<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Statuschaser:
does anybody have any idea what type of cost
a paint job on a 747/400er would be?
and where abouts in the U.S are the sprays carried out?</font>
Apparently she was delivered from Boeing (Everett) in all red paint scheme and finished off at AVEX/Aviation Interiors at New Iberia, Louisiana.
The best estimate I could find for the weight penalty is about 800kg (comes from an extremely reliable and knowledgable source within the industry who should know).