Aircraft Painting
Aircraft Painting, how do you paint one of those big old birds?
Well, here’s a great resource from business insider for those of you that want to know how the painting process works.
Watch the time-lapse video here it’s pretty mesmerising and amazing.
One of the big things you might notice though is the huge price tag for getting your aircraft livery looking beautiful like the one in the video and that’s to be expected when you understand how much time and effort goes into painting.
$100,000 – 200,000 to paint a livery per aircraft is going to turn out a fair few trips to the bank manager even if you have just a small fleet of aircraft.
There’s a good chance that as an airline owner you’re going to be leasing those aircraft and that means you have to give the aircraft back in the original condition and that includes sending it back in the correct colour, so you can x 2 those painting costs per plane.
So what’s the solution I hear you ask?
Before I answer that I think it’s worth pointing out the value of having a unique standout livery.
Everyone around the world loves to see a livery that’s a little bit different including the regular plane spotters that dedicate their time photographing and posting some of the worlds best on the internet which can only mean great publicity and advertising for airlines.
Here’s an example of a website that loves to showcase the best liveries http://www.airliners.net/
Back to the solution…
We talked about this many times before but with huge investments from companies like 3M who are developing better durable and approved aircraft films and vinyl, the doors are open to endless cost-effective design possibilities.
With the ability to wrap up-to 80% of a typical aircraft at a fraction of the cost of painting, which includes production, install and removal, this means that airlines that might have played safe with the colour scheme & livery to keep costs down can now get a little creative.
We would love to speak to you to discuss your design ideas so why not drop us a line today.