On the occasion of the presentation of the first A380 from ANA, the first Japanese company to receive the super-jumbo jet, Airbus unveiled some images of the aircraft's painting work. Discover here the backstage of a gigantic but perfectly organized work.
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The ANA A380 rolls-out (source:Airbus)
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A new livery
All Nippon Airways has therefore decided to operate the A380 on a busy route, Narita-Honolulu. Used to making special deliveries for their aircraft, ANA has decided to launch a competition open to everyone, all over the world. In total, the airline received 2,197 proposals between 7 October and 30 November 2016. After deliberation, it was the Japanese designer Chihiro Masuoka who had his drawing accepted.
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| The winner of the contest (source:seewide) |
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| Others designs (Source:ana) |
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| The 3 designs accepted (source:ana) |
This one represents a turtle, a symbol of luck and prosperity in Hawaii. The winner won a Tokyo-Honolulu round trip in business class and other candidates received different gifts. Thus, the 3 A380s will be turtles, blue for the first one, and red then green for the other two.
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| A 3D picture of the 3 A380’s (source: air-journal) |
A gigantic work
To paint an aircraft as big as an Airbus A380, you need a lot of paint. So 3,300 litres of paint were used to cover the 3,600 m2. In order to paint different details, the painters used 16 different shades. In the photograph below, we can see white and blue for the aircraft's drift. It took 21 days for the 120 people mobilized for the painting.
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| The A380 ANA in the paintshop (source:Airbus) |
In addition to operating this A380 to Hawaii, ANA is committed to supporting the protection of the Hawaiian Green Turtle, which is an endangered species. The A380 is expected to be delivered soon for commissioning in spring 2019.
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| The ANA A380 in flight (Source:ana) |
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