I’m a sucker for a good retro livery, and a beautiful(ish) one has just been rolled out on an American Eagle jet.
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The 'eagle' script and fresh white were always nice to see.
Glad it's living on in a retro livery!
This looks amazing as a retro livery. Now, this reminds me, if only they’d take it a step further and bring back the iconic AA logo. In my opinion, the slash mark bird logo they have right now needs to go. It doesn’t “say” the airline like the AA. I can’t stand looking at it. The current logo identity (with the word mark placement) somehow manages to gives me the feeling that it was made by a 5-year-old. It’s hard to take it seriously, but you could technically say the same for their current product on domestic narrow bodies. Sure, I agreed that the last livery that wore the AA logo was very 1980s-1990s and becoming very old and ugly, and doesn’t make sense on newer-generation aircraft. I think the gray they have now is unique and a nice starting point, but the rest of the livery looks pretty off. The current American flag tail is too literal for a non-government owned commercial airline company, and looks more appropriate for a VIP plane carrying the US president. It’s the kind of tail that makes you think American’s the one who would fly Team USA to the Olympics, but in fact, they don’t. I’d even say it’s kind of ugly with those garish gradient lines. Also, I wish they would put something on the winglets or engines, although putting any piece of the current branding on them probably wouldn’t look great. And the fuselage... didn’t I already mention the slash mark? Anyhow, it’s great how American has been making some retro liveries where we don’t have to see the hideous slash mark bird logo slapped onto it (to show us that the plane is American’s). I wish the iconic AA logo would come back, and replace the current branding, which simply blows. They could simply have made the livery current and modern while still keeping the AA. I would prefer to see a refreshed AA on the tail than that American flag thing.
Old American and American Eagle liveries were fantastic. The new livery is just not attractive at all. Just like Lufthansa, sorry sometimes there's just no reason to change. Alabama has the same football uniforms they've had for decades. You don't always have to change just to do it!
Ben if you never flew in the AA eagle shorts 360 then you never really flew AA eagle. That’s a fact!!!!!
So you can quit with your livery BS!
In the case of the mainline fleet, change was, in fact, necessary. “Bare metal” wouldn’t work on fuselages that aren’t made… of metal. And carbon fiber needs a paint coating to protect the resins from UV degradation.
Agree. Somehow the retro liveries look better than they did at the time. Also, sometimes I deliberately get a paper pass at the counter when I board just because I love the retro look of American's ticket stock
Because you are not seeing an ERJ and imagine yourself sitting in one.
E-Jets are a much more pleasant sight.
@Scudder that is nice to know- I wondered why they got rid of the shiny metal finish (which I loved) but of course it makes sense that carbon fibre requires a coating but I wonder why it couldn't be a metallic paint? Too heavy perhaps?