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Brussels Airlines will pay homage to Hergé by painting the interior decoration of his Airbus
Airbus A320 com pintura especial
Majobas2, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Rafael Ramos
5/14/2021
The Belgian company Brussels Airlines, together with the Moulinsart studio, painted the company's Airbus A320 with the Tintin theme in 2015. The aircraft reached the repainting deadline this year and will be painted again. On the outside, the painting will remain identical. The interior will be decorated with illustrations by Tintin. In the years after 2015, Brussels Airlines presented other exclusive paintings.
At the time of the first iconic painting, the OO-SNB registration Airbus was named Rackam. Now, again, the painting restoration project will be done in partnership with the Moulinsart studio, which is the company that owns the rights to the works of Tintin's creator, Hergé. The repainting and interior design process is expected to be completed in June 2021.
Airbus A320 com pintura especial
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The aircraft is now 20 years old and started operating for the first time at the German company LTU. Even before being bought by Brussels, it had already been decorated with two different special paintings in 2002, with the colors of a German football club and in 2005, with the colors of another Spanish football club.
The fact is that the plane with the special painting by Tintin was very successful, attracting several enthusiasts and people who wanted to take pictures. In fact, the plane was mentioned by about six million twitter accounts and its official page on the Brussel website had over 100 thousand views.
Airbus A320 com pintura especial - "Rackam"
Divulgação/Brussels Airlines
See the painting process at the external link below.
Airbus A320 com pintura especial
ERIC SALARD from PARIS, FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Airbus A320 com pintura especial
Markus Eigenheer from Genève, Schweiz, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Rafael Ramos
Aviation enthusiast from an early age, he had his first contacts with the area developing that good old habit of spending dozens of hours in front of the screens of Micrsoft Flight Simulator and other simulators. With a solid background in various technological areas, including engineering and chemistry, Rafael has rejoined aviation as editor and author of articles and materials on our portal, providing invaluable help to the dynamics and expansion of the website and the aeronautical community, bringing us the news and updates so indispensable for us to remain current in our area of operation.
   
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