Boeing Delivers KLM777-300er To KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
August 26, 2009 10:07 AM
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Boeing Tuesday delivered a 777-300ER (Extended Range) to KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, which has been painted in a special SkyTeam livery in celebration of the alliance’s 10th anniversary. Its chrome-free exterior decorative paint is applied to reduce environmental impact. Pic courtesy of Boeing Commercial Airplanes. |
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 26 (Bernama) -- Boeing on Tuesday delivered a 777-300ER to KLM Royal Dutch Airlines.
The airplane was painted in a special SkyTeam livery in celebration of the alliance's 10th anniversary, the company said in a statement.
It said the delivery marked the start of an in-service evaluation using chrome-free decorative paint and primer.
As part of Boeing's lifecycle approach to reducing environmental impact and in response to KLM's and other customer's requests, Boeing has introduced a chrome-free primer and chrome-free exterior decorative paint to this airplane.
In addition to simplified health and safety monitoring requirements, a chrome-free primer reduces the environmental impact of the paint and stripping process.
Removing chrome from the paint and primer eliminates the need for special handling of paint waste and clean-up and designated offsite disposal areas.
Boeing will apply the non-chrome paint and primer on up to 14 airplanes across Boeing models for in-service evaluation with the intention of making it a standard option in the future.
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