AIRPLANE

Airplane is an aviation service center at Toulouse Francazal Airport in France. It offers aircraft painting, base maintenance, storage and parts support. The group has two main companies, Airplane Painter and Airplane Delivery.

Airplane Painter was created in 2002. It says it was the first company to develop the idea of modular paint shops. In 2011 it moved to Hangar 4 at Francazal. The company says it has handled more than 2,900 aircraft and applied over 300 custom liveries. It paints single-aisle jets such as the Airbus A320 and A321 and the Boeing 737 families. It also paints regional aircraft such as the ATR and the Embraer E170 and E190. Business aviation, VIP and government operators are customers too, along with airlines, lessors and OEMs. The team also designs and makes stencils and technical markings.

Airplane Delivery was founded in 2016 as an EASA Part 145 maintenance organisation. It uses about 10,000 square metres for base maintenance and in-house workshops. It does A and C checks, complex structural repairs on fuselage and wings, composite repairs and troubleshooting. It also removes and installs engines and runs cargo conversion projects.

The company holds a non-destructive testing approval under a D rating. Its C-rated workshops cover batteries, oxygen systems, flight controls and de-icing equipment. The group also lists shops for doors and access, cabin refurbishing, blade refurbishing, and composites and structures. A part is followed from diagnosis to certification. It then goes to stock or is fitted at once on the company's own maintenance lines.

The two companies also support aircraft through their whole life. Services include short and long-term storage and technical help for ferry flights. A trading and repair management service draws on a global supplier network and a stock of EASA-certified parts. Some parts come from the group's own aircraft dismantling work.

Both companies sit on the same site. Painting, maintenance, modifications, storage and return to service can happen without moving the aircraft. The group's website is offered in French and English.

Services

• Aircraft painting
• Livery design
• Base maintenance
• A and C checks
• Structural repairs
• Composite repairs
• Cargo conversions
• Non-destructive testing
• Aircraft storage
• Parts trading and repair management