Rackham
Disguised as the famous shark submarine from the Tintin album “Red Rackham’s Treasure”, our Airbus A320, baptized as “Rackham”, will cleave the air in search of new adventures.
Never before has the legacy of Tintin’s creator Hergé been translated onto the fuselage of an aircraft. This unique project was made possible thanks to a co-operation between Brussels Airlines and Moulinsart, the company that protects and promotes the work of Hergé.
Tintin is a world famous Brussels-born character and a real ambassador of our home, Belgium. Brussels Airlines has a long tradition of representing the best of Belgium to the world and Tintin is the ideal travel partner to help us do this: adventurous, ambitious, friendly and naturally curious.
Not only the outside of the aircraft is painted in this spectacular Tintin livery. In addition, the atmosphere continues on the inside of the plane, where the rear cabin walls have also been reworked and bear images of Tintin and Captain Haddock from the same comic album.
What’s more, the album “Red Rackham's Treasure” is available for reading on board in Dutch, French and English language, allowing our guests – young and old – to dive into this adventure of Tintin and Snowy.
Our goal is to bring people together and to make travelling a pleasure. Together, we look forward to welcoming you onboard our Rackham aircraft.
Photo Gallery
Side view of the Brussels Airlines aircraft fuselage showing Tintin looking out from a painted blue submarine design.
Overhead luggage bins inside an aircraft cabin decorated with a blue Tintin comic strip mural.
Interior of an aircraft cabin with blue and red seats, featuring Tintin comic strip murals on the overhead bins and rear wall.
Overhead luggage bins inside an aircraft cabin decorated with a comic strip mural of monkeys.
Interior of the aircraft cabin featuring a rear wall mural of Captain Haddock and Tintin looking at a pile of treasure behind the passenger seats.
Cabin partition reading Welcome on board SNRACKHAM with a Tintin illustration.
Brussels Airlines Airbus A320 taking off, painted in a black Tintin shark submarine livery featuring Tintin and Snowy.
Aircraft fuselage painted with a Tintin and Snowy submarine design.
Aircraft engine painted with an orange fish and bubbles.
Brussels Airlines Rackham aircraft painted in a Tintin submarine livery, parked in a hangar with four crew members standing nearby.
Brussels Airlines aircraft on the tarmac painted in a black and blue Tintin shark submarine livery.
Brussels Airlines aircraft taking off, featuring the black and blue Tintin shark submarine livery.