brussels airlines wrote:Now OO-DWJ is in painting. This will be nr.7 from the AR1 fleet. If that one is ready, 21/49 aircrafts will be flying in Brussels Airlines' colors, 28/49 will still be in (SN)BA colors.
Thus, the 2 A319 left will never get the full b.air livery ?
brussels airlines wrote:Now OO-DWJ is in painting. This will be nr.7 from the AR1 fleet. If that one is ready, 21/49 aircrafts will be flying in Brussels Airlines' colors, 28/49 will still be in (SN)BA colors.
Thus, the 2 A319 left will never get the full b.air livery ?
brussels airlines wrote:Now OO-DWJ is in painting. This will be nr.7 from the AR1 fleet. If that one is ready, 21/49 aircrafts will be flying in Brussels Airlines' colors, 28/49 will still be in (SN)BA colors.
Thus, the 2 A319 left will never get the full b.air livery ?
Why not ?
I asked that because I thought that b.air plan to keep the aircraft painted in full livery only and to sell (as mentionned in a other topic) or transfer the other aircraft in the future african airline...
spotter1102 wrote:
Thus, the 2 A319 left will never get the full b.air livery ?
Why not ?
I asked that because I thought that b.air plan to keep the aircraft painted in full livery only and to sell (as mentionned in a other topic) or transfer the other aircraft in the future african airline...
I hope I have good explained what I mean
Well maybe the A319's are that heavily used that they just don't have the time to get them painted at the moment? Doesn't mean they wont get repainted in a less busy period and it certainly doesn't mean they'll leave the fleet anytime soon (imho these are some of the planes that will stay in the fleet for a very long time because they are rather new)
Summer is always the 'busy season' for SN where repainting is concerned. You see the same 'phenomenon' every year: once July arrives, one of the QAPS hangars is pretty much constantly filled with an SN Avro, one after the other, until the end of August. The reason why they're now being repainted faster than usual (usually it takes about a week for a repaint) is because the ones going in now are the 'special livery' Avros. These were stripped and painted white just last year, with the decals put over the white paint. Now, they simply remove the decals, and paint over the tail section and lower fuselage in blue. That's far less work than stripping a plane and then completely repainting it, so it goes faster and the planes are out in two or three days iso a week. Once those 'special' Avros are painted, it'll be back to normal - one plane a week, until the end of August probably.
2/14 Avro Rj.85's are repainted
0/6 BAE146-200 are repainted
5/12 Avro Rj.100's are repainted
1/3 A319's are repainted
5/5 B737-300's are repainted
5/5 B737-400 are repainted
1/4 A330's are repainted
19/49 are repainted so 30 aircrafts still have to be repainted
Nice information ! Does anyone have the updated figures now ?
2/14 Avro Rj.85's are repainted
0/6 BAE146-200 are repainted
5/12 Avro Rj.100's are repainted
1/3 A319's are repainted
5/5 B737-300's are repainted
5/5 B737-400 are repainted
1/4 A330's are repainted
19/49 are repainted so 30 aircrafts still have to be repainted
Nice information ! Does anyone have the updated figures now ?
Cheers,
Vincent
1/3 A319 are repainted
1/4 A330 are repainted
3/14 Avro RJ 85 are repainted
0/6 BAe 146-200 are repainted (will problably never be)
8 or 9/12 Avro RJ 100 are repainted
So I'll give a new overview, this will be the situation AFTER OO-DWE is painted:
Avro Rj.85 3/14 are repainted
BAE146-200 0/6 are repainted
Avro Rj.100 10/12 are repainted
Airbus A319 1/3 is repainted
B737-3 and B737-4 10/10 are repainted
Airbus A330 1/4 is repainted
