7 July 2020: In a recent announcement Magnetic MRO recently completed the ATR program for Finnair in which 12 aircraft received interior modification and 11 of them had new livery.
“Finnair ATR 72 interior and exterior refurbishment program was a complex process which involved multiple Magnetic MRO departments, including painting, line maintenance and interior production. The synergy between them was outstanding thus we are extremely happy with the results and the positive feedback received from our client,” shared Rihards Priedkalns, Aircraft Paintshop Manager at Magnetic MRO.
The agreement between Norra, Finnair’s partner company and Magnetic MRO was signed in September 2019 and the first delivery was given from Magnetic MRO’s Tallinn hangars on 8th May 2019. It included complete paint work, full interior refurbishment and maintenance on all 12 of the airline’s ATR 72 fleet operated for Finnair. . For Magnetic MRO’s Interior team, this project involved producing the largest number of new details for an aircraft that the company has ever manufactured for a single interior project, like new kick strips, stickers, latches and hinges for overhead bins, and other design elements.
“Can’t claim that I would be a paint expert, but I did use up a couple of boxes of red tape on paint inspections in my delivery days. So accepting something this good with only maybe a total of 50 cm red tape needed for the entire aircraft was something new to me,” shared Pauliina Heikkil, Finnair’s representative.
