United Airlines' first Boeing 787-8 with the 'Evo-Blue' livery has entered into service after exiting the paint shop in Texas. Hello beautiful The 'Evo-Blue' livery is five years old and the second livery change after the United Airlines - Continental Airlines merger. Though United aircraft have featured the new livery for half a decade, up until this week, every subfleet except the Boeing 787-8 featured the 'Evo-Blue' paint scheme.
Earlier this month, United sent the first 787-8 to be painted. A few weeks ago, Simple Flying reported that none of the 787-8s in United's fleet had the new livery but that the first of the aircraft type was flown to Amarillo. Now, less than two weeks later, the aircraft exited the paint shop with its shiny, new paint job.
The -8 returned to service two weeks ago and has already flown to Europe and back twice. N26902 was the third 787-8 delivered to United but the first to be painted. After returning from Papeete, French Polynesia on September 1, the -8 was on the ground in San Francisco for two days.
Then, it was flown to Amarillo, Texas, where it remained for 13 days. After exiting the paint-shop on Wednesday, the plane went to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD). There, United ramp agent and photographer Marcel Hoy, captured some of the first photos of the new plane in its new livery.
Since its first appearance at O'Hare, the plane has operated four flights. On Tuesday, the -8 was flown to Schiphol Airport (AMS) in Amsterdam. The followi.