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Horizon schemes

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wpid6793-AU0E0898.jpgSeattle is a busy airport with plenty of operators coming through.  However, the home airline is Alaska and their regional affiliate is Horizon.  Consequently, both of them are very busy.  Horizon operates a fleet of Bombardier Q400s.  They used to have some CRJs too but these have been moved to another operator and now they are dedicated to the turboprops.

wpid6795-AU0E1793.jpgThey do seem to have really gone to town in applying special liveries to some of their aircraft.  These are focused on a lot of the local colleges and universities.  They do paint up a lot of planes in school colors!  While I was there, I got a surprising number of them passing by.  Here are a few samples of the different schemes they have (along with one normal one just to show that they aren’t all specials).

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Some Special Schemes

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One of the things I did quite well with while around LAX was getting jets with special color schemes. Plenty of airlines are painting aircraft in something other than the normal house colors. This can be a livery that is part of their alliance, like OneWorld or Skyteam, or it can be something special of their own. It might also be a tie up with another organization.

Whatever the reason, it certainly makes things more interesting to get something that is a little different to break up the monotony of the regular fleets. Here are a selection of some of the different colors that were on display while I was out west. The Alaska scheme is not too apparent since the shot is head on but you can see it if you look. Others are more obvious. Hope they are worth a look.