Wiki Wunala

2024-

Gangneung is a city in Gangwon province on the east coast of South Korea. This special livery advertises the area as a touristic destination, with the local Gyeongpo Beach featured together with surfers & windsurfers on the port side as well as coffee cup representing Gangneung Coffee Street. The starboard side shows only titles.

Images © YoungKyun Shin (ICN & GMP)
Tags Tourism, Water Sports

Nike Run Jeju 2024

Nike Run

HL8050

2024-25

In late September 2024 Nike hosted a team relay on Jeju Island, flying out the runners on a chartered Jeju air plane which had these "Nike Run" logos added on the occasion.

Image © YoungKyun Shin (ICN)
Tags Jewellery-Fashion-Cosmetics, Other Sport Events

Antenna

Good People, Good Music, Good Laughter

HL8339

B737-82R

2024-25

Antenna is a (formerly independant) South Korean music and entertainment agency, now under the umbrella of the Kakao Entertainment Group. This livery showed the faces of 12 artists represented by the agency, including Kyuhyun, Lee Mi-joo and Jung Jae-hyung.

Images © 記録用さん (KOJ)
Tags Music, TV

The King of Active Singers / The Burning Roses

The King of Active Singers | The Burning Roses 현역가왕 | 불타는 장미단

HL8089

2024

This aircraft showed the contestants in two music shows that aired on MBN network in 2023/2024: on the port side, The King of Active Singers with female singers that were the final 7 contestants for Korea in a match against Japan. On the starboard side were the contestants of The Burning Roses, a spinoff show with the Top-7 contestants of "Burning Trotman", a male singer competition for Korean "trot" music.

Images © YoungKyun Shin (ICN) & 青春の１ページさん (NRT)
Tags Music, TV

BTS presents Everywhere

HL8087

2023

Jeju Air celebrated the 10th anniversary of K-pop boy band phenomenon BTS. The two sides showed different decals and advertised the band's 10th anniversary festival which, under the "BTS Festa" title consisted in various events that took place both online and on-site, painting Seoul purple.

Images © YoungKyun Shin (ICN)
Tags Festival, Music

Knotted

Peace of cake

HL8015

B737-8SH

Jin Air

2023-24

Cafe Knotted is one of the most popular cafe in South Korea that specialises in donuts. The company collaborated with Jin Air to offer a special inflight meal.

Image © Junichi Suzuki (NGO)
Tags Food

World Expo 2030 - Busan, Korea - Blackpink

HL7204

B777-3B5ER

2023

Busan was one of 4 cities competing to host the 2030 World Expo. Korean Air was a partner of the bid; in the meantime the airline also acted as a sponsor of the 2023 World tour of K-pop girl band Blackpink and it was decided to affix both decals on the same plane. Riyadh was chosen to host the Expo in late 2023 and the stickers were quickly removed thereafter.

Image © YoungKyun Shin (ICN)
Tags Exhibition, Music

Our Pride | We Are Korean Air

HL7203

B777-3B5ER

2023-24

This asymmetric special livery was unveiled during the April 2023 Korean Air Family Day weekend; the letters were made of the names of over 20,000 staff from all over the world.

Images © YoungKyun Shin (ICN) & Benjanmin Schudel (ZRH)
Tags Staff

Andong, Korea

Andong, Korea 대한민국 안동 安東韓國

HL8336

B737-8JP

2023-

Andong is a city on the Nakdong River, in South Korea. It is known for its open-air heritage museums.

Images © YoungKyun Shin (ICN) & yabyanさん (NGO)
Tags Tourism

Pikachu Jet TW

Pokémon

HL8306

T'Way

2022-

T'way (IATA code TW) is third airline to participate in the “Pokémon Air Adventures” project of The Pokémon Company. The special scheme was unveiled in Seoul-Gimpo on December 28, 2022. Colourful spotlights and musical notes can be seen with Pikachu, Eevee, Jigglypuff, Charmander, Arcanine and friends apparently having a blast as they are surrounded by Meloetta's melody. The partnership with the airline includes inflight amenities with Pokemon designs, activities, as well as dual-branded original merchandise sold onboard.

Images © zhangmx969 (CJU) & TIA Spotter (KIX)
Tags Cartoon & Anime, Pokemon

Zanmang Loopy

HL8322

2022-24

Zanmang Loopy is an alter-ego of Loopy, one of the characters in the kid animation Pororo the Little Penguin, very popular in South Korea among 10s & 20s. The two sides were different and Jeju Air sold Zanmang Loopy-branded items onboard.

Images © Ryotaro Shinozaki (NRT) & YoungKyun Shin (ICN)
Tags Cartoon & Anime

Fly! Korea

Korea

HL8381	A350-941	Asiana		2022-23
HL8018	A321-231	Asiana		2022-23

Asiana was a partner of the South Korean National Football Team that qualified for the 2022 World Cup held in Qatar. Note the decals were slightly different on the two sides, but identical on the two planes. The decals featured key players of the team, including captain Son Heung-min.

Images © YoungKyun Shin (ICN & GMP)
Tags National Football Team

Expo 2030

World EXPO 2030

Busan, Korea

HL8504

A321-251NX

Air Busan

2022-23

Expo 2030 is a proposed world's fair to be held in 2030. The cities of Busan, Rome, Odessa and Riyadh were contenders, with Riyadh selected in late 2023.

Image © YoungKyun Shin (CJU)
Tags Exhibition

Daegu-Gyeongbuk Integrated New Airport

Daegu-Gyeongbuk Integrated New Airport 대구경북 통합신공항

I came to Daegu 대구에왔대구

HL8030

B737-8Q8

T'Way

2022-24

The Daegu-Gyeongbuk Integrated New Airport is a new development aiming at replacing the current Daegu Airport/Airbase located too close to the city center. Note the two sides were different. T'way serves the current Daegu Airport.

Images © YoungKyun Shin (ICN)
Tags Airport

Angel-in-us

HL8017

B737-8SH

Jin Air

2021-22

Angel-in-us Coffee is a coffeehouse chain based in South Korea; the company teamed up with Jin Air in September 2021 for a promotional campaign called Angel-in-JinAir.

Image © YoungKyun Shin (CJU)
Tags Drinks

Happy JiminDay

Happy JiminDay 지민

"Eternal Love" from JiminbarChina and GPJMS - 19951013

HL8087

2021

Jimin is a member of K-Pop Group BTS. A group of Chinese fans paid for these large decals on the occasion of his 25th birthday. Note the two sides were different.

Images © YoungKyun Shin (CJU)
Tags Music

Shinhan Card - Mastercard

Fanguin Friends

HL8086	B737-8Q8	T'Way		2021-22
HL8306	B737-8AS	T'Way		2021-22

The Fanguin Friends are a series of characters created for Shinhan Card, Korea's largest credit card company. They include "the first penguin to jump into the water" and this campaign expresses the longing for travel fealt by many Koreans during the Covid-19 pandemic. Three 737 were expected to carry the decals, however it ended up being just two.

Image © YoungKyun Shin (GMP)
Tags Cartoon & Anime, Finance & Insurance

SuperM

SuperM 슈퍼엠

Let's Go Everywhere

HL8010

B777-3B5ER

2019-21

A partnership between Korean Air and newly-formed pop "super group" SuperM started in November 2019 with the 7 idols appearing in the airline's new safety video and commercials from the KE "Let's Go Everywhere" marketing campaign. The group includes seven members from four SM label boy groups: Taemin from Shinee, Baekhyun and Kai from Exo, Taeyong and Mark from NCT 127, and Ten and Lucas from WayV.

Images © Michael Carter (LAX) & Sergey Kustov (Russia)
Tags Airline Marketing, Music

Future Artist Olympiad #11

Future Artist Olympiad 내가 그린 예쁜 비행기

#11

The flower of happiness has blossomed - Kang Min-jin, Kim Eun-seo 행복의 꽃이 피었습니다 - 강민진·김은서

HL7630

B747-8B5