The Best New Airliners to See in May 2025

Are you ready for some brand new airliners to see? Our latest roundup of new airliner deliveries and eye-catching special liveries has landed.

This month brings some interesting special liveries to light up your camera lenses, and some new type deliveries.

Which one stands out to you the most? Scroll through the list, take your pick, and let us know your favourite in the comments!

Air Sierra Leone Leased 737

Air Sierra Leone recently began services to London Gatwick using this leased Boeing 737 MAX, G-CRUX, of Ascend Airways.

Alaska’s Bayou Adventure

The latest Disneyworld-themed jet for Alaska Airlines is this 737-800 N596AS in Tiana’s Bayou Adventure livery.

China Eastern Shanghai Museum Livery

This stunning new scheme has appeared on China Eastern’s Boeing 777-300ER B-7349 promoting the Shanghai Museum and its collection.

Corendon Gets Tattoed

Corendon’s anniversary aircraft features a full-body tattoo design by legendary Dutch tattoo artist Henk Schiffmacher. Covering nearly 200 square meters, it is the world’s first fully tattooed plane. The tattoo on the engine represents a pirate, the eternal wanderer of the seas, transformed for Corendon into a heart-shaped symbol, expressing a love for travel, freedom, and discovery. The design turns the aircraft into a flying work of art for Corendon’s 25th anniversary.

The world’s first tattoed airplane! Corendon Dutch Airlines’ 737 MAX 9 PH-CDQ features the work of celebrity tattoo artist Henk Schiffmacher to celebrate the airline’s 25th anniversary. News article.

easyJet Eurovision Jet

Photo (c) Urs Baettig

easyJet are singing the tune of the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 with these special markings on A320neo G-UZHS.

German Airways New Livery

The Embraer 190 fleet of German Airways will soon feature this new scheme. The first aircraft is D-AJHW. It also has KLM Cityhopper titles. News article.

Hunnu’s First E2

Mongolian carrier Hunnu Air has taken delivery of its first Embraer E195-E2 aircraft. It has the registration EI-HUN.

JSX Training Dragons

JSX Air has painted this Embraer 145, N912JX, in a special livery promoting the movie How To Train Your Dragon.

LOT Ikata Livery

Photo (c) Aero Icarus

LOT Polish Airlines is promoting its tie-in with tour operator Ikata in this special livery on Boeing 737-800 SP-LVL.

Luxair den Atelier Livery

Luxair has painted this special livery on DHC-8 Q400 LX-LGN to mark the 30th anniversary of den Atelier.

VietJet Comac Aircraft

VietJetAir has leased two COMAC C909 (ARJ 21-700) aircraft from Chengdu Airlines. They operate in hybrid colours of the Vietnamese airline, but retain the Chinese registrations B-656E and B-652G.