A Qatar Airways jet arriving from Doha, Qatar, at the airport in Frankfurt, Germany, in January 2015.AP Photo/Michael Probst, File Qatar Airways wants $618 million from Airbus over paint-related ...

Question: When I look at pictures of planes being built at the Boeing factory, the tail of the plane is the only part painted. Why is the tail painted before the rest of the plane? — Bruce, Carlsbad, ...

(Bloomberg)—Airlines are racing to bring parked planes back into service now that post-pandemic travel demand is picking up. But some of those jets are looking a little rough around the edges.

The Pepsi blue livery created issues for Concorde because it absorbed much more heat than the standard white paint. At ...

In teasing that a United Airlines new paint scheme was coming, CEO Oscar Munoz recently called it more of an evolution than a revolution. He wasn’t joking. United released a video of the scheme on ...

The Airbus A380 is the world's largest passenger jet, and as such, it requires substantial paint to keep it looking ready for passenger service. With an enormous tail, two full-length passenger decks, ...

United Airlines decided it was time for a change after nearly a decade. This week, it updated what's known as its "livery" – the paint job on the outside of a plane. Their new look comes as a growing ...

Financial struggles within the airline industry led to consolidation. But the mergers of major carriers, such as Delta and Northwest, United and Continental and Airtran and Southwest, have created ...

As airlines and airplanes have evolved, so have their "liveries" — the exterior designs, including paint colors and logos, on the aircraft. As planes crisscross the globe, their exterior graphics not ...

Japanese carrier All Nippon Airways (ANA) will give its first Airbus A380 a giant sea turtle paint job. ANA placed an order for three A380s in 2016, saying it planned to deploy them on international ...

United’s new look shouldn’t come as a surprise to any of its frequent flyers. The airline has been slowly changing its airport signage to match the look that’s now going to be on aircraft. In teasing ...