Lufthansa’s new colour scheme leaked – Bye bye Yellow, Hello Blue

Well it seems the Internet leaks are pushing Lufthansa to reveal their new paint scheme earlier than planned

Leaks started appearing on Twitter this morning – with some tweets coming in showing the new paint-work.

This is it! @lufthansa’s new livery. @staralliance #LufthansaBlue @lufthansaNews #ExploreTheNew @BoeingAirplanes #newlivery @aerode @McWhirterAlex @jonostrower @SpieleWERT @frankfurtflyer @brandonsblog @OneMileataTime @HofmannAviation @FlightGlobal pic.twitter.com/ZsmA8Oq7Sh

— Aeronews (@AeronewsRO) February 1, 2018

Oh Dear … #avgeek pic.twitter.com/AHdxA6OgGg

— Michael Kelly (@Michaelkelly707) February 1, 2018

It seems the Yellow crane will be around for some time, with 330 aircraft taking around 8 years to repaint.

Repainting 330 aircraft takes 8 years says @lufthansa CEO now in Cape Town, 40 aircraft will have blue fins at the end of the year #avgeek pic.twitter.com/f17x7J3OL7

— Andreas Spaeth (@SpaethFlies) February 1, 2018

It’s goodbye to the yellow, and hello to the blue it seems

Even Lufthansa is pushed into revealing the new scheme with a video being released.

Much changes. Good remains. #LufthansaBlue pic.twitter.com/qMs6FgZhCc

— Lufthansa News (@lufthansaNews) February 1, 2018

My first impressions:

I’m going to miss the yellow – it’s been part of the Lufthansa scheme as long as I’ve known the airline (one of my earliest memories is wandering around FRA during an Air India stopover on the way to London, with both Condor’s yellow and blue tails… and Lufthansa blue and yellow tails).

And it looks… bland in the renders and images. Nothing to excite or retain a memory of.

How it will look in the real world will be the big question – we’ll find that in the release next week

However, the new blue colour scheme reminds me of another airline – one that has taken to the air recently – Joon.

Header image: via various different tweets. Credit to AeronewsRO who seemed to break the story first.

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