JBLUA320 From United States of America, joined May 2002, 3118 posts, RR: 24 Posted (9 years 10 months 4 weeks 1 day 10 hours ago) and read 895 times:
Hey All.
Was just curious about the reasoning behind BWIA's new colors. Personally, it is the ugliest plane I have ever seen in good light and in bad. It only looks decent on the 737-800 which is a fairly frequent visitor to JFK.
But again, asking if it has a meaning or if it is just a bunch of colored circles.
Thanks for the help!
JBLUA320
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Captaink From Grenada, joined May 2001, 5029 posts, RR: 15 Reply 3, posted (9 years 10 months 4 weeks 1 day 7 hours ago) and read 817 times:
The colors are supposed to be representing.. the Steel Pan, which is the instrument of Trindad and Tobago.. and is just about as old as the airline..(60+years), I think the sun is represented by the yellow in the rear. Can't say i know exactly what the green is for .. but hey u got 2 out of 3
Inbound From Trinidad and Tobago, joined Sep 2001, 821 posts, RR: 2 Reply 4, posted (9 years 10 months 4 weeks 1 day 7 hours ago) and read 815 times:
JBLUA320,
those "coloured circles" represent the musical arrangement on the surface of a Steelpan.
The steelpan is our ( trinidad's ) national instrument and was invented here in early 1900's. As a matter of fact, the steelpan is the only musical instrument invented in the last century.
Steelpan and steelbands also play a very important role in our number 1 cultural export....Carnival.
Maybe you're familiar with Carnival as in places like Rio ( Brazil ), Caribana - Toronto, London England, and maybe with a bit of similarity...Mardi Gras.
And that shows the importance of the instrument......and good cause to represent our national airline.
As a matter of fact, if you've seen the old BWIA's livery, you'll also notice the steelpan on the vertcal stabilizer ( tail fin) surrounding the letters BWIA.
as for the colours..well, the green ( teal ) represnts the caribbean water............usually the colour of the water seen at coral reefs, and the yellow represents the caribbean sunlight
Flyboy36y From United States of America, joined Mar 2000, 3039 posts, RR: 9 Reply 5, posted (9 years 10 months 4 weeks 1 day 4 hours ago) and read 793 times:
But I think the colors look a lot better on the L-1011 than on the A340
Englandair From United Kingdom, joined Oct 2000, 2228 posts, RR: 4 Reply 8, posted (9 years 10 months 4 weeks 21 hours ago) and read 727 times:
I saw BWIA's shiny new A343 land for the first time at LHR this morning.
SHE IS BEAUTIFUL!!!
I admit the photo we've seen here made the plane look a bit ugly, but in the bright sunshine we had at Heathrow today she was stunning!
She was early too. I looked up from on top of the T2 car park and (because she was still quite high) thought I was just looking at another VS A343 on approach. Then as the a/c grew closer I could see the big steel drum on the front and as she landed the colours looked brilliant! That colour scheme GLOWS in the sunlight- really impressive. I was even luckier than that though because she docked as that T3 gate that's right near to the T2 carpark, so I had a really perfect close up view.
She was worth getting up at 6am to see!
I'll miss the Tristars, but I'll look forward to seeing BWIA's new toy again!
Panman From Trinidad and Tobago, joined Aug 1999, 786 posts, RR: 0 Reply 9, posted (9 years 10 months 4 weeks 20 hours ago) and read 707 times:
She was at H9, known to the ordinary travelling public as - Gate 9 Terminal 3.
Did you get any photos? I was there in the spectators viewing area on the Queen's building but didn't have a camera. Though I know a few people around me got some shots of it. Hope one of them appears on airliners.net
BWIA 772 From United States of America, joined May 2002, 2181 posts, RR: 3 Reply 11, posted (9 years 10 months 4 weeks 17 hours ago) and read 645 times:
Well Jet blue i hope that you understand the PURPOSE of the colour BWIA's scheme. Inbound I dont think that I could have done a much better job my self in explaining the colours my self. However to me Caribbean sea is a lil more blue than green i mean when u fly over tobago into trinidad in fact any other island except trinidad (u all have some green other coloue going due to the proximity to south america) that the sea is blue and but hey the thing look good. I also think that the scheme serves as a form of advertisement like BA's tail (absolutely beautiful)
P.S Jet blue the airlines motto is sharing our warmth with the world with a Steal Pan (not a tin drum Yyz717) bening the sun and the sea. ( can exactly remember)
Dragon-wings From United States of America, joined Apr 2001, 3843 posts, RR: 0 Reply 12, posted (9 years 10 months 4 weeks 16 hours ago) and read 617 times:
When I first saw the BWIA new colors, I thought the drum on the tail and near the nose was a slice of orange or other citrus fruit.
JBLUA320 From United States of America, joined May 2002, 3118 posts, RR: 24 Reply 13, posted (9 years 10 months 4 weeks 13 hours ago) and read 597 times:
Thanks!
Now that i look at it more, its growing on me......
Lubcha132 From United States of America, joined Feb 2001, 2776 posts, RR: 10 Reply 16, posted (9 years 10 months 4 weeks 10 hours ago) and read 531 times:
i think its pretty ugly. but i am not a bigshot airline man so who cares.
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