Tintin Logo Jet Brussels Airlines (Kuifje)

[Boeing767copilot]

https://www.aviation24.be/airlines_press_r ... s-rackham/

Stats & figures:

– Tintin fans can follow the whereabouts on http://www.brusselsairlines.com
– Rackham’s maiden flight will be 1h45 to Toulouse
– Hashtag #SNRackham
– Rackham’s livery will stay till 2019
– 360 liters of paint (65 liters etch primer/45 liters intermediate primer/125 liters base colors/125 liters clear coat)
– 10 days of painting, 22 painters per day, 1500 working hours
– 5 km of tape was used during the painting

Brussels Airlines and Moulinsart create unique Tintin aircraft (pictures) http://wp.me/p5lySl-Gx

[HQ_BRU_Lover]

Fantastic logojet, well done SN!

[mad_fab]

Beautiful! Well done!

[Boavida]

I usually don't get excited about these 'special' logojets, but this one looks fantastic!

[Stij]

I splitted the topic of as such a beautiful logo jet deserves a topic of it's own!

Cheers,

Stij

[Passenger]

More photo's, including of the interior:

https://twitter.com/hashtag/SNRackham?src=hash

[Magiktrix]

Awesome paintjob !

[Treeper]

That just looks stunning!
Great job. Now hoping for a retro jet

[Passenger]

coverage on VTM (I also give the link on Het Laatste Nieuws, because VTM.be is limited access)
http://nieuws.vtm.be/binnenland/132735- ... evliegtuig
same here:
http://www.hln.be/hln/nl/957/Binnenland ... tuig.dhtml

coverage Luchtvaartnieuws.nl:
http://www.luchtvaartnieuws.nl/nieuws/c ... fje-livery

[sean1982]

Looks great!

[SabenaForever]

Looks awesome!!

[luchtzak]

Pictures: https://www.aviation24.be/airlines_press_r ... -pictures/

[b720]

Wonderful!
Can't wait to fly on this aircraft.

[airazurxtror]

That is real "retro" : "Le Trésor de Rackham le Rouge", from which the model was taken, has been first published in 1944 - more than 70 years ago !
I don't see the point ...
And why not "Quick et Flupke" instead of Tintin ? Quick et Flupke (et l'agent 22) are real Brusselaars, thus have at least a bond with Brussels Airlines.

[Inquirer]

Looks very nice!
A dark painted plane always draws attention and this one definitely will even more.
I am sure it will have no problems making it in aviation magazines all over the world and create brand awareness wherever it comes: well done.

[Desert Rat]

Very nice!

[Bralo20]

It's quite a nice surprise and very well done, looking forward to spotting the aircraft IRL

Btw: It seems that other "Tintin" planes could follow if you read their website:

"Will there be more Brussels Airlines aircraft with a Tintin livery?

Who knows? There are so many more Tintin adventures to choose from to make another unique aircraft livery… Keep an eye on us!"

[luchtzak]

Youtube movie:

[luchtzak]

Rackham flight schedule: http://www.brusselsairlines.com/en-be/m ... ckham.aspx

[Bralo20]

That is real "retro" : "Le Trésor de Rackham le Rouge", from which the model was taken, has been first published in 1944 - more than 70 years ago !
I don't see the point ...
And why not "Quick et Flupke" instead of Tintin ? Quick et Flupke (et l'agent 22) are real Brusselaars, thus have at least a bond with Brussels Airlines.

Why would you take Quick & Flupke? While also from Hergé they are a lot less recognizable compared to Tintin which is a world famous comic caracter?

And Q&F dates even before the comic which had Rackam in it, Q&F was (first) published between 1930 and 1940...

In the end, I think it's a great livery on this plane and I would like to see more like this in the future. Jetblue for example has quite a few A320's with awesome liveries... (with my personal favourite their FDNY plane)