Hi Fly's New A380 Has A Cool Special Livery

There’s so much bland and boring in airplane livery that even if I don’t aesthetically like an unusual design, I agree that it’s pretty cool to see something different.

The plane does have the Hifly branding, although it's very small and not visible on this picture. Much like the branding airlines use on Star Alliance livery planes.

The livery is related to the Mirpuri foundation, created by the same family that owns the airline. Their motto is something like Together For a better world.

The irony of pushing environmental causes seems completely lost on airlines

All white makes it look like a large private jet.

Alex - It's no more ironic than those who eat meat (I.e. almost everyone), possibly the most destructive environmental practice on the planet, pushing environmental causes.

They should paint it like a whale, since that’s what it looks like. Then they could add “Save the Whale(jets)” to honor both the mammals and the A380

"The livery is related to the Mirpuri foundation, created by the same family that owns the airline."

So this is probably some sort of tax write-off scam...

@NG writes, "So this is probably some sort of tax write-off scam…"

Let's just ignore the fact that they are promoting something good.

Painting an aircraft is a legitimate business expense for airlines, expenses can be offset against income, and then tax is paid on the net profit. OK sure, this paint job may cost a little more than plain white, so there will be slightly less profit and therefore slightly less tax paid.

However, you may like to consider that whatever business that pays your salary also uses that as an expense to offset against income and therefore pay less tax.

By your logic, your employment is a tax write-off scam. How do you sleep at night?

@NG

I would love to say you're wrong but they have a past actually. They used to own another airline here in Portugal called Air Luxor. It was a charter airline. When it went belly up, their assets just disappeared in thin air and they didn't pay 6 million euros in taxes. Also, they started Hifly before Air Luxor declared bankruptcy.

Taxes are also the reason why they have Hifly Malta. The A380 has a maltese registration number...but of course, that's not illegal.

So yeah....their business hasn't been the cleanest in the past.

Really all I want to know is whether they’ll sell first class, which will double the number of airlines Ben still needs to fly F

They must have gotten the plane VERY cheap... And even if it was for free, I still think they will lose money on it, with Singapore´s premium heavy config...

HiFly’s ex-Emirates 340s, wet leased to Air NZ with just one ANZ cabin crew member per flight, have not gone down well as off-course substitutes for grounded 787-9s. Poor service and no premium economy for starters.

I wonder if attitudes might improve if one of these was wheeled out as the off-course substitute?

The paint job might have been done in Malta; there is considerable maintenance, repair and paint expertise there.

"HiFly’s ex-Emirates 340s, wet leased to Air NZ with just one ANZ cabin crew member per flight, have not gone down well as off-course substitutes for grounded 787-9s. Poor service and no premium economy for starters."

Better economy seating though. I'm not sure why the crew members are substituted just because the original aircraft aren't available.

Mike - they are ‘wet leased’: aircraft, maintenance, insurance and crew. ANZ crew are not trained for the A340. The one ANZ cabin crew member assigned reportedly is to ensure a satisfactory standard of service is provided but not necessarily identical to ANZ’s. Not clear who contracts or supplies the catering.