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In June, IAC’s Ostrava team travelled to Geneva for a special decal installation project on SWISS International Airlines first Bombardier CS300. The IAC team visited Geneva to apply the printed … [Read more...] about Special Livery Completed for SWISS First CS300 Delivery

This month our employee spotlight is on Olivia Grimes, Global Supply Chain Officer based at our Headquarters in Shannon, Ireland. Olivia joined IAC in January of this year to support the global … [Read more...] about Employee Spotlight: Olivia Grimes

IAC are delighted to announce that the next Mid-West Aviation Networking Event will be taking place in King John's Castle, Limerick on Thursday 6th July 2017 at 7pm.   This event brings … [Read more...] about IAC Sponsors Mid-West Aviation Networking Event: July 7th, King Johns Castle

Alaska Air Group unveiled at San Francisco, December 14, 2016 (the home of Virgin America) a special Alaska Airlines + Virgin America “More to Love” livery on N493AS. The merger of Alaska Airlines and … [Read more...] about Alaska Airlines Unveils It’s “More to Love” Special Livery

Hawaiian’s new branding was unveiled May 1 in Honolulu amid much fanfare in conjunction with the state’s Lei Day celebration. The new livery, freshly painted on a Boeing 717-200, was proudly painted … [Read more...] about New Livery Prototype Painted for Hawaiian Airlines

International Aerospace Coatings, or IAC, unveiled its new brand identity in April at the MRO Americas show, replacing the Leading Edge, Associated Painters, and Eirtech Aviation identities that had … [Read more...] about IAC Celebrates Official US Brand Launch at MRO Americas Show in Orlando

In May 2017, Arkia debuted its new livery on 4XEMC, an Embraer 195 recently completed in our Rome facility. This vibrant new livery is a significant departure from the previous two-coloured blue … [Read more...] about Arkia Unveil Vibrant Livery Painted at IAC Fiumicino

In 2014, IAC rolled out an 18 month Production Management Graduate Programme as part of the overall company strategy to continue to develop our workforce to ensure they have the knowledge, skills and … [Read more...] about Graduate Opportunities at IAC

Photo © Dzul Jaafar - Jet Photos In March 2017, IAC proudly completed a special tribute livery for AirAsia, dedicated to Group Chief Operating Officer, Anaz Ahmad Tajuddin. Named ‘A Truly … [Read more...] about IAC Singapore Complete Air Asia Tribute Livery

IAC is pleased to announce that Robert Waddell, former GM at AkzoNobel Aerospace Asia Pacific, has joined our team as Key Account Director in the Asia Pacific region. As Key Account Director for … [Read more...] about Employee Spotlight: Robert Waddell

IAC are pleased to announce that we will be attending Airline Economics ‘The Dublin Aviation Summit’ on the 16th and 17th of May. This is a new and exciting event to take place in Dublin, bringing … [Read more...] about IAC ATTENDING THE FIRST AIRLINE ECONOMICS – DUBLIN AVIATION SUMMIT

2016 proved to be an eventful year, most notably with the rebrand from our three legacy companies to the new International Aerospace Coatings name. Leading Edge Aviation Services, Associated Painters … [Read more...] about IAC 2016 Year in Review and 2017 Look Ahead

Date : February 8-9, 2017 Location: Booth 232, Dubai World Trade Centre, Dubai, UAE We are pleased to announce that the International Aerospace Coatings team will be attending MRO Middle East … [Read more...] about MRO Middle East 2017

Our Fort Worth, Texas crew had the distinct pleasure and honor of painting another C-130 for the US Forest Service in mid-September. We are proud of our team of managers, painters and everyone … [Read more...] about US Forest Service C-130

In September IAC welcomed Enrique Perrella, Editor of Airways Magazine, a U.S based publication to our Rome facility to meet with General Manager, Angelo Lacorte, to learn about the business … [Read more...] about Editor of Airways Magazine Interviews General Manager, Angelo Lacorte in Rome.

In September IAC completed a special livery for Rossiya Airlines featuring the face of an Amur Tiger on the nose of a Boeing 747. As part of a collaboration with the ‘Amur Tiger Centre’ to raise … [Read more...] about The Tiger is Back – IAC Paint Rossiya Tiger Livery

Mr. Paul Dunphy   / Mr. Declan O’Brien Paul Dunphy takes over as General Manager of the flagship Victorville, California facility while previous General Manager, Declan O'Brien transitions back to … [Read more...] about Leadership Changes in Victorville and Europe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLy-bjluqZQ&feature=youtu.be On October 27th, Qantas debuted its new livery on VH-QPJ, a freshly painted A330 from our Victorville, California facility. Our team … [Read more...] about California Facility Assists in New Qantas Livery

The 2016 Aviation Industry Awards Shortlist has been announced with many of Irelands most successful and emerging aviation businesses making the final cut. This year’s black tie awards ceremony … [Read more...] about Cathal O’Rourke, Graduate Production Manager Shortlisted in 2016 Aviation Industry Awards

In June, IAC completed a United Airlines “Retro Continental Airlines” Paint Livery in our Amarillo, Texas site. The process for completing this special livery was that we first started with … [Read more...] about IAC Completes United Airlines “Retro Continental Airlines” Paint Livery in Amarillo, TX.

The Flying Eye Hospital is the world’s only state of the art mobile teaching hospital on board an MD-10 aircraft. The ‘Flying Eye Hospital’ is equipped with everything needed to unite the world to … [Read more...] about IAC Instrumental in the Completion of the Orbis ‘Flying Eye Hospital’

IAC is excited to announce that we have launched a new Facebook page. We take pride in our new company and want to share this with our customers online. Keep updated on IAC’s news, calendar of … [Read more...] about IAC Launches a New Facebook Page

In June, International Aerospace Coatings launched an Aircraft Surface Finishing Diploma Course in conjunction with the Limerick, Clare Education Training Board. As Ireland has an international … [Read more...] about IAC Specialist Aviation Course – IAC Launches Aircraft Surface Finishing Diploma Centre

IAC was delighted to work with Belavia on its first ever aircraft billboard advertising. This unique and exciting livery was the first of its kind for both the Belarusian airline, and Wargaming, the … [Read more...] about IAC Works with Belavia on its First Ever Aircraft Billboard Advertising

Glenn’s background is in chemistry having commenced his career as a chemist and gaining a BSc in Chemistry, he then transitioned into sales management in a technical capacity spending over 20 years in … [Read more...] about IAC Welcomes Glenn Bowker, VP Sales for Aircraft Refinishing Services to the Team

Patrick commenced his career in the marketing and education sector where he spent three years lecturing at Limerick Institute of Technology.  He joined IAC in 2012 as Sales Manager for Aircraft … [Read more...] about Join Us in Congratulating Patrick Donnellan as IAC’s New VP Sales

In 2016 IAC celebrated the completion of the 100th Viking Twin Otter, this aircraft took our team in Spokane 15 days to paint as it was at corporate expectations. We used the PPG 8800 Series Paint … [Read more...] about IAC Celebrates the Completion of the 100th Viking Twin Otter

Thanks to an abundance of wide body paint capacity we were able to accommodate a very interesting livery transition. This was a second sand and paint event on a B747 for Everett that we have performed … [Read more...] about Cargologic Air B747-8

IAC – Victorville California (formerly known as Leading Edge Aviation Services, Associated Painters & Eirtech Aviation) recently completed a B777 for British Airways. This aircraft had previously … [Read more...] about IAC Complete B777 for British Airways

IAC – Fort Worth Texas recently completed its first Alenia C27J for the US Coast Guard. This is one of several planes to be converted from previous US Airforce livery to the US Coast Guard colors. IAC … [Read more...] about IAC Complete First Alenia C27J for US Coast Guard

International Aerospace Coatings recently helped SWISS unveil its flagship Boeing 777-300ER, now the largest aircraft in its fleet, with a very special livery.  Deemed “The Faces of SWISS,” this … [Read more...] about IAC help SWISS unveil flagship Boeing 777-300ER

Another Belgian icon was the inspiration behind the most recent masterpiece created at International Aerospace Coatings for Brussels Airlines, at the Ostrava, Czech Republic facility. The flying … [Read more...] about IAC Complete Unique Magritte Aircraft for Brussels Airlines

October 2015 Eirtech Aviation were proud to be the platinum sponsor of the International Society of Transport Aircraft Trading (ISTAT) held in Prague in the Czech Republic earlier in October. The … [Read more...] about Eirtech Aviation Proud Platinum Sponsor of ISTAT – Prague 2015