SkyTeam members have aircraft painted in the alliance's bold silver and blue livery.
An Air France Boeing 777-300ER in the SkyTeam livery (Photo: AirlineGeeks | Noah Escobar)
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Despite the varying liveries of its member airlines, SkyTeam has a distinctive livery worn on select aircraft throughout its members’ fleets. Each SkyTeam member has a few airframes that bear the alliance’s distinctive silver and blue paint job.
The livery has a silver fuselage with a dark blue tail that features the SkyTeam logo. Along the rear of the fuselage, there is a large version of the ribbon from the alliance’s logo. Toward the front of the plane, the SkyTeam name is displayed in blue above the carrier’s name.
A Korean Boeing 777-300ER in the SkyTeam livery (Photo: AirlineGeeks | William Derrickson)
SkyTeam’s livery debuted on March 31, 2009, on a Delta Boeing 767-400 registered as N844MH, with the inaugural flight for the livery being from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Milan’s Malpensa Airport. The aircraft remains in the SkyTeam livery today.
The paint job was designed by Brandimage – Desgrippes & Laga, a design firm based in Northbrook, Illinois. Over the years, it has been featured on aircraft ranging from a Czech Airlines ATR-42 to a China Airlines Boeing 747-400.
The SkyTeam livery on a KLM Boeing 737-900 at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (Photo: AirlineGeeks | Fabian Behr)
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Editor’s Note: AirlineGeeks is proud to present our ‘Livery of the Week’ series. Every Friday, a team member will share an airline…
Editor’s Note: AirlineGeeks is proud to present our ‘Livery of the Week’ series. Every Friday, a team member will share an airline…
Editor’s Note: AirlineGeeks is proud to present our ‘Livery of the Week’ series. Every Friday, a team member will share an airline…
