S7 Technics’ Mineralnye Vody-based aircraft painting centre has reached its first significant milestone by completing the re-painting of its 100th aircraft. Some 250,000 man-hours, about 30,000 litres of paint and 60,000 litres of accompanying chemicals (solvents, paint removers, etc.), as well as more than 300,000 abrasive disks were required for the aircraft painting centre to reach the milestone.
S7 Technics’ painting team delivered the 100th aircraft to customer S7 Airlines after the painting process was carried out according to the Intermediate Coat Paint System Base Coat/Clear Coat MICA (base – lacquer coating) method, using PPG Aerospace painting materials.
Leading Russian and Kazakh airlines have been regularly using S7 Technics’ Mineralnye Vody-based aircraft painting centre to repaint their aircraft. Some 59% out of 100 aircraft repainted were Airbus and 24% of them Boeing aircraft.
