Legendary Lauda’s aviation legacy

Lauda Air, founded in 1979 was sold to Austrian Airlines. Niki, launched in 2003 has been succeeded by Laudamotion, now part of Ryanair.

Lookalikes

Russia’s Nordwind has recently adopted a new livery.

Etihad, UAE, is currently in the process of repainting their fleet.

FlyBE

The evolution of the UK regional airline

Buzz is back!

Ryanair Sun in Poland has chosen Buzz for its new name.

Ryanair acquired Stansted based ‘Buzz’, the UK LCC, which was the new name for KLM uk which had previously flown as AirUK (itself a merger of Air Anglia, parts of BIA and Rig Air)

Smart moves

Travel Service is now Smart Wings. Nordwind has re-launched as a new LCC called Smartavia in Russia. Indigo Partners new LCC in Chile is called JetSmart.

United

Evolution of a legacy’s logo and livery