéreo
Initiatives
PR-AUF EMB-195LR Azul 2024-

A headset for this E195 as a tribute to Brazil's 3'900 air traffic controllers and professionals.

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Tags   Initiative

Voluntarios, ¡Gracias!

Volunteers, thank you!   Voluntarios, ¡Gracias!
Thank you all for your help! - All with one voice, brothers, come here.   ¡Gracias a todos por vuestra ayuda! - Tots a una veu, germans vingau
EC-MLO CRJ-1000 Air Nostrum  [+] 2024-

Air Nostrum's tribute to the many volunteers who helped people in the Valencia region in the aftermath of the deadly Fall 2024 floods. "Tots a una veu, germans vingau" (all in one voice, brothers, come here) in Valencian is the second verse of the Anthem of the Valencian Community.

Images  ©  Diego Ruiz de Vargas (MAD)
Tags   Initiative

El avión de las PYMES

The plane of SMEs   El avión de las PYMES
in alliance with emprendetumente.org   en alianza con emprendetumente.org
CC-AZJ A320-251N SKY Chile  [+] 2024-

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are advertised by SKY Chile through a partnership with Emprende Tu Mente (EtM), a foundation that supports small and medium-sized entrepreneurs in Chile.

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Tags   Initiative

Stand Speak Rise Up!

Stand Speak Rise Up!  
LX-LGF Dash 8Q-402 Luxair 2024-

Stand Speak Rise Up! is an initiative founded in 2019 by Her Royal Highness, the Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, Maria Teresa, to combat sexual violence against women and girls in fragile environments such as war zones and conflict regions. The design is very similar on the two sides of the fuselage and shows fragmented female faces. LX-LGE had orange titles in 2020-21 to support the same cause.

Image  ©  YoungKyun Shin (LIN)
Tags   Initiative

You are always with us

You are always with us   אתם תמיד איתנו
Waiting for your return...   מחכים לש‬ובכם...
4X-ABI A320-232 Israir 2024-25

An updated sticker to show the airline's support to Israel efforts to bring the remaining hostages held by Hamas back to Israel.

Image  ©  James Ronayne (LTN)
Tags   Initiative

Dream Sho Jet

Dream Sho Jet  
Sport
JA08XJ A350-941 JAL  [+] 2024-

The two sides are different and show MLB Los Angeles Dodgers' player Shohei Ohtani. This project is part of the "Dream Miles Pass" initiative at JAL which sees the airline provide air tickets to young people who are chasing their dreams, in sport but also music and other arts.

Expected livery removal date : March 2026

Image  ©  Hajime Suzuki (HND)
Tags   Baseball, Initiative, Tribute to a Champion

Great Futures

Great Futures  
G-STBN B777-336ER British Airways  [+] 2024-

Great Futures is a 12-month campaign that started in May 2024 and highlighting UK expertise and capability in sectors that support Saudi Arabia’s ‘Vision 2030’, with BA a lead partner.

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Tags   Initiative

Yes to Europe (#2)

Yes to Europe  
D-AENE A320-251N Eurowings 2024-
D-AIUC A320-214 Lufthansa  [+] 2024-25
OE-LZO A320-271N Austrian 2024
OO-TCV A320-214 Brussels Airlines 2024

For the second time, Lufthansa added large titles to an A320 to campaign for more Europeans to vote during the European Parliament elections of Spring 2024. This time 4 aircraft from 4 different airlines of the LH Group wear the titles. Note the font used for the special titles is each time the one used by the airline for its regular branding.

Images  ©  Andreas Fietz (PMI), Martin Krause (FRA), Kevin Cleynhens (BRU) & Daniel Nagy (BUD)
Tags   Initiative

Girls Be-Ambitious

Girls Bé-Ambitious  
JA851J B787-8 Zipair 2024

This initiative was the result of partnership between Zipair and the Be-A Japan (Shibuya Ward; marketed as Bé-A) sanitary product company. The latter runs a Girls Be Ambitious (GBA) initiative promoting women's empowerment in a country currently lagging behind in terms of gender gap index.

Image  ©  Esa Kaihlanen (NRT)
Tags   Initiative

My Mum onboard

My Mum onboard | We are people of action  
Моя мама на борту | Мы люди дела
RA-73297 B737-8LJ Pobeda 2024-

These special titles were added to show the support of the airline to the "Year of the Family" initiative proclaimed in 2024 in Russia. Titles are port side | starboard side.

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Tags   Initiative

#Bringthemhome

#Bringthemhome  
4X-ABI A320-232 Israir 2023-24

In early November 2023 Israir introduced a new initiative in a show of solidarity with the efforts to bring Israel's hostages home from Hamas. Note the yellow ribbon traditionnally used in the US for prisoners of war.

Image  ©  Anna Zvereva (MUC)
Tags   Initiative

Say No to Drugs - Say Yes to Travel

Say No to Drugs, Say Yes to Travel  
War on Drugs
PK-LKZ B737-8GP Lion Air  [+] 2023-
PK-LUU A320-214 Batik Air  [+] 2023-
PK-LUV A320-214 Batik Air  [+] 2023-
PK-SAT A320-232 Super Air Jet 2023-
PK-SAV A320-232 Super Air Jet 2023-

Several Indonesian airlines are partners of Indonesia's nationwide "War on Drugs" campaign.

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Tags   Initiative

Yes23

Yes23  
Qantas proudly supports Voice to Parliament
Initiatives
VH-EBL B737-838 Qantas  [+] 2023
VH-VQM A320-232 Jetstar  [+] 2023
VH-LQL Dash 8Q-315 QantasLink (opb Eastern Australia)  [+] 2023

Qantas added decals to three aircraft in its group of companies in Summer 2023 to show its support to the Yes23 Indigenous "Voice to Paliament" campaign. The initiative advocated for a yes in the October 2023 referendum about Indigenous recognition in the Australian Constitution and Parliament. Australians voted against the initiative with a 60% No result.

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Tags   Initiative

Flight Mode On

Flight Mode On  
RA-73490 A321-211 S7 Airlines 2023-

This mostly white aircraft was introduced to embody the "Flight Mode" available on smartphones with the button and titles being visible on the aircraft belly only.

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Tags   Initiative

The gift of travel

The gift of travel  
Corporate
N913AK B737-9 MAX Alaska Airlines 2022-23

The 2022 holiday-inspired Alaska plane embraced the reason for the season: giving. Miles donated to the Care Miles program help charities with business travel and accommodation among others. The airline and Mileage Plan members have donated 40+ million miles to charities in 2022 through this program.

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Tags   Initiative, Season's Greetings

Fanhansa 2022 #4 Diversity Wins

Fanhansa  
#4
Diversity Wins.  
D-AIKQ A330-343 Lufthansa  [+] 2022-23

The 2022 edition of the Fanhansa scheme was unveiled on an A330 and featured the silhouettes of the members of the national football team. The aircraft flew the German team to Muscat for training prior to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Illustrator Peter Phobia was the author of the design which highlighted the Lufthansa message of "openness, tolerance, diversity and bringing people together."

Image  ©  Wolfgang Kronfuss (VIE)
Tags   Initiative, National Football Team

Vets in Blue #2

JetBlue honors our veterans   Vets
#2
Vets in Blue
Initiatives
N775JB A320-232 JetBlue 2022-

This is the 2022 update of a scheme unveiled in 2014 and honouring veterans and active duty military. The yellow ribbon is a popular symbol of support for the nation's troops in the US. Eight "vets" took part in the repaint of that particular A320 and the airline offers veterans and active service members discounts and benefits.

Image  ©  John Boulin (DCA)
Tags   Initiative

China Fire And Rescue

China Fire and Rescue   中国消防救援
Focus on fire safety and ensure high-quality development   抓消防安全 保高质量发展
B-207H B737-8 MAX Hainan Airlines  [+] 2022

These special titles and mascots were added to this grounded MAX airframe in late 2022; the aircraft was stored in Lüliang Dawu Airport in Shanxi Province. The logos were added in partnership with the Shanxi Fire and Rescue authorities, which later used the aircraft for PR fire safety duties which were said to cover part of the aircraft parking costs.

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Tags   Initiative

United24

United24  
The Power of Freedom
UR-SQM » 9H-SAU B737-8KN SkyUp » SkyUp Europe 2022-

The SkyUp+UNITED24 aircraft was designed to achieve two major goals: to remind the whole world of the importance of supporting Ukraine as well as to help raise funds for tactical first-aid kits for Ukrainian defenders. A special QR code linking to a fundraiser is shown on the plane. United24 was launched by the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy as the main venue for collecting charitable donations in support of Ukraine.

Image  ©  Thomas Ingendorn (MUC)
Tags   Initiative