European Airliners in Retro Livery

This took me a long time to find European Airlines in Retro livery at least I found 4 of them in different years so let's take a look at my photos shots of retro liveries.

Aer Lingus EI-DVM Airbus A320 new to Aer Lingus 2011 seen in Dublin, Republic of Ireland taken 7th February 2014.

Here we go! A blast to the past that I did not exist. This aircraft Aer Lingus EI-DVM Airbus A320-200 brand new to the fleet in 2011 painting in 1960's livery called Aer Lingus-Irish International it was introduced to the new Boeing 720 at the time. This was seen on final runway 28 in Dublin, Republic of Ireland in a very cold & windy afternoon.

Air Malta 9H-AEI Airbus A320 new to Air Malta in 2004. Seen in Malta taken 26th June 2014.

Air Malta our Maltese airline in 1970's livery registered 9H-AEI new to Air Malta in 2004 named Rabat - Citta Vittoria. Air Malta started in 1974 in that livery you see the photo now the fleet started off with Boeing 720 & Boeing 707. The 70's livery was taken down & replace by a new generation of Air Malta in 1990 one of my favorite livery as I mention before until it was replaced again in 2013. 9H-AEI has a history, in 2010 it was out of Air Malta & transferred to Interjet in Mexico ex XA-SOB for 4 years it returned to Air Malta in April 2014 & it was requesting to fans of Air Malta to change to 1974 Air Malta livery marking 40th Anniversary. It was amazing video I saw when it arrived in Malta.

Lufthansa D-AIDV Airbus A321 new to Lufthansa in 2012. Seen in Malta taken January 2013.

This is one of my first airlines I saw in retro livery for a long time. Lufthansa has 1 Airbus A321 D-AIDV in retry livery from 1954 until when the jet liners came to the market from 1960 the Boeing 707 with a new livery. I seen this aircraft many times in Malta until at the time I bought a new camera this was taken at a stormy weather conditions so I decided to take a photo because I might not see it for a long time. I'm, happy to took this photo. 

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines PH-BXA Boeing 737-800 new to KLM in 1999. Seen in Amsterdam, The Netherlands taken 27th August 2016.

And finally let's talking about my recent photo of KLM Royal Dutch Airlines. When I went to an event in Amsterdam, The Netherlands I decided to do a bit of spotting in the early evening before I head to the hotel till I came across PH-BXA a 1999 Boeing 737-800 once of KLM's first ever 737 Next Generation in the KLM fleet. This aircraft was fitted with Winglets in November 2007 & then painted in Retro Livery in Christmas 2008 marking KLM's 90th Anniversary. I understand now some older planes with retro livery retires their service before putting to scrap or freight for example Alitalia's EI-IXI Airbus A321 from 1994 painted in retro livery in March 2012 then withdrawn from service in January 2015 & scrapped in October 2015. And British Airways G-CPET Boeing 757-200 from 1998 painted in 1970's livery in October 2010 & then withdrawn 1 month later marking the end of an era of BA's Boeing 757 fleet; the aircraft is now turned intro Freight with FedEx N956FD. I havea feel KLM's PH-BXA is next in the withdraw list so we have to wait & see hope they can last for another 5-10 years. If I do see more retro liveries in the future, I will make an update blog for Europe & worldwide. Next blog is special liveries.