Air Canada's spectacular livery for its Airbus A220
We are used to seeing planes always white, but it happens that some carriers decide to paint Airbuses of other [...]
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We are used to seeing planes always White people, but it happens that some carriers decide to paint Airbuses in other colors for a event specifically or to recall those of the company. And this is the case with Air Canada, which has repainted one of its Airbus A220s-300 with a breathtaking result.
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The occasion is to celebrate the modernization of the Canedese company's fleet and enhance its story: The first time these colors and the words "Trans-Canada Airlines (TCA)" were used was in August 1997 when the carrier celebrated the 60 years old Of activity.
Here is time-lapse video of the entire painting process:
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It took well 9 days of work and 75 employees To repaint the A220, 4 different colors were applied and 350 liters Of paint.
The airline is keen to make it known that the whole thing took place in the full respect for the environment, Air Canada in fact, as in the past, used a new method of painting: the last coats were done by means of a paint Socogel, or a solution chromium-free and low in volatile organic compounds, which reduces water use by as much as 10,000 liters.
The result is beautiful:Â
Air Canada's logo
The task of redesigning the logo had been entrusted to the design firm Stewart and Morrison Ltd. at the same time as adopting the name "Air Canada," the goal was to better represent the country in markets global.
In 1964, in fact, Air Canada became the week airline in the world, a source of national pride, thus was born the maple leaf as we know it today, a symbol of the company's identity and easily traceable to the flag of the Canada. The carrier is a partner of theStar Alliance and to book a prize ticket for an internal flight to Canada is an excellent solution and very economical.
Fun fact: Why are most planes white?
Who hasn't wondered this at least once in their life? Well there is a explanation, indeed more than one on why airlines adopt white on almost all aircraft.
The first reason is. Scientific, that is, white reflects the sun's rays and helps avoid excessive overheating Of flight equipment. Traveling above the clouds, aircraft are clearly highly exposed to the sunshine and white helps protect them, kind of like boats, the same principle applies.
The second reason is purely economic: white is cheaper. Colored dyes can also have a cost double than just white, and since it takes several hectoliters to paint and repaint the companies' fleet of aircraft, you also have to calculate the costs.
A study was published in the journal Human-Wildlife Interaction in 2011 that explained how white aircraft ran less risk of running into a flock of birds, the latter, seeing a very large white object, identify it as a obstacle to avoid. Certainly Air Canada's new Airbus A220 will not go unnoticed by even the most distracted goose.
Finally, the white helps insiders to carry out work of maintenance more easily, in fact it is a color that shows up scratches, dents or other imperfections better than others. Freeze, no one is saying that aircraft of other colors receive less maintenance, technicians use Advanced technological tools, as scanners and sensors, to notice imperfections, let's say white makes them take 5 minutes less time...