Now, who here was in Singapore in 1972 when MSA split and SQ was created?
It was then understood in that the bird used was the "Yellow Bird" that is commonly found in Singapore. When I grew up in my house there were many singing Yellow Birds. Sadly, these days they are a rare sight, but are still around in Singapore.
Now, who here was in Singapore in 1972 when MSA split and SQ was created?
It was then understood in that the bird used was the "Yellow Bird" that is commonly found in Singapore. When I grew up in my house there were many singing Yellow Birds. Sadly, these days they are a rare sight, but are still around in Singapore.
I wasn't born, but I think the yellow singing bird you refer to is an oriole. I don't think it matches the logo. But then I still think the logo is a waving hand so I'm not really qualified to say ...
Years ago, SQ helped Air Lanka in the management of the airline. If you look carefully, the logo is quite similar to SQ. But when Emirates took over, the new logo looks like that of Emirates.
Now, who here was in Singapore in 1972 when MSA split and SQ was created?
It was then understood in that the bird used was the "Yellow Bird" that is commonly found in Singapore. When I grew up in my house there were many singing Yellow Birds. Sadly, these days they are a rare sight, but are still around in Singapore.
Not born yet myself, but not much longer after that. Anyway returning to the topic, this topic has been discussed in other aviation boards and I believe that it has been mentioned before somewhere that both the SQ and MI birds are actually seagulls - a line of thought I tend to follow.
Actually I remembered someone did tell me it was supposed to be a pigeon long long time ago.
Well, for sure it is not the mythical Garuda bird.
If it is a Phoenix, then it is Air China
If it is a Swallow, then it is China Eastern
It it is a Crane, then it is Lufthansa (and JAL long time ago before JAL management went coo coo and killed the bird for a stupid red stain on its tail)
Does anyone know that the Air China phoenix is actually a stylized version of the letters V.I.P.?
If i ran an airline I'd never use a Phoenix, simply because the connotation behind it is "risen from the ashes" -implying a death, then rebirth. Not necessarily good for business. Having said that, there's also the connotation that the aforementioned death and rebirth cycle is perpetual, therefore the Phoenix is also de facto immortal.
If i ran an airline I'd never use a Phoenix, simply because the connotation behind it is "risen from the ashes" -implying a death, then rebirth. Not necessarily good for business. Having said that, there's also the connotation that the aforementioned death and rebirth cycle is perpetual, therefore the Phoenix is also de facto immortal.
This reminds me of a story I heard from my Taiwanese friend (disclaimer: I can't guarantee the accuracy of this story). Eva Air was first actually registered as EAC (Evergreen Airline Corp) Air. However, someone from the management team quickly realized that "EAC" actually had a bad connotation to Hokkien speaker (Tai Yi) speaker. Thus, the name Eva Air.
This reminds me of a story I heard from my Taiwanese friend (disclaimer: I can't guarantee the accuracy of this story). Eva Air was first actually registered as EAC (Evergreen Airline Corp) Air. However, someone from the management team quickly realized that "EAC" actually had a bad connotation to Hokkien speaker (Tai Yi) speaker. Thus, the name Eva Air.
Speaking of hokkien, a friend of a friend, had the license plate "BEH 4" on his Mercedez Benz.
So here I'm thinking the number 4 was Bad Joss for Chinese. Yet this guy was quintessential chinese.
One day, I plucked up the courage to ask him about it, and it turned out he was hokkien. He told me to read the plate out loud as if in Hokkien - it takes on a COMPLETELY different meaning.
Speaking of hokkien, a friend of a friend, had the license plate "BEH 4" on his Mercedez Benz.
So here I'm thinking the number 4 was Bad Joss for Chinese. Yet this guy was quintessential chinese.
One day, I plucked up the courage to ask him about it, and it turned out he was hokkien. He told me to read the plate out loud as if in Hokkien - it takes on a COMPLETELY different meaning.
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