Ardmore, Okla.-based King Aerospace delivered its first green BBJ exterior paint project and is now included in the Boeing Business Jets directory. According to company  executive vice president Keith Weaver, the BBJ1 was delivered on time and on budget. The project was part of the Addison, Texas MRO’s planned expansion of its capabilities for narrowbody cabin completion and refurbishment, as well as maintenance, overhaul and repair.

“The mica pearl paint scheme came out perfect, the people from Sherwin-Williams were ecstatic, and the customer wrote a letter of reference to Boeing recommending us,” said Randy Johnson, director of corporate aircraft services and paint shop manager. “And the goal is to leverage the success in exterior paint to validate our expertise and encourage customers to also use King Aerospace’s completion and refurbishment and MRO services.”

King Aerospace has two standalone paint hangars capable of accommodating aircraft as large as the Gulfstream G550, in addition to the recent hangar renovation that resulted in a 25,000-sq-ft paint shop capable of accommodating bizliners as large as the BBJ3 and the Boeing 757. The renovation includes a new ceiling and air handling, lighting, fire suppression and heat systems.