Alaska Airlines has just unveiled an epic new special livery, which has a pretty cool backstory as well.
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Reminds me of the days when JAL and ANA had Disney and Pokemon liveries respectively on their 747s back in the day. Unfortunately, EVAs Hello Kitty livery doesn't come close.
It's definitely a unique & interesting livery, but I prefer the "Salmon Thirty Salmon", as this one is too abstract/psychedelic IMO. The meaning behind it is nice though.
"It'Z JUST VuRtUE SiGGnaLLiNG!"
-Some Asshole Somewhere
It's really quite a beautiful design, and educational to boot. Thanks for posting this, Ben!
Hi that’s me! The design is beautiful and it’s a cool recognition of local culture and heritage. It all falls apart though when AS pats themselves on the back by stating it’s the “first ever domestic…” I actually laughed out loud when I got to that point.
At least they’re honest in that it’s all about performative narcissism and not actually about the natives. Maybe one day they’ll get it right, and until then they can sit high above their conducting masturbatory empathy (what you called virtue signaling.
Looks like the artist took cues from Boliviana de Aviación’s new livery. I think as art it looks like really good, but I’m not sure the design reminds me enough of “Alaskan salmon”. I guess they were trying to give it a Native Alaskan tribal aesthetic. I think I slightly prefer the older livery which was more straightforward.
Congratulations to Alaska Airlines for once again showing they care. As Alaska frequent flyers, my wife and I enjoy their service and kind handling of our champion English Setter. In the fancy, no other airline compares to their pet care. Special liveries are a small way of saying "Thank You" to the people that use Alaska Airlines and to brighten the skies with unique and meanful art.
Marshall