TAP Air Portugal Reveals Stunning A321neo Retro Livery
TAP Air Portugal is planning a retro livery for its forthcoming A321neo, and this week one of the airline’s executives shared how the aircraft will look. Taking inspiration from the TAP livery of yesteryear, it is certainly shaping up to be a very pretty plane.
With a 75 year history, TAP Air Portugal is one of the world’s oldest airlines and is preparing to launch a retrojet of its own. To celebrate its quarter-century, the airline is painting a brand new A321neo in a beautiful retro livery.
The mock-up of the neo was shared on LinkedIn by Chief Revenue and Network Officer at TAP, Arik De. We have to say, it looks stunning.
The Airbus will take on the old name of TAP – Transportes Aéreos Portugueses (Portuguese Air Transportations) in red alongside the Portuguese flag next to the forward doors. The upper half of the aircraft is white, while the belly and engines are a gleaming silver.
For the modern TAP, green is a big part of the brand image. However, on the retrojet, the green is more on the blue side, and is only applied in a small way on the tail and also at the tip of the wings.
The aircraft is currently on the final assembly line in Hamburg and has been spotted with the vertical stabilizer already painted in the retro livery. If all goes to plan, the A321neo should arrive with TAP in October, complete with its historical coat of paint.
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