Aer Lingus Fleet/Routes Discussion

Van.Bosch

NH2013 wrote: »

EI-CVA flying from SNN to DUB tomorrow, expected to land between 12:30-12:50 in the new livery, to join the Hangar 6 event at 13:00 from what I've heard. First chance to get glimpse of the new livery in flight.

Is that two planes which will be in the new livery?

alancostello

Van.Bosch wrote: »

Is that two planes which will be in the new livery?

I believe so, EI-EDY, an A330, is in the hangar at DUB getting the livery (likely has it finished by now).

The_Wanderer

I say the spotters area at SNN will be packed tomorrow morning Looking forward to seeing snaps.

Bsal

Also Aer Lingus will be live on their youtube from 1230z tomorrow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5P2obq0aDk

Tenger

Bsal wrote: »

Also Aer Lingus will be live on their youtube from 1230z tomorrow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5P2obq0aDk

Saw that posted on Facebook as well. Very fancy!!!

Psychlops

Anybody know if the video AerLingus did to Haiti for the airlift is still available to view?

Brennus335

Here she is...

Jamie2k9

Brennus335 wrote: »

Here she is...

Canr beleive I am saying it but I kind of like it apart from to much white at the fromt.

Kev11491

The Shamrock isnt as bad as I thought it would be

L1011

They'll be repainted green the whole way within 5 years when some marketing team convinces them its required to "stand out in a crowded marketplace of similar liveries" or something.

Kev11491

L1011 wrote: »

They'll be repainted green the whole way within 5 years when some marketing team convinces them its required to "stand out in a crowded marketplace of similar liveries" or something.

I'm sure other marketing teams will say the same to other airlines and thus they'll all be the same again

salmocab

The colors and the shamrock look well but I think it will look too plain from a more forward view.

sherology

I do like the tail (the newer blueish-green does work well). I think they should increase (double all dimensions (the size of the title to reduce the 'whiteeeeeeee' and balance it out a little more.

Thanks poster 😉

Comhrá

Agreed the tail and shamrock looks better in real life. As others have said though, that long plain white A330 fuselage needs something more, too blank and featureless forward of the wings.

EdgeCase

I always liked the fact that you could instantly find the Aer Lingus gate in most airports by just looking for the big green aircraft on stand.

It looks blandly like everyone else now.

IAG's dull corporate fingerprints all over it.

Bussywussy

Theres another pic doing the rounds of it being towed,the shamrock on tail and shamrock up the front are facing opposite directions,they've not put the shamrock on the wingtip either

LoonyLovegood

It looks a lot better than I expected it to, and I think it'll look much better on the A320 than the A330, it's just that bit too long for it to look right.

Alicano

Should have gone to Paddy Power 6 months ago and put 500 euro on it being white! sad day for the iconic green. Totally get the reasons behind it though. Hoping it will grow on me.

dfx-

Is there general knowledge of the repaint schedule over the three years? What's the most recently repainted aircraft to be green..

goingnowhere

Well its fairly simple to say

EI-GAL/GAM arrived in 2017 freshly painted, GEF is new this year from Qatar
EI-FNH/FNG/GAJ/GCF are all new from factory paint jobs from 2016/7

EI-CVA is the oldest A320 and she will appear today in the new livery

Will the A321's get the new paint is a question given age and the new A321 neo LR's incoming

Kev11491

https://twitter.com/AeronewsRO/status/1085861694130262016

cant really make them out but there is the other livery options they had..

HTCOne

I also really like the new shade of green, but over all I think it's.....meh. Could be worse, could be better. A C1 on the Leaving Cert!

MJohnston

Bussywussy wrote: »

Theres another pic doing the rounds of it being towed,the shamrock on tail and shamrock up the front are facing opposite directions,they've not put the shamrock on the wingtip either

They could easily have solved this by not making the shamrock 'lean' unnecessarily. It's probably some misguided idea of making the logo seem 'in motion'.

Bussywussy

MJohnston wrote: »

They could easily have solved this by not making the shamrock 'lean' unnecessarily. It's probably some misguided idea of making the logo seem 'in motion'.

It's like the front is static design and the tail is in motion...

Captain_Crash

Ive created a new thread re: the new livery. Considering its once in a 20 year event, I felt it deserved its own title. Mods feel free to remove if necessary!

https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057947173

EdgeCase

I'm not really sure what the point of this presentation is. It's just a bunch of generic clips and someone going through highlights of corporate report with tons and tons of the current branding.

Also this use of "guests" as opposed to "passengers". Are they a hotel now?

glenfieldman

EdgeCase wrote: »

I'm not really sure what the point of this presentation is. It's just a bunch of generic clips and someone going through highlights of corporate report with tons and tons of the current branding.

Also this use of "guests" as opposed to "passengers". Are they a hotel now?

A load of corporate bull crap

NSAman

Oh Jesus I hate it. It Is nothing but a generic cheap white paint job.

EdgeCase

The colours also remind me of Superquinn's logo.
Generally have to say it's a major downgrading both blander and and cheap looking - more like what you'd expect on a milk carton than an aircraft - Fresh and well chilled.

rameire

The video was terrible at the end once the plane was revealed.
it had a lot of shots of the plane without the Tail and it just looked like a white turd.
its lacking a bit of green like a fluttering Ribbon going the length of the fuselage.

BZ

EdgeCase wrote: »

The colours also remind me of Superquinn's logo.
Generally have to say it's a major downgrading both blander and and cheap looking.

Completely god awful. Just watched the A320 push out of the hangar here in SNN and it doesn't get any better when you see it in person. A320 is going up over the Árann islands for a photo shoot before heading to DUB according to the ATC clearance.

EdgeCase

Also what were the radiation hazard symbols being projected onto the stage floor just before that lol

I thought the Eir logo was bad, but at least that grows on you after a while and is a bit interesting looking and has plenty of colour and options.

NSAman

Sorry but with the amount of money spent on this Lippencott agency and the research agency, THIS is the best they could do?

The whole presentation reminded me of that send up of the Olympics on BBC. This is what is wrong with Aer Lingus... instead of being themselves they are trying to conform to other people’s corporate ideals.

British corporate stupidity is very much in evidence in an “Irish” company...so sad.

EdgeCase

Also all that talk about how they're an international airline that happens to be Irish, rather than an Irish airline, sounds like their future is as BA's budget carrier.

Tenger

EdgeCase wrote: »

Also all that talk about how they're an international airline that happens to be Irish, rather than an Irish airline, sounds like their future is as BA's budget carrier.

Well they have been talking like this for a few years now. 4-5 years ago the growth in non-Irish connecting pax was being talked up. This was Pre IAG buyout.

EdgeCase

Does the green look more like some kind of shade of blue-green though? Or is it just my display settings.

rameire

EdgeCase wrote: »

Does the green look more like some kind of shade of blue-green though? Or is it just my display settings.

Its Teal.

EdgeCase

rameire wrote: »

Its Teal.

Well I suppose with a sky blueish tail and a white body it'll blend into an Irish fluffy clouds kind of day so you won't be able to see them on stand.

Maybe they'll relent and put a swish of green down the side eventually. It just looks way too bland.

adam88

If they had brought those two colours from the back up to the front like that I think it would have been the business. The a330 is an ugly aircraft at the best of times

MJohnston

I think the new logo typeface really cheapens the value of the brand. It looks like a logo from a budget airline. The previous font wasn't great, but it had more grandeur.

NSAman

MJohnston wrote: »

I think the new logo typeface really cheapens the value of the brand. It looks like a logo from a budget airline. The previous font wasn't great, but it had more grandeur.

Agree, they have taken an instantly recognizable air plane and made it generic...not bad.. and spent a fortune in the process.

Larbre34

What they did was, took the dimensions of the Iberia colour scheme and matched them so that the aircraft are cheaply interchangeable with minimal repainting. The brand integrity of Aer Lingus matters not a ****, and anyone who looks past that fact in this discussion is being naive.

This is the reality of British Airways ownership.

EdgeCase

I suppose at least they didn't rebrand all of them as LEVEL !

GM228

Is EI-EDY no longer a saint?

Edit: Never mind spotted a close up video with St. Munchin on it.

Kenny2012

EI-CVA by Ken Meegan, on Flickr

NSAman

AS ever, the corporate merry-go round continues, Kavanagh retires/gets new job, new CEO arrives,. Kavanagh puts on his CV major rebranding over seen...doesn't matter if people like it or not... next job gets homogenised, next brand becomes homogenised...when corporate culture rules, products suffer... these are all professional corporate heads... it happens with all large corporations... the head guys move, make the same mistakes and then bring those mistakes to another corporation.... you can see this everywhere.

trellheim

Thats a new font as well isnt it so all letterheads, forms, websites, phone apps will need updating or do I miss my guess

sandbelter

Well the photo of the A320 clinches it, the grey skies of Ireland rob the Eurowhite of it sharp glossy feel, instead its a matt dull white. Passioless brand.

Bad Feng Shui to have the shamrocks clashing.....unlucky.

Like the shamrock..... looks good

micosoft

EdgeCase wrote: »

Also all that talk about how they're an international airline that happens to be Irish, rather than an Irish airline, sounds like their future is as BA's budget carrier.

Or conversely BA is IAG groups legacy operating model and Aer Lingus is the future operating model. Growing TAL by 2/3 is impressive. A lot more than the BA expansion rate...

Nonoperational

Don't mind it at all. I mean IAG did purchase the airline. If they want to streamline it with other brand members it's hardly a national disgrace. Saying Americans won't fly it because it's less green? Steady on. Vast majority of people have no in depth knowledge of the livery at all.