An Air China's Airbus A330, with a beautifully designed fuselage, was put into operation after Ameco Beijing's 12-day extraordinary task of precise painting. Another 10 more aircraft of various types, namely Boeing 777, Boeing 737-800, Airbus A330 and Airbus A321, from Air China will continue to be painted in unique liveries by Ameco Beijing until next February.

According to Ameco Beijing, all colored drawing of Air China's latest special liveries cover over 30 meters of double-curvature surface area. And, as a highly regarded MRO supplier in China, Ameco Beijing already successively painted Air China's Olympic aircraft with a "vivid new look" as well as Hainan Airlines' Chinese characteristic liveries previously.

However, this time, Ameco Beijing created several "firsts" of aircraft painting in China's civil aviation industry. For example, high sparkle painting this time and mica painting three years ago have all been rigid controlled on thickness, dryness and intervals in order to produce sparkle as a result. Moreover, Ameco Beijing for the first time also carried out gradual-change spray during high sparkle painting that traditional workmanship simply can't accomplish.

Now, Ameco Beijing has a fully enclosed and temperature controlled painting hangar covers an area of 10,000 square meters, which meets the requirements of stripping, washing and painting of any type of aircraft up to the size of Boeing 747-400.

Additionally, Ameco Beijing is now constructing a new hangar that will house up to Boeing 747 sized aircraft for heavy maintenance including painting without moving the aircraft. This hangar is scheduled for completion in mid-2009.

Ameco Beijing, located at Beijing Capital International Airport (BCIA), is a joint venture between Air China (60%) and Lufthansa (40%) established in 1989. MRO services include airframe, engines and components for commercial aircraft. It also offers services in training, engineering and logistics, as well as tooling calibration for China's entire aviation industry.

Photographer: Li Kaiyan