Shandong Airlines-SDA (Jinan, Shandong, China) on August 6 took delivery of this brand new Boeing 737-800. The pictured 737-85N B-5786 (msn 39127) is painted in a special promotional scheme for the Tenth China Art Festival.

According to the official website, the “China Art Festival is the top, largest and most influential state-level art festival in China. It is held every third year and has successfully staged nine sessions up to now. The Tenth China Art Festival will be held in Shandong in October 2013, cosponsored by Ministry of Culture and Shandong Provincial People’s Government.

With the purpose of “art event, people’s festival”, the Tenth China Art Festival takes “developing advanced culture, boosting cultural industry, promoting civilization progress” as the theme and “government taking lead, benefit for the people, highlighting special characteristics, mass participation, open and innovative, pragmatic and thrifty” as the principle.”

Shandong Airlines is the official airline sponsor of the event.

Copyright Photo: Ivan K. Nishimura/Blue Wave Group. Beautifully-decorated B-5786 is pictured passing through Honolulu yesterday (August 7) on its delivery routing. The airliner wears the event logo on the forward fuselage.

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