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Postby pacblue » Tue Aug 26, 2008 5:28 pm

Brand new 737-8 straight out of the factory and based in N.Z

ZK-PBK
Name : Maiden New Zealand

Smells like a new car biggrin.gif


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Postby NZ255 » Tue Aug 26, 2008 5:38 pm

Bigger view: here
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Postby AlisterC » Tue Aug 26, 2008 5:44 pm

Very cool! Glad to see Pac Blue doing well !
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Postby Adamski » Tue Aug 26, 2008 6:12 pm

*Revolting* paint job though sad.gif

Looks like something out of the "Polly Pocket" range. Are they trying to appeal specifically to the 7-yr old girl market? Well - I suppose they usually do have more disposable income than us poor parents winkyy.gif
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Postby beaufighterguy » Tue Aug 26, 2008 6:36 pm

Adamski wrote:
QUOTE (Adamski @ Aug 26 2008, 06:12 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
*Revolting* paint job though sad.gif

Looks like something out of the "Polly Pocket" range. Are they trying to appeal specifically to the 7-yr old girl market? Well - I suppose they usually do have more disposable income than us poor parents winkyy.gif


laugh.gif Yeah but the point is to catch the eye,Lots of cheaper airlines need as much advertiseing as possible.
Same goes for any airline though. smile.gif
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Postby Anthony » Tue Aug 26, 2008 6:47 pm

beaufighterguy wrote:
QUOTE (beaufighterguy @ Aug 26 2008, 06:36 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
laugh.gif Yeah but the point is to catch the eye,Lots of cheaper airlines need as much advertiseing as possible.
Same goes for any airline though. smile.gif

Yer the red of the Pacific Blue livery is quite eyecatching in real life, in that picture not so much as it looks flatter, less vibrant and even a bit dull.
And the billboard titles are quite effective too. I quite like Pacific Blue's livery myself.
It is good to see Pacific Blue taking delivery of new aircraft, which will coincide with the reports there are 7 new destinations supposedly being launched soon winkyy.gif
(See here - not necessarily NZ destinations though, might be Virgin Blue group destinations)
Perhaps not for PBK in particular though.
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Postby Daniel » Tue Aug 26, 2008 6:49 pm

Adamski wrote:
QUOTE (Adamski @ Aug 26 2008, 06:12 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
*Revolting* paint job though sad.gif

Looks like something out of the "Polly Pocket" range. Are they trying to appeal specifically to the 7-yr old girl market? Well - I suppose they usually do have more disposable income than us poor parents winkyy.gif


I don't mind it, I think it is pretty good for a low cost airline. I think the red looks a bit dull in the airliners.net picture?
Is Pacific blue getting any other 738's any time soon? No doubt this aircraft will be supporting there new Australian flights.
I hope they come to Rotorua (although it isn't practical for any NZ routes as yet). I think they will be in next year for some aussi flights smile.gif
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Postby pacblue » Tue Aug 26, 2008 7:50 pm

And also have to mention on 11th of September (or around then) theyr getting another brand new 738 (ZK-PBL)
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Postby Alex » Tue Aug 26, 2008 8:00 pm

Yea, not sure if the picture is a bit washed out, but looks almost like a pink colour there... blink.gif

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Postby Rebound » Fri Aug 29, 2008 10:12 am

Looking good, and another on the way, are these going to be used for the trans-tasman routes? (SYD/MEL)

The capacity increase across the tasman is going to be insane, especially with Emirates bringing in an A380 to Auckland next year.
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