The Story Behind Airline Alliance Liveries

There are three airline alliances dominating commercial air travel: Star Alliance, oneworld, and SkyTeam. One interesting aspect of these groups is that all of their member airlines have aircraft that sport special alliance-wide liveries. These standard liveries promote the aircraft's respective alliance wherever it travels - making it a "flying billboard" of sorts. So when exactly did this "become a thing"? And what exactly are the requirements of each member airline? In this video, we explore this topic and try to answer these questions.
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[@LongHaulbySimpleFlying]

Correction: 08:02 should be August 29, 2022

[@Ditch_Killer]

ok

[@Not_a_JK]

ok Btw my fav livery is the Oneworld Livery as it also gives the carrier to keep their tail design

[@cyrus69]

@@Not_a_JK OMG U ARE SO RIGHT with the other liveries, you can hardly tell what airline it is

[@Fay7666]

I remember seeing these kinds of liveries in GDL, mainly the Star Alliance multi-airline styles. As a kid, I was always like "Those planes must be going _places,_ unlike my flight which is just going home."

[@shota50500]

otra persona de guadalajara :)

[@parmentier7457]

When KLM and Northwest Airlines formed a Transatlantic Alliance, it had a special livery. The left side of the aircraft was in KLM livery and the right side in Northwest Airlines livery.

[@FrenchySam]

Concorde had a similar one with AF (or BA?) and SQ, one side each!

[@lanceviacrucis4463]

@@FrenchySam it was BA

[@dddyy]

Same happened with KLM and Viasa, it was beautiful!

[@ericjones7769]

Right 💯💯💯💯💯💯

[@MrBlazemaster525]

I miss the old bowling shoe Northwest livery

[@levismyth2969]

I like the oneworld one because it gives the airlines a little more flexibility to customize the livery with the tale of the aircraft.

[@agvst6116]

You didn't mention how Singapore did not paint their tailfin with the SA livery at first instead retaining their own logo. But they did eventually put the SA star on their tail fin but with an all white fuselage. Now Star alliance has 3 types of livery - A standard livery (most members), an all white livery (SIA) and the all black livery (ANZ).

[@alifluqmanwijaya3941]

To be honest, I prefer the SA Livery on Singapore Airlines 777-300 (9V-SYE) to be the standard SA Livery. Perhaps it's because the livery looks quiet familiar with Oneworld livery, so eventually they decided to change it all white.

[@justinsimmonds5674]

They all have their own reasons why I like them. If I had to pick one, then I would go OneWorld. It allows the airline to maintain their brand identity through retaining their main livery but with OneWorld lettering. The reasons why I like each livery listed below. - OneWorld allows the airline to maintain their own brand identity on the rest of the aircraft. - Star Alliance because it’s a rather simple livery. - Skyteam because the colour palette works well on just about any aircraft.

[@deltazephyr]

sky team is my favorite due to the logo being visible on the rear of the aircraft which is something i really like. the silver is very unique as well.

[@wgreenjr81]

I fly Sky Team, but to me there is just something really sharp about the One World livery without losing so much of the brand recognition via the standard painted tail.

[@BrycePensabene]

Sky team because of its sleek design and because of the airlines in that alliance.

[@AntoinneBarnes]

i like all of them...but the star alliance is my favorite due to the air new Zealand livery!

[@JohnZsAviation]

I like the star alliance it’s nice and clean

[@anthonymayer9771]

What about the white star alliance planes from Singapore?

[@MasterofBlitz]

This is due to the idea of that SQ said that the black color livery doesn’t look harmonious with the color white.

[@francescougolino3341]

A fair bit of years ago, before getting passionate about aviation, I had no idea what an alliance was, but I was really concerned when I was supposed to board an Alitalia flight, and at the gate there was this silver Skyteam thing instead of my usual plane 😂

[@mr.kissoon7250]

I work for a oneworld partner; the amount of times I received calls about passengers not knowing where their gate was, because they bought a BA flight from AA and thought they were flying AA loll. You’re not alone, don’t worry!

[@Ivan_Mohnke]

Never been on board on a plane with an alliance livery, would really like to have this experience thoo

[@MrDionysus23]

Definitely prefer OneWorld. Allowing your alliance members to still retain their individual liveries is important.

[@AtlasAirways]

There are only a few aircrafts with the special liveries not every

[@victorkeck]

The Oneworld livery is just beautiful... And even more it was combined with the airberlin a330, that combination was just perfect.

[@ManLikeBishy]

The Sky Team alliance livery is my favorite.

[@gen11january]

My preference is the oneworld liverly. Partly because I frequent oneworld, but I like it that each airlines were allowed to keep it's tail fin logo.

[@TheMrFishnDucks]

Awesome video. Very informative. Keep up the good work.

[@eetuojala2143]

Skyteam has most beautiful livery

[@Somazery]

True

[@Somazery]

Have you seen Air Tahiti Nui and Azerbaijan Airways? Amazing design

[@dmann5938]

F off. Star Alliance is better

[@LoosieG0osie]

i like star alliances more

[@DennisAviation]

I agree. The sky team gray one looks the best

[@QuanNguyen-yi6zh]

Singapore Airlines has a different Star Alliance iteration with white fuselage and tail.

[@aviationaddict_1602]

Yeah and as a perk it has star alliance titles but retains the Singapore airlines tail fin design

[@Boyy23]

I loved sky team one because they look like silver and has cool ribbon in the back

[@Celestial_Arishem]

Sky Team has the best livery, followed by Star Alliance and of course One World has the simplest livery among the three.

[@kennedyxhulu4933]

Simplicity is of course everything

[@Kuricang31]

China Southern's take on the Skyteam livery is my favorite as it displays the company's complete name (in Mandarin and English) and the logo on it's tailfin alongside the large 'Skyteam' logo And I'm proud to be the owner of the China Southern's Skyteam model plane pf the A330 and 777-300ER

[@nz__aviation]

As a New Zealander, the Air New Zealand’s Star alliance black livery is my favourite! 😍

[@thebaseballcow2024]

I like the black star alliance livery, i think its creative

[@ryanharis1069]

I like the oneworld livery because they can put other livery to like Malaysia airlines for example 4:19 oneworld livery and negaraku livery combined

[@j3j326]

Looks siiick 🔥🔥

[@fataltiger]

The Royal Air Maroc One World livery is awesome!

[@KelvinYong77]

Without a doubt, the unique black Star Alliance Air New Zealand as it's our national airline!!!

[@n7y8c7]

Sky Team is my favorite ❤. I love the silver and blue, as well as their logo.

[@fsega3669]

Sky team just because! But seriously Delta has some of the best service that airlines offer even on domestic flights and I like that they have partnered with some really interesting airlines like Aeroflot to name one 👍🏽

[@kennedyxhulu4933]

I love the one world livery

[@EpicThe112]

Interesting topic and for the Korean Air logo jet B777 its HL7733 which has the Presitige Class Plus seats before reconfiguration. For Star Alliance the SQ logo jets retain their airline tails.

[@djijspeakerguy4628]

I flew on Delta Airlines tail number N3761R, which is one of two 737-800s in the Skyteam livery. Really cool livery, but up close, that plane’s paint was looking super old and tired. I bet it would look amazing in the same livery with brand new paint. Other than the cool livery, it’s just any old 2001 Delta 737-800.

[@galaticwarrior213]

I flew on Eva air star alliance livery it look amazing, when I went from Bangkok to Amsterdam, nothing special inside the aircraft, and yeah I just like the normal Eva air livery or the hello kitty one

[@Raphael54433]

My favourite Allince livery is the Air New Zealand one different and clean also air New Zealand doesnt currently have a international aircraft with the star alliance livery the a321 that has it only flys domestically

[@krongkiatearthsakulleelara6714]

I like star alliance, it’s very simple

[@gabrielebianchi8976]

Nice to know, In my mind I assumed that those planes were assigned to hub airports as replacement aircrafts in case of needs for repair or to mitigate delays, but as it's not the case, at this point my issue is still unresolved: in case of major delay companies have aircrafts "kept warm" ready for service or how are handled those issues?

[@ericjones7769]

Sky Team Livery is my favorite 💙💙💙💙🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍

[@dimasramadhansyah4558]

SQ 9V-SYE 773 also had a modified star alliance livery with retaining SQ logo in its tailfin (not star alliance logo)

[@hanaarjan4664]

I saw the Lufthansa Star Alliance livery at DXB.

[@Pasha787]

I have two favorites, Star Alliance and SkyTeam. Star alliance because it has my Airlines in it and I love the concept, it's superb. SkyTeam because I love livery's silver body and the ribbon is so beautiful.

[@wutti88]

do a JAL fleet deep dive

[@MaxwellAerialPhotography]

Much like most other parts of OneWorld, their livery seems really half assed.

[@danielzang5929]

Star Alliance and SkyTeam Alliance are my favorite than one world Alliance 😮❤😊

[@adoberoots]

2:31 those couldn't be further from being "bold letters" - that's an extremely thin font...

[@1rtricky]

I find the One World livery looks best. Star alliance looks like a flying billboard and the sky team font is very bland at least to me. That ribbon looks terrible and makes you wonder what that is. One Worlds having shown the airlines tail brands better because that’s what the public recognizes

[@user-up1tw8xf6u]

I love star alliance 🎉

[@JasonWoolridge-rs1hh]

Skyteam is the best livery by far ✈️

[@cade_olson]

They were talking about a321 NEOs back in 2009?

[@josemanuelcastiblanquegome8829]

Air Europa is in Sky team too!

[@malvinuku7878]

Would love to see Virgin paint their 339 or a35k in Skyteam livery

[@jettingwithhasan4183]

Star Alliance is my favorite

[@FinlandGuy747]

I like the oneworld livery because it's simple.

[@top5betterfact477]

Well what’s so complicated about the star alliance

[@FinlandGuy747]

@@top5betterfact477 Th star alliance covers the whole plane including the tail. One world has just the text

[@ekuche8335]

The best alliance in the world.

[@CONCORDE444]

Given Virgin has joined Sky Team. I hope they can keep the name and Flying icon on the nose. Perhaps given them a blue and silver outfit on their alliance livery.

[@murderboytje]

Easily Sky Team. Simple, but visible and pretty. Especially the ribbon at the back. I never see One World anyway. Only Star Alliance and Sky Team, and i pretty much only fly Sky Team, as i fly mostly from Europe.

[@driver288]

Star Alliance wins for me. This is for several reasons. 1. I’m a member. 2. 3 of my favorite carriers are part of the founding five. 3. They seem to be the most inclusive and understanding allowing Air New Zealand’s alternative take on the livery. My favorite 3 are Thai Airways, SAS and Lufthansa. As you may know Thai was once part owned by SAS. SAS is my home county’s national flag carrier 🇸🇪. But I have travelled more with Thai Airways in recent years. Lufthansa has excellent service excellent routes and operates the B747-400, B747-8 AND the A380 still! What’s not to love 😊

[@jonascos1538]

I hope the Value Alliance of world's low cost carriers do the same 😊

[@Alohaseyolli]

I love the SkyTeam livery but I don't know why Aeromexico doesn't have any airplane wearing that painting since they retired all the airplanes that used to wear it, a Boeing 767-200ER, a E170 and a ERJ145 😢

[@thomassharp2719]

Vanilla Alliance is nice.

[@dmann5938]

Air New Zealand made that livery look so sexy

[@Phlegethon]

The requirements aren’t enough you have airlines like Hainan without even a working site

[@747Aviations]

Čsa Czech airlines doesnt have skyteam livery now😢 #skyteamisthebest

[@berthebear_real]

Skyteam has the best design

[@stevenholt1867]

I used to like open skies

[@danielzang5929]

United air Star Alliance lively ❤😊

[@omardore]

One World 🌎

[@delta_cosmic]

when it comes to looks its no contest skyteam wins by a long shot.

[@klnsbl]

2:32 "in bold letters" haha. thats helvetica ultralight, exactly the opposite of bold

[@Aviation1400]

Aeromexico doesn’t have any planes painted in the livery as of February 2023

[@pianemova]

I have worked for 3 star alliance airlines, but I would say skyteam looks nicer.

[@xamogelastos_yt4561]

Not only have i seen a star Alliance aircraft I have flown on one too it was from Aegean airlines 😂😂

[@tsebomoloi3410]

Star alliance due to the look

[@Flyingkippernwr3]

Where's Garuda indo and Singapore?

[@brookeintheair]

Long live the Star Alliance

[@robertoriveraolmo5515]

For me it is SkyTeam

[@rysali5254]

Since my favorite aircraft is Qatar so one world is a nice livery for me

[@michaelbeck3766]

why the need to market these alliances at all? i'd love to know the thinking behind these livery plans. were they supposed to promote more ticket sales between the airlines in an alliance? facts show most ticket sale decisions are based on price not airline allegiance. i'd love to know more.

[@gigagurke7364]

With an alliance, an Airline can reach out much better

[@Kuricang31]

Cause you're looking at it wrong. The benefit for joining an alliance is not for the airline's but for the passengers as with alliances, passengers can connected from one airlines to the other without buying multiple tickets. Also passengers can tastes other airlines lounges and it's perks With Star Alliances for example, I can fly from my home country in Indonesia to Istanbul, Johannesburg, Munich, and Panama City with 4 different airlines but only needed to bring one ticket 😎

[@ivangeo3319]

Skyfalldown alliance..😊

[@goutamraoshab3777]

Black colour increases temperature of the plane abnormal

[@skylineXpert]

Next do special liveriesthat isnt alliance themed...

[@fitnesspanditji8552]

Star Alliance Air India is a star alliance member

Star alliance

[@YBNmadman]

Star alliance because it is on the 747 and A340

[@DiscoveryRoad]

Oneworld definitely It's more useful to spread that the airline is a part of oneworld, while the other two are basically just mobile advertisements. There isn't much personality.

[@aviation631]

Can you do a video about MYAirline, the newest airline in Malaysia, please????

[@syafiqrizuan5588]

Unfortunately, Simple Flying author is only review about full service airlines fleet at the moment in this channel. MYAirline is a low cost carrier, so i don't think they want to make a video about LCCs fleet in the near future.

[@rm689]

Not me thinking this video was about alliance rivelries 😂

[@johnathankain8033]

That New Zealand Star Alliance colour scheme is amazing.

[@stthecat3935]

8:40 “Black is embedded in New Zealand’s national identity and worn with pride” Welp good luck flying to tropical countries and getting a birdstrike

[@rlrober]

OneWorld because it’s not overbearing

[@ivancarpincho]

Aeromexico is the only airline without any Skyteam livery aircraft. Shame!

[@ilmarilah1195]

Why does the air New Zealand plane have a german flag

[@sunandrathi]

Skyteam, duh

[@franciskt4171]

It is ridiculous to dominate aircraft livery with names like one world, star alliance etc. The airline name should stand out first, becaus they own the aircraft, not the former ones.

[@Kuricang31]

It's just promotional, not forcing the airlines to lose it's brand identity

[@ericgeorge7874]

The lettering and logos seem pretty bland.

[@nurrizadjatmiko21]

Garuda Indonesia is also a SkyTeam member

[@ChrisJones-ru9yx]

Meh. Not a fan of the Death Star Alliance, or the rhythmic gymnastics ribbon of Sky Team. I find the one world best because it doesn't engulf to entire aircraft. Alliance members don't do a great job of implementing things consistently.

[@christopherhennessey8991]

It’s a shame airline liveries will become so cookie cutter looking.

[@Kuricang31]

Facts. I wished airlines would've made unique designs onto their alliance livery

[@Pwj579]

Honestly, they all are pretty darn bland and boring white plane with black lettering, at least Sky Team tried to be a little different with Silver and Blue….this is what happens when lawyers and accountants run companies. Can we bring back cool liveries like Braniff, SAA , British Airways Landor and United Tulips or Battleship schemes.