Got the Korean Air new livery.I don’t like it.I like the old Pepsi. What do you guys like more, old or new?

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Own-Witness-4263@reddit

This ain't shit. Who remembers the Braniff Airlines planes? They were all different colors. You could fly Cleveland to Dallas on a red one, get on a yellow or purple one to fly back home.

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Swimming_Lawyer1260@reddit

As a Korean I love to see new livery it feels new and getting off the old bad images from 00s to 2010s

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Standard_Onion_1184@reddit

Pepsi for sure. I’m out of the loop, but I wouldn’t be surprised if this was private equity enshitification at work, like McDonalds’ shift to the green and brown livery. Sad times.

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00_ribbon@reddit

I think the process is called blandification:

https://fluxbranding.com/the-rise-of-blanding/

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I've seen this exact pattern in a lot of brands over the last decade. It's not necessarily private equity, but I guarantee someone convinced people that the design was too complicated and had too many colors, and that by simplifying and reducing the number of colors, they could save money and time and effort. Look at the new Pringles design, where they took detail and number of colors out, or just the number of brands who went from a 5+ color brand to a 2-3 color brand.

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Standard_Onion_1184@reddit

Pringles is a great example. I’ve seen people talk about this in relation to the narrowing of car color options as well.

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B777X_787-9@reddit (OP)

They wanted to make a modern one,but sometimes a change is worse. In this case, designing a new one isn’t the answer. Putting more vivid detail and color on the old one instead would look even better.

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Standard_Onion_1184@reddit

100%

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nextgeneric@reddit

I think a lot of people resist change.

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46656_@reddit

I’ve seen some people talk about wanting to keep a bit of red, but I bet they didn’t wanna look too much like TUI Airlines’ livery with the colors, lol. (I agree with everyone saying the old one was better though, much more recognizable!)

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Live_Ad8778@reddit

I recognize that gate.

Honestly if they kept bit of the red I probably wouldn't look as bad.

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adjust_your_set@reddit

I recognized the SkyLink tracks 😂

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Fill-in-the____@reddit

A thin red stripe between the blue fading into the gray belly I think would look nice.

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B777X_787-9@reddit (OP)

Probably yes

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Valuable_County5265@reddit

dfw

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B777X_787-9@reddit (OP)

Like a red stripe

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Live_Ad8778@reddit

Or a gradent on the tail emblem and lettering.

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B777X_787-9@reddit (OP)

Hmm yes

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ballimi@reddit

Everyone here always says that old is better, no matter the livery/airline.

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Fluffy-Proof-5175@reddit

Not always, people seem to enjoy the current United livery.

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meh_whatev@reddit

The thing I mostly see is people missing the old logo

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meh_whatev@reddit

Neither, old needed to change, new one is nothing spesh but not to the point of missing the old one

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Rook8811@reddit

Wait Op your a pilot ?

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backpackyoghurt@reddit

Pepsi 😔

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duckntureen@reddit

Team Pepsi all the way.

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GeraintLlanfrechfa@reddit

Aye, Pepsi it is.

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B777X_787-9@reddit (OP)

🫡💪

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AdvancedLow4851@reddit

the new one is modern... i can only say... it aligns with 2026

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glumanda12@reddit

New livery with old tail logo. Looks like klm now. Boring.

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Camjay7@reddit

The old livery is dated and is associated with quite a few accidents including Flight 801. With the merger with Asiana they wanted to shed their old identity and start fresh.

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kgaviation@reddit

The new is growing on me. But it still gives me KLM vibes. I prefer the new blue though because it’s metallic and has flakes in it.

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B777X_787-9@reddit (OP)

But looks pretty boring

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peterpanic32@reddit

The blue on blue looks boring, but the new pale blue is fine - if they'd just kept some more character to the livery instead of going two boring tones of blue.

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Antelope-Subject@reddit

Pepsi clear all the way.

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B777X_787-9@reddit (OP)

👆🏻this ,old is better

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Grouchy_Bicycle8203@reddit

Looks good to me both then and now.

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mcwobby@reddit

I think the new looks better in person.

But the previous was my personal favourite livery and I think one of the all time great airline liveries.

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B777X_787-9@reddit (OP)

Hmm nah

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WellTextured@reddit

Many branding changes grow on people over time but this one sucked at first and sucks now.

It's Seoulless.

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B777X_787-9@reddit (OP)

And will suck for several years.

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Monkeyfeng@reddit

Everything is so glossy and shiny. I don't like it. Their safety video is also creepy as well. The lady in the video looks like an AI fake or someone with very weird make up. It's really strange to look at.

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B777X_787-9@reddit (OP)

AI made 💩🤮

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Own_Place909@reddit

The new is objectively more modern looking and the old livery was beginning to look quite dated, but that blue on blue is so boring. Even just making the lettering and logo white or having pop of red somewhere would’ve made it look so much nicer. As it is it kind of looks like an MS PowerPoint title card template.

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B777X_787-9@reddit (OP)

KLM vibes,kinda losses originality

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NitinTheAviator@reddit

DFW

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B777X_787-9@reddit (OP)

Yep

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Stahi@reddit

"I don't like it."

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Tyraid@reddit

I just want my nuts in a goddamn tray

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Fluffy-Proof-5175@reddit

I’m surprised I haven’t seen any cargo planes with this new livery

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