Interestingly, some have also been adopted by airlines. “Coach” is of course what everyone calls economy class, and “livery” is a term of art for an airplane fleet’s color and branding scheme.
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Replying to @stuartmarks @ckosek
Do you have links that tie them conclusively to those terms? Hard for me to find.
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Sure. When American Airlines merged with US Airways a few years ago they had to repaint all the US Airways planes with the AA logo & colors. AA itself had rebranded from the old 1967 Massimo Vignelli design. 1/
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Note airline personnel usage of “livery” in these articles. 2/ https://www.phaidon.com/agenda/design/articles/2013/january/23/american-airlines-rebrand-upsets-massimo-vignelli/ … http://news.aa.com/american-stories/american-stories-details/2016/The-entire-US-Airways-mainline-fleet-has-now-been-painted-in-the-American-livery/default.aspx …
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For “coach” a web search for “flying coach” turns up lots of hits, e.g., this one. 3/x https://traveltips.usatoday.com/coach-airplane-103573.html …
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I understand the modern use of these terms, but I meant – is there a way to conclusively link them to the horse/carriage days? Those articles don’t do that.
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But it doesn’t seem connected to modern “livery.”
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The fact that it doesn’t feel as easy to find a page connecting them as for all the other terms worries me a bit.
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