New Korean Air livery

[GON]

New Korean Air livery. Timing is right, with Asiana Airlines merging into Korean Air.

Beauty is subject to individual taste. The new Korean Air is not inspiring or eye catching to me. I am sure it is I catching to at the very least a group of senior executives that approved the new Korean Air livery.

 

[f355spider]

I like it

 

[MolaKule]

What type/make of aircraft is it?

I'd say it is a 787-10 Dreamliner by Boeing.

 

[4WD]

What type/make of aircraft is it?

I'd say it is a 787-10 Dreamliner by Boeing.

Yep

 

[Passport1]

Pretty bland. They should have spiced it up and called it Kimchi Air.

 

[I<3oil]

Looks more bland as far as colors but not bad

 

[Just a civilian pilot]

I don’t like it at all.

 

[1444buicking]

I thought the previous designs stood out.

 

[Just a civilian pilot]

Apparently it’s the first livery change in 40 years.

 

[riverblue]

Interesting interpretation of the taegeuk on the vertical stab...though I do like the modernized font.

 

[Kira]

The flag was moved from high on the rear stabilizer to aft of the rear door.
Love the side-by-side presentation. TfP

 

[Just a civilian pilot]

GON, I like the livery you’re wearing.

I think I have seen you before lol.

 

[JHZR2]

I thought the previous designs stood out.

Agree. I like the older color which was very pleasing.

 

[Snagglefoot]

Apparently it’s the first livery change in 40 years.

What a coincidence. Forty years ago I flew on Korean Air from LA to Seoul on a 747. Tickets were cheap then, after the 1983 incident where a Korean 747 was shot down by a fighter jet while violating Russian air space.

 

[GON]

I think Korean Air missed a massive marketing opportunity.

PSY GANGNAM STYLE LIVERY. Worked well for Alaska Air.

 

[y_p_w]

What a coincidence. Forty years ago I flew on Korean Air from LA to Seoul on a 747. Tickets were cheap then, after the 1983 incident where a Korean 747 was shot down by a fighter jet while violating Russian air space.

KAL had entered USSR airspace, but was actually shot down after it left and was over international airspace. Apparently the order was that they weren’t going to let it get away.

 

[john_pifer]

I know the USA operates 747s for ELINT and may have been doing so back then also.

I think that was the official Soviet line - they thought it was an American 747 conducting a spy mission.

I’m curious if @Astro14 believes that or has any comment.

 

[Astro14]

I know the USA operates 747s for ELINT and may have been doing so back then also.

I think that was the official Soviet line - they thought it was an American 747 conducting a spy mission.

I’m curious if @Astro14 believes that or has any comment.

That was the official Soviet line, they accused the flight of being a spy mission except that the US was using the 707, the KC 135 air frame for reconnaissance, and the airplane was outside Soviet airspace.

The jet they shot down, a 747, looked nothing like the KC-135, except for the number of engines.

The Korean aircraft was shot down over international airspace, in one of the worst cases of mistaken identity ever. Yes, KAL drifted over Soviet airspace, due to a navigational error. Remember, this was long before GPS. But it was clearly marked and it was a 747.

We do not operate 747’s for ELINT - we use them for Air Force One, and for Airborne Command posts.

They do not go anywhere near hostile forces, or hostile airspace.