Southwest Airlines: The Making of our Illinois One Specialty Livery
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- Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
- SOUTHWEST AIRLINES UNVEILS ILLINOIS ONE
Airline Honors the State of Illinois and City of Chicago with Specialty Aircraft
CHICAGO - April 14, 2008 Southwest Airlines today honored the State of Illinois with the unveiling of Illinois One, a Boeing 737 emblazoned with an artist's rendering of the state flag.
Southwest Airlines' top leadership celebrated the high-flying tribute to the State of Illinois at an event in a Chicago Midway hangar with Mayor Richard M. Daley and local Employees.
"We are thrilled to honor Illinois with this beautiful aircraft; it is truly a testament to the great relationship we have developed with our Chicago Midway Customers and a tribute to our local hard-working Employees," said Southwest Airlines Chairman Herb Kelleher. "Our pride for Illinois will now fly high over the 64 cities Southwest serves."
Since beginning service in Illinois at Chicago Midway in 1985, Southwest Airlines has grown from eight to 227 daily nonstop departures. As Southwest Airlines has increased its flights, it also has increased its need for space.
In 2004, with the help of Mayor Daley's outstanding Leadership, Southwest Airlines participated in the Terminal Development Project at Chicago Midway.
The expansion has allowed Southwest Airlines to meet and exceed a promise of growth and has created an ideal environment for offering the Legendary Southwest-brand of Customer Service for Chicago travelers.
"Southwest's success at Chicago Midway would not have been possible without the sum of many parts, and this beautiful aircraft is a result of our collective hard work," said Gary Kelly, Southwest's Chief Executive Officer. "We have a great partnership with the State of Illinois and the city of Chicago. Together we have all given our Illinois Customers a high-quality travel experience and low fares."
More than 500 Southwest Airlines Employees and community leaders celebrated the unveiling today at one of the airline's hangars. Attendees waved Illinois flags, took photos with a bald eagle, and were the first to see Illinois One up close and personal.
Illinois One joins twelve other 737s in Southwest's fleet that carry a unique paint scheme: Arizona One, California One, Lone Star One (Texas), Nevada One, New Mexico One, three Shamu aircraft (Sea World), Silver One (celebrating Southwest's 25th anniversary), Triple Crown One (recognizing Southwest's top rankings for ontime performance, baggage handling, and Customer satisfaction), Maryland One, and Slam Dunk One (tribute to our NBA partnership).
The newest aircraft in the Southwest Airlines fleet is truly a work of labor and art, requiring 26 people working three shifts over the course of six days to paint. Over 93 gallons of paint and 10 different colors make up Illinois One.
Chicago Midway Airport is Southwest's second largest operation in terms of daily departures with 227 daily nonstop flights to 47 cities. Southwest Airlines, the nation's largest carrier in terms of domestic passengers enplaned, currently serves 64 airports in 32 states. Based in Dallas, Southwest currently operates nearly 3,400 flights a day and has 34,000+ Employees systemwide.
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Illinois One has officially returned, but this time on N8619F, a 737-800. It becomes the third 737-800 with a special livery. The first being Freedom One (N500WR), the second being the second coming of Tennessee One (N8620H).
N918WN, the 737-700 that was in the Illinois One livery, was returned to the lessor and repainted white in 2020. It then sat in the SoCal Logistics Airport in Victorville throughout 2021, and was later bought by Avelo Airlines (and re-registered as N707VL) in 2022.
Now we just wait for the second coming of Nevada One.
F in the chat for Illinois one. It was an amazing livery and I hope to see it carried onto the MAX 7.
F.....I was sad to see it go :/
It's back on N8619F
@Southwest i love your flights so much! They are so smooth and cool, and the flight attendants are v ery nice. Thanks for your time!
Let's see it!
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@@liamly6594 you know what is funny is that I am in Denver and I flow on Colorado one
I flew on that plane it was very nice as always southwest you did a great job on it ✈️🛫🛬🛩
Good eye! Boeing produced the video and used some stock b-roll in the beginning. The LUV-jet at the end is ours though!!
ThT is a beautiful plane even though it was 13 years ago it is still beautiful great job on the airplane
I just flew home on this plane a couple days ago from Providence to Baltimore
I have so much respect for Boeing because they keep work in the US and aren't jumping on the outsource bandwagon. American based companies are moving more and more jobs overseas. We should all support companies that keep jobs in our great nation. Boeing is the best
Saw this aircraft yesterday, and it was going to be my flight, but my gate got changed at the last second sadly 😢, but I got one of Southwest's other special planes back home. I have to say that Southwest is the best airline to fly in the US. Keep it up!
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can wait to see the 737 max 7 state liveries soon!
Hey guys living near Chicago for 40 years & using you guys for 15 of these years when needed was always a great experience. Was glad to go out of Midway as it's a much easier airport in Chicago to get out of.
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I hope I can catch this on my MDW-LAS flight and/or return in August
Great video! Awesome paint job.
It looks awesome
I LOVE IT!
WAY TO GO SOUTHWEST, YOU ROCK
I agree
gotta love that 240P QUALITY!!!
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best video ive seen
so high quality
I just loved the BLURRED CONTENT.
Southwest, you are A-1 with me! I'm on your aircraft these days weekly and am looking forward to seeing Illinois One serving my flight from Midway to Philly or back soon!
@NutsAboutSouthwest oh yeah!I have ridden on the Illinois One before it was awesome.But my parents didn't realize how special it was
Thanks Lee!
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@southwestairlines can you do a reupload for the video and make the quality to 1080p please
Beautiful!!
Chicago being the capitol of Illinois should have its own airplane... I just wish the city had an airport to land that baby at.
Also, anyone from Illinois should pay only $1 to fly on it...except for those from Chicago...it should be free for them.
Approximately 2 inches per minute.
Boeing 737s are assembled at the Boeing plant in Renton, WA. The moving 737 assembly line in Renton replaced three separate non-moving 737 production lines. The single moving line is more efficient, and allows aircraft to be completed up to 50 percent faster.
The much newer moving assembly line at the Boeing wide-body plant in Everett, WA moves at about 1.8 inches per minute. Its used only during the final assembly stages (seats, etc) of the Boeing 777.
The state of Illinois
Guess what!! I am 100% in love with Southwest!!! Besides all the specialty planes like Penguin one and Lone star, the only other plane that's flying is Canyon blue. I always thought Southwest could use another design, so I spent months drawing until I finally made a good one. So I'm just recommending you ask someone about it. I would love for my design to be added to Southwest Airlines aircraft fleet!!!!!
I like it. And Southwest has paint jobs for the states that they have bases in. Lonestar - HOU and DAL, Airzona - PHX, California - OAK, Nevada - LAS, Maryland - BWI, and now Illinois - MDW. Also have NBA, Silver, Triple Crow, and the White one.
they should make a:
florida one
michigan one
vermont one
washington one
washington DC one(with pics of like the mall, wash. monument, white house, etc)
oregon one
and eventually have 1 4 each of the 50 states
Flying PHX-LAS in the summer! Gotta hope I'll have this aircraft!
Southwest Illinois one is now a 737-800
This thing looks badass!!
Ta=hat's what I call a colorful paintjob! Nice upload!
OK... I'll take your vote straight to the boss! Have a good one, and if we end up with one I expect to see you buy a ticket for the first flight!
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ALL RIGHT!
It's amazing how they put these birds together.
Using only one kind of plane has made SWA very successful, we'll NEVER use AirBus!
Best looking plane ever.
now that is just SICK!
and Tony they don't even use other boeing jets, there all 737's some older then others. and i got nothing against airbus. i think boeing look better, but airbus's are more comforable to fly in.
and they should def. make a Florida 1
SWA FTW!
I seen that one at Oakland airport while waiting for our plane
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Who comes up with the wild paint schemes for its aircraft? Artists, Southwest personnel, or Boeing's paint department?
beautifullllll !
Sad to hear the plane livery is gone now….but I heard rumor this livery and some others will be back on the MAX 7.
Good news! This livery will likely be repainted on one of their 737-800s!
Illinois One is on N8619F now.
boieng is so good at what they do!
standarization...is what every fleet is looking for....and the best way to standarize everything....is one type of aircraft
Really cool, just twittered about it :-)
That's cool. I live in Chicago.
@adw28productions Southwest also sticks with Boeings because when the airline was first introduced, airbus did not have any aircraft that would fit their needs. The Boeing 727 fit. Eventually, the 727's were replaced with the Boeing 737 because the 737 and the 727 have very similar cockpits and operations. The southwest fleet is now mainly 737's to keep the cost of training and maintenance down
I have fueled that aircraft!
they should do a "America One" with like the flag and a bald eagle
great looking plane
320 kmh IAS Thats about 400-450 MPH Ground Speed depending on the altitude.
You gotta be good to work at those speeds.
Boeing and Airbus are both good, but Boeing is my favorite. Southwest Airlines's Boeing 737's are the best ones.
"New Mexico One" is the best livery out there!!!
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Generally it takes 3-4 weeks depending on options, paint jobs, and supply.
AHHHH THEY DID IT!!!!
AHA! We have!
They should make a Long Island One!
they should make a connecticut one
This is cool
They should make a Colorado One because denver is one of their hubs
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WOW!!!
Good one!
Not far from the Boeing plant is Renton Municipal Airport. I wonder if Boeing still uses it for 737 flight testing.
Santanamets57, they wouldn't do that because buying only one airplane keeps maintenance costs down.
What song is this? My son loves it!
nice
I think I may have flown on that exact aircraft
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Check the number that appears at the beginning (00:10) at the fuselage , i think that the only difference with the other video is the part of the painting.
Called it!
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i wounder how long it took to build that?
Music City One... I kind of like the sound of that! Or Volunteer One???
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Those are really good ideas! I might have to try and make a drawing of one! My small little group of friends made made a few once
I'm confused. In the beginning, they are showing a 737/800...
@JohnRhysMusician, does Southwest serve DFW in addition to DAL?
you guys should make a Oregon One
Why are planes painted white before other colors like the blue on the Heart livery.
nice looking plane i wounder how much a piant job like that would be?
blackpearl999999 well, people like me 10 years in the future still don't know.😂
if this is the only one... i saw this at KBHM epic
@checkerace50 They are also going to keep the 717s that Airtran flew, according to a SWA captain that I know.
@ryan0157 If you look back i answered your question completely.
@adw28productions sooo jetblue flies only in america and they have airbus a320's
@homestopper So you went to the factory too? Cool bro.
You should make Volunteer One ! music city is a big southwest hub, concourse C is owned by southwest cauz' american only got 4 or 5 gates out of c. anyway.1.tennesee rules.2.vols rule.3.we luv southwest.you should make it
Wow cool a Illinois one. This is from 2008 so I wonder if the plane is still in service. But still cool!
***** Yup! It is
In 2014 I flew to Orlando to come back from a trip and I was in a Illinois One plane, so yes the Illinois One livery is still in service, but the only difference is that they are going to change the tails because of the new 2015 Southwest livery, so the tails are the only difference.
I would of loved to fly on the Illinois one..when I flew to San Diego a month ago I was filming on the plane and I zoomed in on one by the runway that looked like the Illinois one. It was just a little bit of it I caught on tape. I record take off's and landings.
Please repaint this livery on N957WN
@ryan0157 No need its domestic USA only.
I think about 6-8 days
will southwest ever get larger planes like a 747?
ryan0157 to answer your question 7 years later, no. The biggest plane they have is a 737-800max
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I SEEN THAT PLANE
What cream parts exactly are you referring to?
Wisconsin One please!
@NutsAboutSouthwest Music City One cause 1) I'm a vandy fan and 2)The Vols are in Knoxville
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i always don't get how they paint it...
they paint some colour first, and then put some kind of paper stuff and then paint more colour, then u unwrap somestuff....
omg so nice :)
Alvaro951 I agree, even a decade later!
Umm no... they also have Lone Star One, California One, Slam Dunk One, Maryland One, Silver One etc, etc... fits with the theme they already have going.
Shiny.
Okay, so what do you want me to do?
How bout a Tennessee One the B Terminal has 21 gates (all the gates in B Terminal) for Southwest
why is it a 737 800?
Paint took longer than it took to put together the aircraft haha!
can i have one plane please
does anyone know what the cream parts are under the window frame at 0:38 are??
BMIfanatic Probably insulation to block off most of the outside noise!
What's the song called?😁