At the start of January 2025, AeroTime reported that the Dutch leisure airline Transavia would be unveiling one of its new Airbus A321neos in a special ‘retro jet’ livery during 2025 to mark the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the airline, a milestone which is due to be celebrated on October 21, 2025.

The livery to be replicated will be the version which appeared on the airline’s early Boeing 737s and Sud Aviation Caravelles. The design would revitalize the design created by Dutch designer Thijs Postma who proposed the green scheme in 1966, which included a lime green window line and tail, with a large black ‘T’ on the tail and forward fuselage with ‘Transavia Holland‘ titles also in black on the forward fuselage above the window line. The aircraft is expected to carry its first passengers during the summer of 2025.

Transavia
Transavia

Coming up to date, Transavia has now released several images on social media showing the aircraft chosen to receive the retro scheme in the paintshop at Airbus’ Hamburg-Finkenwerder (XFW) assembly plant in Germany. The images clearly show the aircraft receiving the green window ‘cheatline’ and the black ‘T’ on the forward fuselage. The tail has already been painted, as is common for Airbus aircraft as the tail assembly is prefabricated and painted elsewhere for weighting purposes before being attached to the rest of the aircraft in Hamburg.

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