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We present to your attention a selection of posters that have recently attracted attention. These posters were the most viewed, bought, and discussed on social media.
Why do I only draw civilian planes?
For many years I have been drawing only civilian aircraft. I did not choose this direction of my creativity by chance. Civil aviation is the least represented topic among aviation artists.
My mission is to provide civil aviation pilots around the world with the opportunity to preserve the memory of the most important steps in their flying career, to remember every plane they flew and pass this memory on to descendants.
I am one of those who looks at the sky.
My mission is to provide civil aviation pilots around the world with the opportunity to preserve the memory of the most important steps in their flying career, to remember every plane they flew and pass this memory on to descendants.
I am one of those who looks at the sky.
A random poster
Airbus A350-1000 Airbus Industrie
Registration: F-WLXV
Type: A350-1041
Engines: 2 × RR Trent XWB-97
Serial Number: 065
First flight: Feb 7, 2017
Registration: F-WLXV
Type: A350-1041
Engines: 2 × RR Trent XWB-97
Serial Number: 065
First flight: Feb 7, 2017
The Airbus A350 is a family of long-range wide-body twin-engine passenger aircraft developed by Airbus. The aircraft is built using advanced technologies and state-of-the-art components, including carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic, aluminum-lithium alloys, and titanium, which significantly reduced the aircraft’s structural weight. In July 2016, the first A350−1000 was unveiled. The second aircraft of this modification (F-WLXV, MSN065) was extensively used for test flights. It was equipped with a full passenger cabin and featured a special "Carbon Fiber" livery. This aircraft was showcased at numerous international airshows and participated in demonstration flights. In 2019, the aircraft was repainted and delivered to Air Caraibes for commercial operations.
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More about our posters
All the drawings on this site are made by me from the beginning (creating an airplane template) to the final product — the design of the finished drawing into a full-fledged artwork. Unlike the technical drawing, our posters, in addition to the profile of the aircraft, include a photo collage unique for each poster, logically related to the depicted aircraft. We were the first to use such a combination in the world, offering also, along with the design background, two more background options — a Dark theme and a Plain one — for aesthetes and collectors.
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The main character of the posters is an airliner.
The planes I drew are on the next page.
The planes I drew are on the next page.
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The Magnificent Five
In this issue, I present five posters that have joined our collection over the two weeks since the last catalog news update. Such rapid additions are due to a backlog of unpublished works that had accumulated since the beginning of the year. Just as many finished posters are still waiting their turn, and I will try to complete them by the next issue. So, let's go!
The Tanzanian Douglas
A true rarity – a Tanzanian Douglas C-47 – a find for connoisseurs and a collector's dream. This small African airline existed for just one year. Its name is Indigo Aviation – not to be confused with the Indian low-cost carrier IndiGo; they simply share a similar name. The airline's fleet consisted of two Douglases, tasked with providing daily connections between the islands of Pemba, Zanzibar, and Tanzania's largest city, Dar es Salaam.
Drawing old aircraft like the DC-3 is a special pleasure. There is no standard set of external equipment. And when you start working on another aircraft, you have to draw most of the details from scratch. This plane was no exception.
A Soviet Regional Aircraft from the Fifties
Continuing the theme of old aircraft, I updated a poster featuring a Soviet Aeroflot plane straight from the 1950s – the Il-14. The appearance of this model in my collection became a story of its own. I spent three wonderful days at an airfield in the company of enthusiasts who had restored two Il-14s to flying condition, and those aircraft became the basis for the future model in our project.
During those days, I met a real live bear! And not just any bear – an aviation bear, living at the airfield in its own enclosure with all the amenities, including a swimming pool, right next to the planes. If you don't know the bear Mansur, check out his public social media – it's worth a look.
But back to the poster. This poster has now been updated for the second time, and on this occasion I undertook the work simply because I really wanted to see it in a new light. That's what inspiration is all about.
A Livery as Meditation
The Boeing 737-800 of the airline Rossiya is a completely new poster, drawn on commission a couple of months ago. Working with liveries like this requires finding your Zen – a state of complete inner calm, composure, harmony, and mindfulness; stepping back from the noise, feeling balance, and seeing the true essence of things while living "here and now." Every design element must fall into place with its own individual perspective distortion, to create the illusion of volume on a flat sheet of paper. This is my fourth work with this livery, and judging by client feedback, I pulled it off.
In this issue, I present five posters that have joined our collection over the two weeks since the last catalog news update. Such rapid additions are due to a backlog of unpublished works that had accumulated since the beginning of the year. Just as many finished posters are still waiting their turn, and I will try to complete them by the next issue. So, let's go!
The Tanzanian Douglas
A true rarity – a Tanzanian Douglas C-47 – a find for connoisseurs and a collector's dream. This small African airline existed for just one year. Its name is Indigo Aviation – not to be confused with the Indian low-cost carrier IndiGo; they simply share a similar name. The airline's fleet consisted of two Douglases, tasked with providing daily connections between the islands of Pemba, Zanzibar, and Tanzania's largest city, Dar es Salaam.
Drawing old aircraft like the DC-3 is a special pleasure. There is no standard set of external equipment. And when you start working on another aircraft, you have to draw most of the details from scratch. This plane was no exception.
A Soviet Regional Aircraft from the Fifties
Continuing the theme of old aircraft, I updated a poster featuring a Soviet Aeroflot plane straight from the 1950s – the Il-14. The appearance of this model in my collection became a story of its own. I spent three wonderful days at an airfield in the company of enthusiasts who had restored two Il-14s to flying condition, and those aircraft became the basis for the future model in our project.
During those days, I met a real live bear! And not just any bear – an aviation bear, living at the airfield in its own enclosure with all the amenities, including a swimming pool, right next to the planes. If you don't know the bear Mansur, check out his public social media – it's worth a look.
But back to the poster. This poster has now been updated for the second time, and on this occasion I undertook the work simply because I really wanted to see it in a new light. That's what inspiration is all about.
A Livery as Meditation
The Boeing 737-800 of the airline Rossiya is a completely new poster, drawn on commission a couple of months ago. Working with liveries like this requires finding your Zen – a state of complete inner calm, composure, harmony, and mindfulness; stepping back from the noise, feeling balance, and seeing the true essence of things while living "here and now." Every design element must fall into place with its own individual perspective distortion, to create the illusion of volume on a flat sheet of paper. This is my fourth work with this livery, and judging by client feedback, I pulled it off.
News from the Art Workshop
Precision in the Details
Every poster I make has its own story and its own unique features, even if I have drawn this model and livery many times before. There is always something that sets this particular aircraft apart from its siblings. This poster was commissioned in the livery that United Airlines inherited from its merger with Continental. It was delivered to the client in that form. However, when the time came to publish the poster on the website, I redrew the aircraft in the company's newer blue color scheme. Our collection already had one Embraer 175 of Mesa Airlines in the older livery, so I repainted the aircraft to add more variety to the catalog. And, of course, the livery had its own quirks.
Every poster I make has its own story and its own unique features, even if I have drawn this model and livery many times before. There is always something that sets this particular aircraft apart from its siblings. This poster was commissioned in the livery that United Airlines inherited from its merger with Continental. It was delivered to the client in that form. However, when the time came to publish the poster on the website, I redrew the aircraft in the company's newer blue color scheme. Our collection already had one Embraer 175 of Mesa Airlines in the older livery, so I repainted the aircraft to add more variety to the catalog. And, of course, the livery had its own quirks.
Simply transferring a previously drawn livery with the registration number and small-print airline name swapped out didn't work! The first thing that caught the eye was the halftones on the tail fin. The light gradient wasn't carried through to its logical conclusion – it looked as though it had been cut off. At first I thought it was a defect in the photograph or a trick of light and shadow. But no – the halftone dots really did abruptly break their neat rows, crudely severing the designer's intent. Those were small dots, but the most prominent element of the livery – the wavy blue line along the fuselage – looked identical at first glance yet differed ever so slightly from the previous work (Expressjet N605UX). There were other small differences too, such as a different font on the registration number. That's my job – to notice the unnoticeable!
The Old New Livery
Rounding out our "Magnificent Five" is the Dreamliner of Saudia airline. This poster was not made on commission – yes, that happens too. I needed it to illustrate a blog article about the work of the renowned agency Landor Associates, who have created many iconic liveries for airlines large and small around the world. The poster depicts the airline's new livery, which neatly confirms the idea that everything new is simply well-forgotten old. And I decided to draw this aircraft outside of any commission simply because it is truly a beautiful piece of work.
The Old New Livery
Rounding out our "Magnificent Five" is the Dreamliner of Saudia airline. This poster was not made on commission – yes, that happens too. I needed it to illustrate a blog article about the work of the renowned agency Landor Associates, who have created many iconic liveries for airlines large and small around the world. The poster depicts the airline's new livery, which neatly confirms the idea that everything new is simply well-forgotten old. And I decided to draw this aircraft outside of any commission simply because it is truly a beautiful piece of work.
Boeing 737-800 Rossiya Airlines
Registration: RA-73190
Named: Kaliningrad
Type: 737-8LJ
Engines: 2 × CFMI CFM56-7B26E
Serial Number: 41212
First flight: Sep 8, 2015
Rossiya Airlines is a Russian airline that is part of the Aeroflot Group. It is one of the five largest air carriers in the country. Rossiya Airlines is the successor of the St. Petersburg-based Pulkovo Airline, established on April 3, 1992. This date is the day of the airline's formation as a separate legal entity. It operates flights from Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport across central Russia, to the cities of the Black Sea coast of the country, as well as to five regional centers of the Far East. It has a regional hub at the Yemelyanovo Airport, Krasnoyarsk and Adler Airport, Sochi. As of the beginning of 2026, the size of the Rossiya Airlines fleet is 130 aircraft, including 12 Boeing 737-800.
Registration: RA-73190
Named: Kaliningrad
Type: 737-8LJ
Engines: 2 × CFMI CFM56-7B26E
Serial Number: 41212
First flight: Sep 8, 2015
Rossiya Airlines is a Russian airline that is part of the Aeroflot Group. It is one of the five largest air carriers in the country. Rossiya Airlines is the successor of the St. Petersburg-based Pulkovo Airline, established on April 3, 1992. This date is the day of the airline's formation as a separate legal entity. It operates flights from Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport across central Russia, to the cities of the Black Sea coast of the country, as well as to five regional centers of the Far East. It has a regional hub at the Yemelyanovo Airport, Krasnoyarsk and Adler Airport, Sochi. As of the beginning of 2026, the size of the Rossiya Airlines fleet is 130 aircraft, including 12 Boeing 737-800.
Ilyushin Il-14 Aeroflot
Registration: СССР-Л1624
Type: Il-14P
Engines: 2 × ASh 82T
Serial Number: 146000847
First flight: 1956
Aeroflot was the only Soviet airline and the largest air carrier in the world. Founded in 1923, it remains one of the oldest airline companies in history. The IL-14 was designed to replace the widely used Douglas DC-3 and its Soviet version, the Li-2. The aircraft was used for military and civilian purposes. On October 1, 1950, the crew under the command of Vladimir Kokkinaki made the first flight on the IL-14P. The USSR-L1624 aircraft joined the fleet of the training squad No. 21, based at Moscow's Vnukovo Airport, in August 1956. And from 1960 until the end of operation in 1974, he flew as part of the Volga Civil Aviation Administration.
Registration: СССР-Л1624
Type: Il-14P
Engines: 2 × ASh 82T
Serial Number: 146000847
First flight: 1956
Aeroflot was the only Soviet airline and the largest air carrier in the world. Founded in 1923, it remains one of the oldest airline companies in history. The IL-14 was designed to replace the widely used Douglas DC-3 and its Soviet version, the Li-2. The aircraft was used for military and civilian purposes. On October 1, 1950, the crew under the command of Vladimir Kokkinaki made the first flight on the IL-14P. The USSR-L1624 aircraft joined the fleet of the training squad No. 21, based at Moscow's Vnukovo Airport, in August 1956. And from 1960 until the end of operation in 1974, he flew as part of the Volga Civil Aviation Administration.
Douglas C-47 Indigo Aviation
Registration: 5H-DAK
Named: Wave Dance
Type: C-47A-30-DL
Engines: 2 × PW R-1830-92
Serial Number: 9581
First flight: 1943
Indigo Aviation is a small Tanzanian airline that existed from June 2009 until the summer of 2010. It was based in Tanzania and operated Douglas DC-3 Dakota aircraft. At the time of opening, the company had one DC-3 that operated daily flights between Pemba, Zanzibar and Dar es Salaam. Later in 2009, the fleet was expanded with another DC-3. In January 2010, the route network was expanded: Pemba was excluded from the destinations, and flights twice a week to Iringa, Mbeya, Lindi and Mtwara were added. However, in the summer of 2010, the airline's operations were suspended.
Registration: 5H-DAK
Named: Wave Dance
Type: C-47A-30-DL
Engines: 2 × PW R-1830-92
Serial Number: 9581
First flight: 1943
Indigo Aviation is a small Tanzanian airline that existed from June 2009 until the summer of 2010. It was based in Tanzania and operated Douglas DC-3 Dakota aircraft. At the time of opening, the company had one DC-3 that operated daily flights between Pemba, Zanzibar and Dar es Salaam. Later in 2009, the fleet was expanded with another DC-3. In January 2010, the route network was expanded: Pemba was excluded from the destinations, and flights twice a week to Iringa, Mbeya, Lindi and Mtwara were added. However, in the summer of 2010, the airline's operations were suspended.
Embraer 175 Mesa Airlines
operated for United Express
Registration:N87318
Type:E170-200LR
Engines:2 × GE CF34-8E5
Serial Number: 17000443
First flight: Dec 16, 2014
Mesa Airlines, Inc. is an American regional airline headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Republic Airways Holdings. Mesa operates from 73 cities in the United States, Cuba, Mexico, and Canada with a network of routes largely set up to connect passengers between smaller airports and United's Houston–Intercontinental and Washington–Dulles hubs. Mesa began operations as Mesa Air Shuttle in Farmington, New Mexico in 1980. Mesa operates and maintains a fleet consisting exclusively of Embraer 175 aircraft, which are used on schedule and marketed by United Airlines as United Express.
operated for United Express
Registration:N87318
Type:E170-200LR
Engines:2 × GE CF34-8E5
Serial Number: 17000443
First flight: Dec 16, 2014
Mesa Airlines, Inc. is an American regional airline headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Republic Airways Holdings. Mesa operates from 73 cities in the United States, Cuba, Mexico, and Canada with a network of routes largely set up to connect passengers between smaller airports and United's Houston–Intercontinental and Washington–Dulles hubs. Mesa began operations as Mesa Air Shuttle in Farmington, New Mexico in 1980. Mesa operates and maintains a fleet consisting exclusively of Embraer 175 aircraft, which are used on schedule and marketed by United Airlines as United Express.
Boeing 787-10 Saudia
Registration: HZ-AR32
Type: 787-10
Engines: 2 × GE GEnx-1B74/75
Serial Number: 40055
First flight: Jan 27, 2022
Saudia is the first flag carrier of Saudi Arabia, headquartered in Jeddah. Its main hub is King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah. Saudia operates scheduled domestic and international flights to over 100 destinations across Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America. Charter flights are typically operated during the Ramadan and Hajj seasons. The airline has been a member of the SkyTeam airline alliance since 2012. Saudia is also a founding member of the Arab Air Carriers' Organization, having joined in 1965. The Saudia Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner is the airline's highest-capacity Dreamliner variant. It is primarily used on high-demand long-haul routes, such as Jeddah to London, Bangkok, and Singapore.
Registration: HZ-AR32
Type: 787-10
Engines: 2 × GE GEnx-1B74/75
Serial Number: 40055
First flight: Jan 27, 2022
Saudia is the first flag carrier of Saudi Arabia, headquartered in Jeddah. Its main hub is King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah. Saudia operates scheduled domestic and international flights to over 100 destinations across Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America. Charter flights are typically operated during the Ramadan and Hajj seasons. The airline has been a member of the SkyTeam airline alliance since 2012. Saudia is also a founding member of the Arab Air Carriers' Organization, having joined in 1965. The Saudia Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner is the airline's highest-capacity Dreamliner variant. It is primarily used on high-demand long-haul routes, such as Jeddah to London, Bangkok, and Singapore.
Plus Six Posters
Three New and Three Updated
These are catalog news, and once again I'm telling you about the new and updated posters that have appeared recently. This issue features six of them.
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The first publications were two updated posters — but they should be talked about as a single project, and no other way.
In the previous issue, I described two posters dedicated to the same aircraft — the MD-11 — but in different liveries from different periods of its operation: Lufthansa and UPS Airlines. This time it's two posters again, only the aircraft are different while the airline is the same. Toward the end of its history, Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA) retired all of its turboprop aircraft, replacing them with small turbojet regional jets.
The fleet's backbone became the CRJ200, with 130 aircraft. The first poster features the aircraft in the old Delta Connection livery, with the corresponding logo in the description. The second poster captures the CRJ900 model. ASA had only 10 of these aircraft in its fleet. They were operated during the airline's final years, and accordingly the logo in the description belongs to ASA's last two years of operation. This aircraft type wore the new Delta livery. Together, this pair of posters fully covers the history of CRJ operations at Atlantic Southeast Airlines.
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Once again, the legendary "Jumbo Jet" takes center stage in a new poster — the gone-but-not-forgotten flying giant, the Boeing 747-200 in the livery of Alitalia. This is already the fourth 747 poster in the Italian carrier's livery in my collection. Not long ago I updated these posters, and publishing them on my social media revived interest in them. As a result, we soon received a request for one more poster, which was completed with a personal title. These kinds of commissions are especially inspiring — through them, I help people preserve the memory of impressive moments in their lives and pass that memory on to future generations.
Did you know that the Alitalia livery was created by the branding agency Landor Associates? Read the new article on our blog to learn about them and their work in the world of aviation.
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The Boeing 777-300ER is still painted in the previous United Airlines livery, which the carrier inherited following its merger with Continental Airlines. I recently updated this poster: created a new landscape for it, added a "Dark Theme" to the set, and refreshed the description. Most likely, within the next year or two this aircraft will change its look. And a couple of years after that, United will complete the transition to the new livery across its entire fleet. But you can always find or order a poster from me featuring an aircraft in the look of years gone by — one you'll never see in the sky or photograph again.
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The first A321NX aircraft arrived in the fleet of British low-cost carrier easyJet in 2018. But the subject of this poster is newer, having joined the company at the end of 2024. It's an Airbus A321neo with the registration G-UZMK. Like the Italian Jumbo, this poster was ordered with a personal title. And once again, we've preserved warm memories for years to come. The poster features a new aircraft model that I redrew earlier this year, which means more detail.
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A legend has returned to our collection! The poster depicts the supersonic BAC Concorde 102 with registration G-BOAD. Singapore Airlines operated this aircraft on joint flights with British Airways between London and Singapore from 1977 to 1980. The airliner featured a unique "dual livery": Singapore Airlines' colors were applied to the left side, while the British Airways livery remained on the right. In effect, each airline owned half of the aircraft. Our posters always show the left side of the aircraft — as passengers see it — which means this airliner is presented in the Singapore Airlines livery.
Three New and Three Updated
These are catalog news, and once again I'm telling you about the new and updated posters that have appeared recently. This issue features six of them.
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The first publications were two updated posters — but they should be talked about as a single project, and no other way.
In the previous issue, I described two posters dedicated to the same aircraft — the MD-11 — but in different liveries from different periods of its operation: Lufthansa and UPS Airlines. This time it's two posters again, only the aircraft are different while the airline is the same. Toward the end of its history, Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA) retired all of its turboprop aircraft, replacing them with small turbojet regional jets.
The fleet's backbone became the CRJ200, with 130 aircraft. The first poster features the aircraft in the old Delta Connection livery, with the corresponding logo in the description. The second poster captures the CRJ900 model. ASA had only 10 of these aircraft in its fleet. They were operated during the airline's final years, and accordingly the logo in the description belongs to ASA's last two years of operation. This aircraft type wore the new Delta livery. Together, this pair of posters fully covers the history of CRJ operations at Atlantic Southeast Airlines.
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Once again, the legendary "Jumbo Jet" takes center stage in a new poster — the gone-but-not-forgotten flying giant, the Boeing 747-200 in the livery of Alitalia. This is already the fourth 747 poster in the Italian carrier's livery in my collection. Not long ago I updated these posters, and publishing them on my social media revived interest in them. As a result, we soon received a request for one more poster, which was completed with a personal title. These kinds of commissions are especially inspiring — through them, I help people preserve the memory of impressive moments in their lives and pass that memory on to future generations.
Did you know that the Alitalia livery was created by the branding agency Landor Associates? Read the new article on our blog to learn about them and their work in the world of aviation.
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The Boeing 777-300ER is still painted in the previous United Airlines livery, which the carrier inherited following its merger with Continental Airlines. I recently updated this poster: created a new landscape for it, added a "Dark Theme" to the set, and refreshed the description. Most likely, within the next year or two this aircraft will change its look. And a couple of years after that, United will complete the transition to the new livery across its entire fleet. But you can always find or order a poster from me featuring an aircraft in the look of years gone by — one you'll never see in the sky or photograph again.
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The first A321NX aircraft arrived in the fleet of British low-cost carrier easyJet in 2018. But the subject of this poster is newer, having joined the company at the end of 2024. It's an Airbus A321neo with the registration G-UZMK. Like the Italian Jumbo, this poster was ordered with a personal title. And once again, we've preserved warm memories for years to come. The poster features a new aircraft model that I redrew earlier this year, which means more detail.
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A legend has returned to our collection! The poster depicts the supersonic BAC Concorde 102 with registration G-BOAD. Singapore Airlines operated this aircraft on joint flights with British Airways between London and Singapore from 1977 to 1980. The airliner featured a unique "dual livery": Singapore Airlines' colors were applied to the left side, while the British Airways livery remained on the right. In effect, each airline owned half of the aircraft. Our posters always show the left side of the aircraft — as passengers see it — which means this airliner is presented in the Singapore Airlines livery.
News #13/1
One Became Two
Starting from this issue, I decided to split the virtual newspaper "Aviaposter News" into two independent parts. One will contain only information about posters, while the second will cover all other topics. Since content for articles accumulates at different rates, each part will be published as it fills up.
New additions to our project are always a new story, a new discovery, and a new acquaintance. Even updated posters carry a new design and a fresh reading of history. The posters that appeared in our catalog over the past two weeks were no exception, and the first of them is "Lani".
Lani
There are three of them — three enormous Airbus A380 aircraft belonging to Japan's flagship carrier, All Nippon Airways. All of them wear a highly original and unconventional livery for ANA. A sea turtle and two of her babies are painted across the entire fuselage. And considering the size of the "Superjumbo", it is clear that this is the largest turtle in the world!
But for now there is only one poster, dedicated, as I mentioned above, to the first of the three aircraft, bearing the beautiful Hawaiian name "Lani", which translates from Hawaiian as "Sky". Yes, Hawaiian! How did Japan's flagship carrier's aircraft end up with a Hawaiian name? It turned out that all three aircraft operate on just one route, connecting Japan with the Hawaiian Islands.
When orders come in for the remaining two aircraft, I will draw them as well and will certainly write about it on my blog.
"Little Green Men" in the Sky
This is the first poster in our collection featuring the most memorable and original livery of Russian airline S7 Airlines. Twenty years ago, these aircraft immediately stood out against the backdrop of the traditional white-and-blue jets. The use of complementary colors — green, red, and pure white in perfectly balanced proportions — commanded attention for a long time.
This concept was introduced in 2005–2006 as part of a large-scale rebranding of Siberia Airlines. The author of the classic livery featuring human silhouettes is the legendary British branding agency Landor Associates. The list of airlines for which they have created an unforgettable image is impressive — from global giants to national carriers: British Airways, Singapore Airlines, Etihad Airways, Cathay Pacific, Saudia, Royal Jordanian, Thai Airways, and many others. One could talk about their work for a long time, and there simply isn't enough space in a news issue to do it justice. I will tell you more about this on my blog soon.
A Classic from Brazil's Budget Carrier
Twenty-six years ago, airline GOL had just one Boeing 737-700, and ten days after its first flight, four more arrived. Its rapid expansion led to the carrier facing a shortage of aircraft that were needed immediately. Leasing companies could not provide the required number of jets of the necessary model in such a short timeframe. An unusual solution was found: older classic-series Boeing 737-300s were brought into the fleet. There were fifteen of them in total; they served the company for six years and helped bridge the aircraft deficit until more modern planes arrived. One of them is featured on our new poster.
Remembering Past Works
What you see here is neither a new release nor an update — it is simply an old poster. I no longer remember when it was drawn, but it was last updated in 2022. That year, our website had just migrated to a new platform and had only a couple of pages, with the rest still in development. That same year we introduced the new "Dark Theme" option. There were still many open questions about how to implement this version of the posters: how saturated the background should be, how logos would look in inversion, and how to optimize the creation process. I will tell the full story in more detail someday.
Today I am revisiting the poster of the former African low-cost carrier Kulula. By some irony, the airline ceased operations right around the time I was working on its update. It was my first work within the Aviaposter project to represent the African continent.
Starting from this issue, I decided to split the virtual newspaper "Aviaposter News" into two independent parts. One will contain only information about posters, while the second will cover all other topics. Since content for articles accumulates at different rates, each part will be published as it fills up.
New additions to our project are always a new story, a new discovery, and a new acquaintance. Even updated posters carry a new design and a fresh reading of history. The posters that appeared in our catalog over the past two weeks were no exception, and the first of them is "Lani".
Lani
There are three of them — three enormous Airbus A380 aircraft belonging to Japan's flagship carrier, All Nippon Airways. All of them wear a highly original and unconventional livery for ANA. A sea turtle and two of her babies are painted across the entire fuselage. And considering the size of the "Superjumbo", it is clear that this is the largest turtle in the world!
But for now there is only one poster, dedicated, as I mentioned above, to the first of the three aircraft, bearing the beautiful Hawaiian name "Lani", which translates from Hawaiian as "Sky". Yes, Hawaiian! How did Japan's flagship carrier's aircraft end up with a Hawaiian name? It turned out that all three aircraft operate on just one route, connecting Japan with the Hawaiian Islands.
When orders come in for the remaining two aircraft, I will draw them as well and will certainly write about it on my blog.
"Little Green Men" in the Sky
This is the first poster in our collection featuring the most memorable and original livery of Russian airline S7 Airlines. Twenty years ago, these aircraft immediately stood out against the backdrop of the traditional white-and-blue jets. The use of complementary colors — green, red, and pure white in perfectly balanced proportions — commanded attention for a long time.
This concept was introduced in 2005–2006 as part of a large-scale rebranding of Siberia Airlines. The author of the classic livery featuring human silhouettes is the legendary British branding agency Landor Associates. The list of airlines for which they have created an unforgettable image is impressive — from global giants to national carriers: British Airways, Singapore Airlines, Etihad Airways, Cathay Pacific, Saudia, Royal Jordanian, Thai Airways, and many others. One could talk about their work for a long time, and there simply isn't enough space in a news issue to do it justice. I will tell you more about this on my blog soon.
A Classic from Brazil's Budget Carrier
Twenty-six years ago, airline GOL had just one Boeing 737-700, and ten days after its first flight, four more arrived. Its rapid expansion led to the carrier facing a shortage of aircraft that were needed immediately. Leasing companies could not provide the required number of jets of the necessary model in such a short timeframe. An unusual solution was found: older classic-series Boeing 737-300s were brought into the fleet. There were fifteen of them in total; they served the company for six years and helped bridge the aircraft deficit until more modern planes arrived. One of them is featured on our new poster.
Remembering Past Works
What you see here is neither a new release nor an update — it is simply an old poster. I no longer remember when it was drawn, but it was last updated in 2022. That year, our website had just migrated to a new platform and had only a couple of pages, with the rest still in development. That same year we introduced the new "Dark Theme" option. There were still many open questions about how to implement this version of the posters: how saturated the background should be, how logos would look in inversion, and how to optimize the creation process. I will tell the full story in more detail someday.
Today I am revisiting the poster of the former African low-cost carrier Kulula. By some irony, the airline ceased operations right around the time I was working on its update. It was my first work within the Aviaposter project to represent the African continent.
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