Most airplane exteriors look more or less the same — white background, bold lettering, company logo — but occasionally an airline reveals a livery that stands out from the rest.
Take the All Nippon Airways A380 “Flying Honu”, designed to resemble colorful turtles, or the striking indigenous art that adorns one of Qantas’ Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners.
German airline Condor is the latest airline to step up its paint game with a simple yet elegant livery. Condor’s fleet will soon be decked out in colorful stripes, inspired by “umbrellas, bath towels and beach chairs,” according to the airline.
Condor was once owned by British holiday company Thomas Cook, which collapsed in 2019. Now the leisure airline is standing out on its own, with a new look to celebrate.
The colorful stripes, designed by Berlin-based creative agency Vision Alphabet, aim to evoke the nostalgia of holidays past and the excitement of holidays to come.
There are five color choices: Condor says the blue stripes represent the sea, the yellow stripes represent the sun, red represents “passion”, green represents “island” and a beige-gold stripe should make travelers think of a beach sand.
The airline suggests that the stripes also represent “the diversity of Condor guests and employees and the myriad of opportunities to discover the world with Condor.”
Ralf Teckentrup, CEO of Condor, said in a statement that the colorful stripes are the airline’s “new trademark”. So it’s not just the Condor’s exterior that has been reimagined.
The Condor logo on its social media account is now emblazoned with stripes, while boarding passes and inflight items like blankets are being reinvented. Condor promises that the crew’s uniforms will also “shine in the new design”, with more details and photos coming soon.
Condor’s first striped aircraft have already taken off – an A321 with yellow stripes departed Frankfurt, Germany, for Lanzarote, one of Spain’s Canary Islands, at noon on Tuesday (5).
Condor has more than 50 aircraft in its fleet and promises that the majority will be painted by 2024. Expect to see six of the striped aircraft in operation by this summer, with these aircraft flying to destinations such as the Canary Islands, Greece and Egypt.
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