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 According to Boeing, painting of the 777 took over a week - two days longer than it takes for a usual 777 paint job - and used 700 litres of chrome-free paint. Contrary to popular belief, the black colour will not cause in any significant heating to the aircraft, said Air New Zealand.

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 Singapore Airlines' new Low Cost Carrier subsidiary, which recently confirmed its plans to use Boeing 777-200s, is now registered as New Aviation Pvt. Ltd. This however is simply the company's name and the actual brand name may vastly differ. Any idea what that new name could be? Share your guesses at the comments section.

 Boeing claims that the image is the world's highest resolution image of a 737 aircraft. The 360 interactive view enables users to experience a 737-900ER in real size without going near to an airplane. The image has more than 70 features of the aircraft highlighted, and explained.

 The interactive image could be found here with an article about the gigapixels shoot here.

 Interestingly, in the same interactive feature's 737 Explained section, Boeing mentions a potential 737-800RE in a seat-mile cost comparison with the 737-800 Winglets aircraft and the future nearest competitor (A320neo). As per the chart provided, the 737-800RE will have a very high operating cost advantage compared to the A320neo, the latter which is also shown as being outperformed by the present 737-800.

 Worth having a look!

 The carrier has launched a new website, taxplanesnotpeople.com, to raise awareness about the issue. And easyJet makes some interesting points too..

- The tax is charged per-passenger. Hence an airline like easyJet, that operates in an all economy configuration, has to pay more tax than a legacy carrier flying the same airplane with less seats. The carrier also argues that while carrying more passengers in an all economy configuration, it generates less emissions per-passenger than a two-class operator operating the same airplane model.

- The airline argues that charging the same amount despite the type of aircraft used too, is unfair. It argues that an airline flying an older, less environment friendly aircraft will pay just the same as an airline flying a modern fuel-efficient aircraft.

- easyJet argues that the present mileage band calculation of the APD is unfair as well. The present systems calculates the tax based on the distance to the destination country's capital ( not the destination city ) from London. This makes someone flying to Los Angeles in the USA, pay the same tax as to one who flies to Washington DC, while the former generates far more emissions. While on comparison, someone flying to a city such as Bridgetown in Barbados will pay a higher tax owing to the higher mileage and closer distance to the capital in the small country.

 Overall, it makes for an interesting reading and the airline also offers the viewers the ability to sign a petition and get their names printed on a plane.

 The new LCC will commence flights from next March, initially operating to Fukuoka and Sapporo out of Osaka Kansai Airport. Yes, it closely resembles Wizz Air, but let's think that it's pink, ok ? ;-)