Alaska Airlines and Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute Unveil Salmon Plane Design

Aircraft promotes Alaska wild salmon

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Story Created: May 14, 2012 at 11:19 AM AKDT

Story Updated: May 14, 2012 at 11:22 AM AKDT

ANCHORAGE - On Monday, Alaska Airlines and the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute unveiled a new 129-foot-long design that will adorn a Boeing 737-800.

Featuring a king salmon, fish scales on winglets, and the word "Alaska" in salmon-pink, a press release from Alaska Airlines claims it will be "one of the most intricately painted commercial airplanes."

The "Salmon-Thirty-Salmon II" replaces the original "Salmon-Thirty-Salmon," which debuted in 2005, but was repainted with the airlines' traditional Eskimo design last year.

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Anonymous said on Tuesday, May 15 at 9:26 AM

naw it's all corrupt and dirty business now a days!

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Rick said on Monday, May 14 at 6:14 PM

Paint job...40grand, baggage cost increase, PRICELESS!

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Anonymous said on Monday, May 14 at 1:02 PM

so salmon are beginning to fly now, I only hope they will be better managed then they are now

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