brussels airlines planes - still going to the paintshop ?

brusselsairlinesfan · Post by **brusselsairlinesfan** » 09 Jul 2007, 23:13

I am just wondering... How many brussels airlines planes still to go to the paintshop ?
Thx for the information !

teach · Post by **teach** » 10 Jul 2007, 00:19

Most of the Avros still need to be painted, as well as 2 of the 3 A319s, and 3 A330s. Right now, OO-DWK is at Qaps getting painted. You can follow the painting at Qaps on their website, www.qaps.nl

brussels airlines · Post by **brussels airlines** » 10 Jul 2007, 08:42

At this moment:

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

Post by **sn26567** » 10 Jul 2007, 09:49

... and due to the high current utilisation rate of all aircraft, the repainting programme is in very slow motion.

Gliderpilot · Post by **Gliderpilot** » 10 Jul 2007, 09:57

OO-DWK is currently being repainted at qaps, http://qaps.nl/Facility1.html

Post by **sn26567** » 10 Jul 2007, 11:34

Gliderpilot wrote:OO-DWK is currently being repainted at qaps, http://qaps.nl/Facility1.html

This was indeed mentioned three posts before yours.

Gliderpilot · Post by **Gliderpilot** » 10 Jul 2007, 12:19

Oops, I read over it...
Excuse me.

euroflyer · Post by **euroflyer** » 10 Jul 2007, 19:54

brussels airlines wrote:At this moment:

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

As none of the BAe 146 are repainted so far, which are clearly the oldest ones of the Avro/BAe fleet, might that be a sign they will be retired soon (this means before repainting 8) ) Or is it just a coincidence and I am interpreting too much into it ...

Avro · Post by **Avro** » 10 Jul 2007, 20:02

euroflyer wrote:
As none of the BAe 146 are repainted so far, which are clearly the oldest ones of the Avro/BAe fleet, might that be a sign they will be retired soon (this means before repainting 8) ) Or is it just a coincidence and I am interpreting too much into it ...

Aren't the BAe's going to Africa if SN maages to start the Airline in central Africa ? If that is the case, it would explain why none has been painted yet.

Chris

Cartman · Post by **Cartman** » 11 Jul 2007, 00:16

OO-DWK landed in brussels today... One more new livery in the fleet.

snkenny · Post by **snkenny** » 11 Jul 2007, 08:59

According to scramble.nl, OO-DWC is now in the paintshop by QAPS.

greetz
snkenny

site: http://kenny228.fotopic.net/

spotter1102 · Post by **spotter1102** » 11 Jul 2007, 10:02

How much time does it take to paint a plane ?

teach · Post by **teach** » 11 Jul 2007, 12:46

About a week.

spotter1102 · Post by **spotter1102** » 11 Jul 2007, 18:51

teach wrote:About a week.

Thanks for info

TUB001 · Post by **TUB001** » 11 Jul 2007, 19:08

spotter1102 wrote:How much time does it take to paint a plane ?

On the OO-JAF schedule, it took 3 days to paint it (a plane that has never been painted before then, logically

)

brusselsairlinesfan · Post by **brusselsairlinesfan** » 11 Jul 2007, 19:22

Avro wrote:
euroflyer wrote:
As none of the BAe 146 are repainted so far, which are clearly the oldest ones of the Avro/BAe fleet, might that be a sign they will be retired soon (this means before repainting 8) ) Or is it just a coincidence and I am interpreting too much into it ...
Aren't the BAe's going to Africa if SN maages to start the Airline in central Africa ? If that is the case, it would explain why none has been painted yet.

Chris

Good point ! I think you are right about the BAe 146s...

teach · Post by **teach** » 11 Jul 2007, 22:53

OO-DWC is now indeed at the paintshop, you can see it on the Qaps website. That's the first of the special SN liveries to go.

b-west · Post by **b-west** » 12 Jul 2007, 10:57

teach wrote:OO-DWC is now indeed at the paintshop, you can see it on the Qaps website. That's the first of the special SN liveries to go.

About time... as I remember, these liveries were only to last during the summer of 2006...

brussels airlines · Post by **brussels airlines** » 14 Jul 2007, 21:58

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.

Airbus330lover · Post by **Airbus330lover** » 15 Jul 2007, 09:43

sn26567 wrote:... and due to the high current utilisation rate of all aircraft, the repainting programme is in very slow motion.

Perhaps due to the lack of pilots, it will be quicker now !!!!