(images credit: Sergio Mota and Tom Turner)

Photo courtesy Nathan Zalcman, Arliners.net

Qantas even used some groovy lighting to make a memorable presentation for the delivery of its first A380 -

(image credit: Rob Neil, Pacific Wings Magazine)

Lufthansa's soccer nose - more info, and the whole 2006 FIFA World Championship team painted on TunisAir Airbus A320:

image credit: ChW

JAL "Samurai" national soccer team, photo by Farhad Piran

AirAsia Manchester United soccer players, photo by GlobalPics and EuroFly's Airbus, photo by Mario J. Craig

Aeroflot's Boeing 767-300 "Russian Olympic Team" -

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From abstract art to portraits of famous people -

Austrian Airlines, photo by Christian Hauser

Smiling faces, and overall cute demeanor -

German Wings "Berlin" plane, photo D. Lausberg, another German Wings smile - photo by kamil Macniak

Zsuzsanna Laky (Miss Europe 2003), photo by Toni Marimon, and "Adriana" plane from SkyEurope Airlines - photo by Eduard Brantjes

Air New Zealand "Lord of the Rings" livery, photos by Michael Carter, Ryan C. Umphrey

Animated characters! -

JAL Boeing 747-446D and other "Dream Express" variations, photos by Kazutaka Yagi, Avibear, Andrew Hunt

Most colorful Dream Express, in two different flavours! -

(image credit: Simon Brooke)

All Nippon Airways, photo by Michael F. McLaughlin

Another All Nippon Airways, photo by Kota Murahashi

(image credit: Shotaro Shimizu)

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Simpsons livery, photo by AirNikon

Did you know there was a "Pepsi" Concorde? - more info here -

(image credit: Stefan Bjärkemark)

Virgin Blue (from Australia) advertising Gillette - more info:

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Bulgari Designer Watches, photo by Don Boyd - and Avis car in the skies, photo by Mark A. Harris

Malaysia Airlines, photo by Brendan Vanderwerf, and "Sleep Well" plane - photo by Trevor Mulkerrins

Dragon Air, photo by Avibear