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To celebrate the 2012 London Olympic Games and being the Official Air Travel Partner and Carrier What's Really Quite British and Everything. BA has produced this gold-festooned Airbus. No, we don't know why they've done a dove either (and it took us some time to work out they were feathers down the side, not the results of a particularly choppy flight). Anyway, enjoy the images.

Credit: Geoffrey Lee/BA

Credit: Embraer

Jackie Chan's executive jet has arrived in Singapore, the first Legacy 650 to be displayed at the Singapore Airshow.

Unfortunately Jackie isn't present, but the aircraft, which has a distinctive 'Dragon' livery,  will certainly pull in the crowds during the show.

To get the latest news and views from this year's Singapore Airshow, visit our dedicated show page

Replete with dragon motif - to celebrate the Chinese Year of the Dragon - this Airbus A320, the carrier's 100th (registration - we think - 9M-AQM, although that's listed in our database as a 1972-vintage Boeing 737-200 that was parked in 2008) arrived in AirAsia's fleet earlier this week. According to the press bumf, it took a team of 1,000s of painters, a billion hours to complete it (although to be honest, I might have skimmed that bit).

Credit: AirAsia

To borrow from Spinal Tap: How much more black could it be? None more black. It's Air New Zealand's latest Boeing 777-300ER (ZK-OKQ) resplendent in the All Black colour scheme sat next to a Beech 1900D turboprop belonging to Eagle Airways at Auckland. Could it be any more awesome? None more awesome.

Credit: Peter Clark

I've been looking for pictures of this Hello Kitty-themed Airbus A330-300 for a few weeks now and I can see it repelling as many as it draws in. Anyway, thank you to Taiwan's EVA Air for doing this, it's made the world a more day-glo place.

No cats were harmed during its production. Probably.

Credit: AirTeamImages

Airbus has introduced new names, branding and colours for its corporate jets, in a move aimed at reflecting commonality throughout the family and the modernity of the jetliners.

The words "Airbus ACJ" will now precede the model of the airliner from which each corporate jet is derived, with the A318 Elite becoming the Airbus ACJ318; the A319 Corporate becoming the Airbus ACJ319; the A320 Prestige becoming the Airbus ACJ320 and so on throughout the family, including the forthcoming Airbus ACJ350 widebody.

The new colours comprise metallic-blue shading on most of the fuselage and tail, highlighted by flowing curves "that echo the colour schemes often chosen by Airbus corporate jet customers", and are accompanied by a new "Airbus Corporate Jets" logo, said Airbus. Read more...

Aerolineas Argentinas' new livery has made its Boeing 737 debut in Subang, Malaysia where former Virgin Blue 737-700 VH-VBA has been re-painted in the Argentine carrier's colours.

The livery was announced last June, a few months before the carrier revealed its intention to join the SkyTeam alliance, which it expects to formalise next year.

These photos are used with permission of Malaysian Wings photographer mdsaleh.

Libyan flag carrier Libayn Airlines has modified its relatively new livery with simplified titles and a tail design change. Here's the new livery seen on A320-214 F-WWBX/5A-LAH on 14 Sept at TLS during an acceptance flight. (Photo courtesy of ESP.)

And here's the original new livery, photographed by AirSpace photographer Eclipse:

Air Algerie's newest 737-800, its 11th of the type and delivered on 30 September, sports a new livery, as captured by AirSpace photographer Joe G. Walker:

Virgin Atlantic has unveiled a new livery. The British carrier says the new design will be applied to its 38 aircraft and was first applied to Boeing 747-400 G-VROC "Mustang Sally".

"Virgin Atlantic has a strong history of investing during downturns and we believe that our new livery and the forthcoming delivery of the Airbus A330-300 signals another period of growth for the airline," CEO Steve Ridgway says.

The carrier explains the features of its new livery:

The Virgin Atlantic name, previously on the front end of the fuselage is now emblazoned large across the whole of the aircraft in a fine custom drawn font.   In addition, the undercarriage of the aircraft now features the new Virgin Atlantic logo in dark purple - making the aircraft more easily identifiable when taking off and landing.  The winglets are now red with the Virgin script on the inner side, visible to passengers on board the plane.
 
The new livery uses an entirely new paint system which is unique to Virgin Atlantic - a first on commercial aircraft.  It has been specially developed to achieve a highly reflective depth of metallic colour.
 
The painting process has been simplified, using fewer maskings and applications for a drastic reduction in materials used.  Over 450 litres of paint was used and took over 3,000 - 3,500 man hours to paint.  The new paint is more durable so aircraft will only require re-painting once a decade.
 
The iconic, flag carrying flying lady, who appears on all Virgin Atlantic aircraft, has been rejuvenated with a subtle cosmetic makeover and enhanced detailing - now fluttering a larger Union Jack.

Virgin Atlantic says it commissioned brand agency Circus in 2008 to review its brand. The new livery and logo was developed by Johnson Banks.

What do you think? Have your say here on our AirSpace forums.

See this video of Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747 being repainted in the new livery.

Here's an artist's impression of the new livery on the carrier's new A330-300, which the carrier will introduce into service next April. Note the registration is G-VNYC, although reservation systems indicate the first A330 flights will be to Orlando.