Whatever you think of the merger of American Airlines and US Airways, the rebranding has provided an answer to one burning question: how a plane gets a makeover with a shiny new paint job.

The only change to the livery was the use of a brand new gray paint, and American advertises that the new color is nearly identical to the old one. Airlines spend huge amounts of time and money ...

As for the first one that flew Thursday, it took the company 13 days to makeover the US Airways A319 into the American Airlines livery. That included "gently" removing the existing paint before ...

DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — American Airlines says more than 60,000 employees voted and a majority want to paint red ... sported since the 1960s. The new livery, as a plane's appearance is called ...

American’s new plane has several nods to those Medal of Honor recipients, including a painting of ... in 2016 to American Airlines before being sent to Tulsa for the new livery, according ...

American Airlines ... Those aircraft include paint schemes in the colors of America West, Piedmont Airlines and Pacific Southwest (PSA). The Reno Air livery became the first Heritage Plane ...

DALLAS (AP) – American Airlines says more than 60,000 employees voted and a majority want to paint red ... had sported since the 1960s. The new livery, as a plane’s appearance is called ...

One of the questions that airline employees and enthusiasts alike have agonized over is how American Airlines will decide to paint its airplanes ... Doug noted that, "our livery should represent ...

American Airlines on Thursday unveiled ... Instead, silver mica paint was chosen to maintain the heritage, the airline said. New logos and livery are often a step taken after a major merger, ...

American Airlines is looking toward the future, but the "new American" that was rolled out in January might soon be a thing of the past. The Fort Worth-based airline debuted its new livery in ...

The distinctive polished aluminum of American Airlines’ livery is fading into aviation history, driven by the new orders that will make American’s fleet the youngest among U.S. major carriers ...