Today, Papua New Guinea's national airline, PNG Air, posted a message on its website that, as a highlight of the company's anniversary celebrations, will host a song contest to celebrate its 35th birthday.
The competition will be open to musicians from around the world, requiring 60 seconds of work to show the changes in airlines and the feelings of passengers. The winner will receive a ticket valid for 2 years worth 5,000 crowns (about 3,367 yuan), whose work will appear in air Papua New Guinea's anniversary video and be shown on major social platforms.
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Founded in 1987, Air Papua New Guinea was originally just a charter service provider. In 1992, the airline obtained a regular passenger license and began regular passenger transportation. In 2001, the airline was officially renamed Papua New Guinea Airways, and with the change of name, the airline also changed its livery to herald a "shift to the future". In 2006, Air Papua New Guinea began offering international passenger services and became a public company in 2008.
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Today, Papua New Guinea Airways operates a hybrid fleet of ATR 72-600, Dash 8-100 and Dash 8 freighters, with 460 weekly flights to 24 destinations. The airline has also crafted a logo for its 35th birthday, a bird of paradise that represents the most special elements of the airline's home country.
Birthdays are the best thing in the hearts of many friends, and airlines are no exception. Starting from a humble warehouse and becoming the hegemon of a blue sky step by step, the airline's anniversary celebration bears witness to the ragged past and also heralds a promising future. In order to celebrate birthdays, major airlines are also full of tricks.
British Airways
In 2019, British Airways celebrated its centenary. To celebrate the birthday, BA launched a series of promotional activities.
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Book: British Airways has compiled 1200 posters from its development history into a book, reflecting British Airways' forward trajectory with changes in advertising design. The book, British Airways: 100 Years of Aviation Posters, is more like a retrospective of British Airways' century of change. You can see british airways' targeted posters based on the context of the times.
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Promotional video: The promo, titled BA100, was designed as a "Love Letter to the UK" to convey the message that "it was the passengers who made British Airways, then and now". The promo was filmed by British celebrities from different fields, British Airways flight attendants, pilots and engineers. In the promotional video, British Airways flight attendants set off for flight missions, aircraft engineers complete the 100th anniversary logo, a Boeing 787 aircraft with a special "BA100" logo is launched from the hangar, this special flight is ready, and superstars are also on the journey, they will board the BA100 flight with people from all walks of life. The video also ends with the words: "Britain, we love you, it is you who have made us." ”
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New Livery: On 5 March 2019, British Airways launched three retro fuselage liveries as part of its centenary collection. The three vintage liveries are the Landor, BEA and BOAC, painted on the Boeing 747 and Airbus 319, respectively. British Airways takes the opportunity to look back on history and look to the future.
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
Also celebrating its centenary in 2019 is KLM Royal Dutch Airlines. On 7 October 2019, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines held a high-level celebration, which was also attended by the Dutch Minister of Finance.
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Collection: Traditionally, KLM will launch a new Delft Blue Terra Micro-Shrunken House on its anniversary. The miniature house of the centenary celebration is based on the Huis Ten Bosch Palace in The Hague, which was the residence of the Dutch kings and their families. Since the 1950s, KLM royal kLM has been offering specially designed Delft blue-ceramic miniature houses to regular customers in Universal Business Class on intercontinental flights, which are modeled after monumental buildings throughout the Netherlands. Since 1994, every year on 7 October (or a nearby date), KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has launched a new numbered cottage to celebrate its birthday.
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Book: KLM also launched a special book entitled "Welcome to Boarding – 100 Years of KLM" at the centenary celebration, which reviews the centenary history of KLM Royal Dutch Airlines.
Qantas
In 2020, Qantas celebrated its 100th birthday. Despite the impact of the pandemic, Qantas celebrated its 100th birthday in a low-key but gorgeous way.
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Blowing candles: To celebrate Qantas' centenary, Sydney hosted a grand celebration. Sydney lit the city's iconic Sydney Harbour Bridge into a large birthday cake that looked like a candle, which was blown out by an Qantas 787 plane as it flew over at low altitude. More than 1,300 LED tubes and 38 searchlights illuminate the sydney harbour bridge, and 60 historical images and two 65-metre-high birthday candles are projected on the north and south towers, which interpret Qantas's path of change and create a unique birthday atmosphere. The low-altitude fly over the bridge lasts 100 minutes and carries nearly 200 passengers, including 100 Qantas employees, a special itinerary to commemorate Qantas' 100th anniversary. The spectacular moment of blowing candles not only amazes the people on the ground, but also surprises the passengers on board. The scenic flight also flew over Sydney Harbour, the Haas Aviation Museum in Scher Harbour and Rose Bay.
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Safety video: Qantas' centenary celebration also includes the launch of a new cabin safety video. In the video, the active Qantas crew carefully dressed up as flight attendants in various periods of the past, and explained the cabin safety precautions for passengers in the cabin and terminal of the corresponding period.
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The video pays tribute to Qantas' 100-year history through iconic elements from all eras of the last century, including the popular mullet hairstyle in the 80s, the figure-eight beard shape in the 70s, the seaplane in the 40s and the small propeller plane in the 20s.
Japan Airlines
Japan Airlines, which was planning to boost its brand image through the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, has been hit hard by the pandemic. In 2021, Japan Airlines celebrated its 70th birthday in a low profile. Tokyo-based Japan Airlines was originally Japan's largest airline, surpassed by All Nippon Airways after filing for bankruptcy protection in January 2010, but it is still the airline with the largest number of international destinations and passengers in Japan.
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Promotional video: Japan Airlines released a promotional video called "Thank You", which reviews the development process from the beginning of its establishment to the present day, and takes the audience back to the past years.
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Souvenirs: Japan Airlines has launched a 70th anniversary thermos on its official website, which is available in three colors. This portable thermos cup also features the Japan Airlines logo and the shape of previous generations of aircraft.
Aeroflot
In 2018, Aeroflot celebrated its 95th anniversary.
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New Livery: To celebrate its 95th anniversary, Aeroflot announced an aircraft livery design competition in 2017 to brainstorm new liveries for the anniversary celebration aircraft. In the end, a livery design with blue and white as the main color and painted with traditional Russian motifs won the competition. In 2018, the newly painted A321 aircraft was unveiled at Sheremetyevo Airport.
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New uniforms: Introduced in conjunction with the new livery of the aircraft, there are also new uniforms for flight attendants. Also blue and white, the handsome air and beautiful stewardesses wear uniforms that blend their classic colors and modern fashions, highlighting the harmonious symbiosis between the long history of Aeroflot and modern services.
Qatar Airways
This year marks the 25th anniversary of Qatar Airways, and recently a Boeing 777-300 aircraft from Qatar Airways welcomed a new livery.
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The aircraft debuted in a retro "fuselage" from the beginning of Qatar Airways' operations, celebrating Qatar Airways' achievements over the past 25 years. As part of Qatar Airways' 25th anniversary, the aircraft will also be responsible for operating a number of other Qatar Airways routes over the next year.
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Founded in 1997, Qatar Airways was a small regional airline covering a small number of destinations, and after a radical transformation and 25 years of continuous development, Qatar Airways is now one of the world's leading airlines. Qatar will also usher in the World Cup this year, as an important carrier partner, Qatar Airways' "disguise" is more meaningful.
Airbus
In May 2019, Airbus celebrated its 50th anniversary. This aircraft manufacturing and research and development company, after half a century of development and change, has undisputedly become the world's most important industry giant.
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Delivery of aircraft: On the occasion of its 50th anniversary, Airbus also successfully delivered its 12,000th aircraft to Delta Air Lines. On May 8, 2019, Airbus' 12,000th aircraft used a special route during test flights in Quebec's airspace, and the track formed a "12K" pattern, symbolizing its significance as Airbus's 12,000th aircraft.
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Storytelling: From May 29 to July 17, 2019, Airbus released a new story every day for 50 consecutive days through various online platforms, introducing the people who have driven the company's development and breakthrough innovations, and comprehensively showcasing the aerospace business including civil aircraft, helicopters and defense.
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Air Show: Airbus dispatched a family of aircraft including the A220, A320 series aircraft, A330neo, A350XWB wide-body aircraft, A380 and super moby dick transport air show team in Toulouse with the French Patrol Air Show Team.
Boeing
Boeing in Arlington, which announced on May 5 local time that it will relocate its headquarters from Chicago to the location of the Pentagon and across the river from Washington, D.C., is also one of the world's top aerospace companies. The difference is that Boeing has a much longer history than Airbus. Back in July 2016, Boeing celebrated its centenary.
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Popular Science Education: Starting July 15, 2016, Boeing hosted a 100-day online education event to inspire and nurture the next generation of aerospace dreamers. Viewers have access to free online educational resources developed by Boeing engineers.
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Aircraft Show: Boeing celebrates "Founders Theme Day" in Puget Sound, near the company's birthplace. Boeing 7 series aircraft, as well as various aircraft previously produced by Boeing, are statically displayed. In addition, Boeing also held a light show on the fuselage of a 747 aircraft.
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Bell Ringing Ceremony: In 2016, at 9:30 a.m. local time on July 15, 20 Boeing employees rang the opening bell on the New York Stock Exchange to celebrate. It is understood that these employee representatives come from various generations of employee families who have worked for Boeing for many years.
China Eastern Airlines
In January 2020, China Eastern Airlines commemorated the 63rd anniversary of its launch with a concert.
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At the headquarters of China Eastern Airlines in Shanghai, China Eastern Airlines invited the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra "Time Ensemble Group" to play at the Home of China Eastern Airlines, and spent his 63rd birthday in a performance with the theme of "Symphony Covenant through Time and Space".