The Aircraft is the 5th (of 30) Embraer E190 aircraft joining Alliance Airlines fleet and will be registered VH-UYB. The aircraft is powered by two GE CF34-10E5 engines and has a passenger configuration of 10 Business Class seats and 84 Economy seats.
The photos were taken after exiting a 10 day repaint by Coopesa in San Jose (Costa Rica).
The design of the livery was undertaken by Alliance Airlines and Lila Design in close consultation with the Air Force and is a tribute to Air Force’s 100 years of service to Australia on the 31st March 2021.
The one off metallic paint is inspired by the color of uniforms worn by many, many thousands of dedicated Air Force personnel and has been specially formulated by Alliance Airlines in close co-operation with Mankiewicz Coatings.
The F-35A Lightning II, the Australian Defence Force’s Air first fifth-generation air combat capability, is silhouetted speeding through the Air Force 100 Logo.
A SE5a bi-plane, Spitfire, Canberra, F-111, P-8A Poseidon, C-17A Globemaster III and F/A-18F Super Hornet representing different eras and historic and significant Air Force aircraft feature on the tail.
The aircraft is scheduled to operate from San Jose (Costa Rica) to San Diego (USA) to Honolulu (USA) to Majuro (Marshall Islands) and arrive in Brisbane (Australia) prior to the 31st March 2021.
Once arrived the aircraft will join the Australian civil aircraft register and operate in revenue service throughout Australia.
Chairman of Alliance Airlines, Mr Steve Padgett OAM is a former Air Force Cadet and is a National Council Member of the Australian Air Force Cadets Foundation.
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