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[ERfly]

500 time better. Although I still think it should be left unchanged.

I love the polished metal look, too. However, with all the composite airplanes AA is getting, it's hard to polish plastic.

 

[climbhappy]

500 time better. Although I still think it should be left unchanged.

yes agreed 500 times better, but this looks a little like Delta's first departure from the 70's traditional livery...yes much better and yes leave the classic the F alone

 

[washout]

somewhere in the great beyond cr smith gave himself an epic face palm.

haha!!!!

 

[Golden Falcon]

this would have been nicer.

http://www.cardatabase.net/modifiedairlinerphotos/photos/big/00015113.jpg

Agreed 100%

 

[trip]

this would have been nicer.

http://www.cardatabase.net/modifiedairlinerphotos/photos/big/00015113.jpg

Nice!

 

[FastestPA31Ever]

I don't think it's 100% awful. My problems are:

1. No more Helvetica! Such an iconic font, whether you like typography or not. When you see it, you know it (think AA and the Space Shuttle). I ran a screen cap through whatthefont.com and it looks like Kievit Medium.

2. The tail - I like the idea of extending down into the fuselage, but the different shades of gray clashing from the fuselage and the tail section don't blend well. Should have gone straight red, white, and blue without trying to capture so much color contouring and definition.

I prefer the alternate that TMMT posted, but they probably argued that it was kind of a knock off of the Delta redesign - very austere and hard-lined.

 

[DUBLINFLYER]

New livery + us air

How do they plan to incorporate the US Airways logo as well when they merge soon

 

[flunkn63]

How do they plan to incorporate the US Airways logo as well when they merge soon

That is exactly why there is nothing on the tail and the tail looks like a flag. Post merger next year expect a white flag to be slapped on.

 

[OHGOON]

That is exactly why there is nothing on the tail and the tail looks like a flag. Post merger next year expect a white flag to be slapped on.

Amen!

 

[climbhappy]

if you look at the classic livery and then quickly at the new one....my reaction is the new one sucks everytime....a glance at airliners.net is all it takes...the new look simply sucks.....

 

[dirkdigler]

it's gaudy, in-your-face and distasteful... it's a sign of how much their leadership is disconnected from the rest of the world we live in... Have some class, please!

 

[Bringupthebird]

How do they plan to incorporate the US Airways logo as well when they merge soon

USAPA traded DOH for the right to put their logo on the tail, so you'll see an Eagle and a monkey getting "romantic" with a pee wee football.