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Air Canada’s Brand New Airbus A220 Has Been Repainted Already

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Last week Air Canada’s stunning new Airbus A220 livery was revealed. However, it has already been repainted due to an issue with the original paint job. The airline’s logo was incorrectly applied to the tail. The Air Canada logo consists of a red maple leaf surrounded by a red circle. However, the red circle is not complete, with a break at the base of the maple leaf. Despite being paid an awful lot for the new aircraft, it seems that Airbus Canada had mistakenly applied the Air Canada logo to… (simpleflying.com) More...

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sgbelverta
sharon bias 3
If you're paying that much money for an item, I'd expect everything to be perfect.
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Moviela
Ric Wernicke 4
With a second coat of paint on one side they better check that rudder for flutter.
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picturetaker
Christian Parada 3
What's you vector Victor?
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Quirkyfrog
Robert Cowling 2
DOH!
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AbieshanG13
Abieshan Ganeshamurthi -6
That is a waste of labour costs.
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KobeHunte
Kobe Hunte 5
So leave a mistake and a brand new plane?? Explain your reasoning.
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AbieshanG13
Abieshan Ganeshamurthi -8
They painted it the first time, and then the next. Eventually, Air Canada has two major expenses in this process. The two expenses are labour and materials.

Labour has a great impact on the final expense cost because there are up to 10 workers painting the aircraft.

Now does it seem reasonable?
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NF2G
David Stark 5
What makes you think that Air Canada had to pay for the repainting? It was Airbus' manufacturing error and was spotted prior to delivery.
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