Originally Posted by
CWL757
Noticed recently that lots of the fleet, particularly the 787s are starting to look really faded now, probably not helped by sitting in the same place for prolonged periods of time. The patches from where they covered the Thomson titles up looked bad enough but are now even worse thanks to the fading blue. I know it's definitely not a priority right now but does anyone know when we can expect to see the 787s start to get repainted and why they seem to be most affected? Something to do with being carbon fibre maybe?
The 787s have looked pretty awful ever since they patched up the “Thomson” titles a few years back, whereas the 737/757 don’t look anywhere near as bad - the patch is often visible but only vaguely. Clearly wasn’t a priority then though and it certainly won’t be now. They have let some of their aircraft get in a pretty poor state in terms or livery in the past so it doesn’t particularly surprise me. The fact that the 737s that went to Sunwing last winter are still wearing hybrid titles tells you all you need to know in terms of how little a priority this is likely to be.