Summary
Our monthly guide to the new airliner deliveries and special liveries for plane spotters to see is here.
Which is your favourite this month? Leave a comment at the end.
Aer Lingus’ First A321XLRs
EI-XLR at Dublin. Photo (c) Mark Willis
The second airline to take delivery of the Airbus A321XLR, after Iberia, was Aer Lingus. Two aircraft arrived on the same day, EI-XLR and EI-XLT.
China Eastern Harbin A320
China Eastern has added another special livery aircraft promoting the Harbin 2025 Asian Winter Games. This one is Airbus A320 B-8393.
China United Special Livery
China United Airlines has applied a special livery to Boeing 737-800 B-1425 promoting the Zhengding region of China, with famous landmarks along the fuselage.
Emirates Real Madrid Scheme
Emirates continues with its football sponsorship special schemes. This time Boeing 777-300ER A6-EQD has had this scheme promoting Real Madrid added.
Korean Air’s First A350
With the merger between Asiana Airlines and Korean Air now approved, the latter has started taking delivery of Airbus A350-900s in the full blue livery. First are HL8597 and HL8598.
Lufthansa help alliance
Airbus A321 D-AIEP of Lufthansa is wearing this special livery marking the collaboration between the airline and help alliance.
Spring Airlines Smartee
Smartee-themed airplane
Spring Airlines is promoting Smartee dental technology with this blue scheme on Airbus A320 B-6841.
Sun County Minnesota Livery
Sun Country are promoting the Minnesota Golden Gopher Athletics sports team with this attractive livery on Boeing 737-800 N809SY.
Vueling Athletic Bilbao
Spanish carrier Vueling continues to promote the nation’s sports teams, this time Athletic Bilbao. This special scheme in Airbus A320 EC-LUO.
VietJetAir Chin-Su Pho Story
Airbus A321-200 VN-631 of VietJetAir is now wearing this scheme promoting Chin-Su Pho Story rice noodles.
Visit Malaysia 2026 Campaign
Malaysia is launching a major campaign to boost tourism to the country in 2026. As part of this, three of its airlines have applied special promotional schemes to their aircraft this month. They are:
AirAsia Airbus A320neo 9M-RAH
Batik Air Boeing 737 MAX 8 9M-LRK
Malaysia Airlines Airbus A330-300 9M-MTJ
