AFV230
Senior Captain, A380-800
OLP, PPL
DISPATCHER
Joined on March 14 2008
50 State Club
Pushing Tin Club
Online Five Hundred Club
Imperial Qin Shi Huang Tour
100% Globe Trotter
Historical Double Millenium Club
Skyteam Supremacist
GVA 15 Year Anniversary
250 Tour Club
Sextuple Millenium
Six Million Mile Club
"Every Drop Shapes The Stone"
Georgetown, TX
6,141 legs, 16,455.0 hours
614 legs,
1,045.2 hours online
5,369 legs,
13,981.5 hours ACARS
42 legs,
241.5 hours event
6,427 legs, 17,292.5 hours total
366 legs dispatched, 328.7
hours
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Posted onPost created on
March 04 2019 11:49 ET by Brian Hankey
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Air Tahiti Nui rolled out its new livery when it took delivery of its first 787. You might say “hey, this doesn’t look all that much different than the last livery on the A340…”
… and you would be right. It’s really a refined version of the original. And while complexity has been added, it’s all been done to both modernize the old livery and to add more meaning into the design itself.
You may all know this already, but I was surprised to learn just how much symbolism is involved.
The two red (and now narrower) stripes on the bottom of the fuselage honor the flag of French Polynesia.
I didn’t even know French Polynesia had its own flag.
Then on the tail, there is the trademark white tiare flower. The way Air Tahiti Nui describes it, the tiare is meant to carry “us into the future while being a proud reminder of our past.”
But the most complex piece is the addition of all those designs on the back half of the fuselage. On the A340 it was just a different shade of blue, but on the 787 it’s an intricate story being told through the “tattoos” that are on the aircraft. I’ll let this image explain what each one means.
The finishing touch? The aircraft tail numbers also put together a story. There will be four 787s in the fleet, and they will be registered F-OMUA (named Moorea), F-ONUI (named Bora Bora), F-OVAA (named Rangiroa), and F-OTOA (named Nuku Hiva). The names are after four of the larger population centers in French Polynesia, but what’s with the random registrations?
The last three letters of those registrations are Tahitian words.
MUA – forward
NUI – big
VAA – canoe
TOA – warrior
This comes together to form the sentence, “The warrior (TOA) going forward (MUA) in the great (NUI) canoe (VAA).”
Many believe that the livery matters most to the employees of the airline. If that’s the case, then all these proud, hidden meanings are bound to appeal to those who see the fleet every day. Well done, Air Tahiti Nui.
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AFV993
Senior Captain, DC-3
Joined on April 18 2016
50 State Club
Under African Skies
Million Mile Club
Historical Five Hundred Club
GVA 5 Year Anniversary
Flying Colonel
100% Globe Trotter
Skyteam Supremacist
"con tu cilindro y mi piston, HAGAMOS COMBUSTION!"
Eivissa, Illes Balears Spain
1,727 legs, 3,538.8 hours
46 legs,
50.9 hours online
1,723 legs,
3,526.5 hours ACARS
5 legs,
7.8 hours event
0 legs dispatched, 34.2
hours
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Posted onPost created on
March 04 2019 22:23 ET by Lucas Preziosi
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AFV230
Senior Captain, A380-800
OLP, PPL
DISPATCHER
Joined on March 14 2008
50 State Club
Pushing Tin Club
Online Five Hundred Club
Imperial Qin Shi Huang Tour
100% Globe Trotter
Historical Double Millenium Club
Skyteam Supremacist
GVA 15 Year Anniversary
250 Tour Club
Sextuple Millenium
Six Million Mile Club
"Every Drop Shapes The Stone"
Georgetown, TX
6,141 legs, 16,455.0 hours
614 legs,
1,045.2 hours online
5,369 legs,
13,981.5 hours ACARS
42 legs,
241.5 hours event
6,427 legs, 17,292.5 hours total
366 legs dispatched, 328.7
hours
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Posted onPost created on
March 06 2019 13:38 ET by Brian Hankey
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