By Skies Magazine | October 22, 2015 Estimated reading time 4 minutes, 52 seconds.
The brand new special paint scheme features three characters from Frozen, the highest-grossing animated feature in history.
On Sunday, Oct. 18, WestJet, WestJet Vacations and The Walt Disney Company (Canada) Ltd. Parks & Resorts rolled out a brand new logo jet at Toronto’s Lester B. Pearson International Airport.
The new livery features three characters from the 2013 Disney movie Frozen, the highest-grossing animated feature in history.
Frozen was inspired by Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale, “The Snow Queen.” The film tells the story of a fearless princess who sets off on an epic journey alongside a rugged iceman, his loyal pet reindeer and a naïve snowman, to find her estranged sister, whose icy powers have inadvertently trapped the kingdom in eternal winter.
The tail features Frozen characters Anna and Elsa the Snow Queen (who can manipulate or create snow and ice).
The aircraft’s tail features images of Frozen characters Anna and Elsa the Snow Queen (who can manipulate or create snow and ice). The styling is designed “hot to cold” as a Frozen motif, with the Snow Queen on the tail generating a forward-flowing snowstorm aft of the wing that transitions to a beach scene at the front of the aircraft, with Olaf the Snowman relaxing alongside a sand castle.
Similarly, the interior starts with a snow motif on the rear bulkhead and designs on all 54 overhead bins (each with unique artwork), transitioning through autumn decor in the middle of the cabin, and into summer at the front.
Artwork is even present on the lav mirrors. Seats are cool blue at the rear and feature warmer tones at the front, with custom embroidery on each headrest.
The Frozen 737 flew from Calgary to Fort Worth Meacham International Airport on Sept. 23, to have the paint applied at Leading Edge Aviation Services Inc.
Workers applied 643.5 litres of paint in 23 colours.
The paint team included six painters working 24/7, and the job took 21 days of 12-hour shifts. Workers applied 643.5 litres of paint in 23 colours. The delivery flight back to Toronto was completed overnight on Oct. 17, in order to keep the design under wraps until the official unveiling in the hangar the next morning. It was revealed almost two years to the day after the famous “Sorcerer Mickey,” WestJet’s first Disney logo jet, was rolled out in Calgary.
The unveiling was a family and frequent flyer event, attracting about 1,000 people. Children had no end of things to do, including photo booths to pose with the characters, activity tables, and tours of the aircraft. The WestJet store sold all variety of swag, and every visitor received a free gift bag which included a stuffed version of Olaf the Snowman, along with other goodies.
Concurrent with painting, the aircraft also received new split scimitar winglets and new LED landing lights. Its first revenue flight was scheduled to Orlando on Oct. 19.
The Frozen jet’s interior starts with a snow motif on the rear bulkhead and overhead bins, which transitions through autumn decor in the middle of the cabin, and into summer at the front. Each overhead bin has a unique design which blends into the next. Seats are cool blue at the rear and feature warmer tones at the front, with custom embroidery on each headrest.
