What Air Livery does

Air Livery Limited is a UK-headquartered aircraft refinishing company founded in 1992, operating from its registered office in Norwich, England. It provides exterior repainting, livery changes, interior refurbishment, and adjacent engineering and graphics services for commercial airlines, executive/VIP aircraft owners, military and government operators, aircraft lessors, and MRO partners. Headcount at the consolidated level is not publicly disclosed, but the company operates eight paint facilities across the United Kingdom, Slovakia, the Netherlands, Morocco, and France, supported by approximately 190 employees following the 2019 absorption of ATE (Aero Technique Espace) in Châteauroux and Toulouse.

The company's service portfolio is anchored on physical repainting capability rather than software: climate-controlled hangars with the latest heating, extraction and environmental control systems; Zero-VOC paint systems at the Cambridge facility; in-house graphics design, digital printing and vinyl production; and a maintenance-manual library enabling manufacture of complete airframe marking kits. Differentiating certifications include ISO 9001 (held since 1994), ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001, OEM approvals from Airbus and Airbus Military, qualified-vendor status for green aircraft painting by Airbus and ATR, and EASA Part 145 approval for A320 family and B737NG/CL at Norwich—where the company is described as the only independent paint shop with that approval, enabling bundled line maintenance alongside repainting.

The business model is enterprise, project-based professional services priced on a quote basis (no public rate card), driven by direct field sales to airline engineering and maintenance teams, supplemented by co-located partnerships with MROs such as KLM, Marshall Aerospace, Austrian Technik, Sabena, and ATB. Revenue is generated across five streams: commercial aircraft repainting, executive aircraft refinishing, military aircraft services, engineering support, and graphics design and production. Air Livery has been a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Indian MRO conglomerate Air Works Group since at least the early 2010s, and trades as Satys Air Livery; it is led by Managing Director Julian Duffen and Sales Director Paul Woods, with Thierry Melet serving as Operation Division Director across the group.

Name

Air Livery

Legal name

Air Livery Limited

Website

https://airlivery.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Air Livery is a UK-based aircraft refinishing company founded in 1992 that provides commercial, executive, military, and lease-transition aircraft repainting and graphics services from eight facilities in the UK, Slovakia, Netherlands, Morocco, and France, and operates as a subsidiary of Air Works Group.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Aircraft Refinishing Services

NAICS

Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing (336413)

SIC

Aircraft Parts & Auxiliary Equipment, Nec (3728), Coating, Engraving & Allied Services (3470)

akta.pro primary industry

Aircraft Painting & Surface Treatment (IMABALAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Aircraft Painting, Stripping & Exterior Finishing (TLAKAJAH), Fixed-Wing Aircraft Conversion & Modification (STC/Completions) (IMABAAAI)

Keywords

• Aircraft repainting services
• Aircraft exterior refinishing
• Commercial aircraft maintenance
• Livery design application
• Aircraft MRO services

Headquarters

HQ city

Derby

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices8 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Commercial Aircraft Repainting: Complete aircraft exterior repainting services for commercial airlines, including stripping to bare metal or heavy sanding, resealing, corrosion removal and treatment, composite repairs, and complete aircraft repainting. Covers nose-to-tail livery changes and fleet painting programs.
2. Executive Aircraft Refinishing: Individual project-based refinishing for private, business and corporate aircraft owners, offering special design features, color choices, and tailor-made packages for VIP aircraft.
3. Military Aircraft Services: Specialized repainting services for military aircraft including LHR-SHR and low emissivity paint schemes, carried out at high security facilities with 24-hour monitoring.
4. Engineering Support Services: Full engineering support including aircraft reception, bare metal skin inspection, composite repairs, defuel/refuel, aircraft re-weigh, corrosion rectification, flight control removal and rebalance, certificate of release to service, and fuel tank leak detection and repair.
5. Graphics Design and Production: In-house graphics department for livery design, vinyl logos, paint mask stencils, digitally printed removable vinyl, airbrushed/hand painted images, exterior markings, decals and interior placards. Includes design, manufacture and application services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Air Livery is a specialist aircraft refinishing company providing complete exterior repainting services for commercial, executive, and military aircraft from regional turboprops up to wide-body aircraft such as Boeing 747-400 and A340-300. Services encompass full aircraft preparation (stripping to bare metal, corrosion treatment, composite repairs), complete livery application, in-house graphics design and decal production, and integrated engineering support including MRO capabilities. The company operates eight paint facilities across the UK, Slovakia, Netherlands, France, and Morocco, with EASA Part 145 approval at the Norwich headquarters.

Product overview

Satys Air Livery is a specialist aircraft refinishing company offering a comprehensive suite of services including Commercial Aircraft Refinishing, Executive Aircraft Refinishing, and Military Aircraft Refinishing as its core products. These are supported by Engineering Support and Graphics Design modules, delivered through strategically located facilities across the UK, Europe, and Morocco. The company handles all aircraft types from regional turboprops to wide-body aircraft such as Boeing 747-400 and A340-300.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Commercial Aircraft Refinishing

Quantifiable outcome

• Within 30 minutes of aircraft arrival, the team is in full production
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers30 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• ATE (Aero Technique Espace)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 October 2019Acquisition of ATE Châteauroux Operation confirmed by Commercial Court of Toulouse on 9 October 2019 (accepted 4 October). Increased capacity by 40 percent. ATE is qualified vendor for green aircraft painting for Airbus and ATR. Employees 150 people across Châteauroux and Toulouse facilities.
• KLMcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMRO partnership providing additional capacity and flexibility for paint programs. Also partner for engineering maintenance with facilities handling B737 New Gen, A320 Family, Fokker 70/100, RJ 70/100, E170-195.
• Marshalls AerospacecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic partnership for new Cambridge facility (opened 2015) operated in conjunction with Marshalls Aerospace. Service provider for C130, C130J Hercules, and KDC10 flight refuelling aircraft refinishing. Facility capacity up to A340-300/B747-400.
• SabenaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMRO partnership providing additional capacity and flexibility for paint programs alongside other MROs.
• ATBminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMRO partnership providing additional capacity and flexibility for paint programs.
• Lufthansa TechnikcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMajor contract signed for refinishing narrow and wide-bodied aircraft of Lufthansa Hamburg and their 3rd party client aircraft. This is the largest single contract ever signed by Air Livery.
• Marshall (Engineering)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEngineering maintenance partnership with Marshall at Cambridge. Capabilities include C130, AWAC, DC10, A320 Family, A330, B767, B747, B777 aircraft.
• Austrian TechnikminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEngineering maintenance partnership at Bratislava. Capabilities include Dash 8, F70, A320, B737, B767, B777.
• Air Works GroupcoreOthersAir Livery Ltd. is an Air Works group company. The acquisition of ATE was part of Air Works' aftermarket and VIP paint market sector development strategy. CEO Vivek N Gour oversaw the ATE acquisition.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• SR Technics: Switzerland-based global MRO provider offering line maintenance, base maintenance, engine services, and aircraft painting. A broader incumbent whose painting capabilities compete with Air Livery for European fleet programs.
• Etihad Engineering: UAE-headquartered MRO (part of Etihad Aviation Group) offering heavy maintenance, aircraft painting, cabin modifications, and engineering services. A larger, well-capitalized incumbent with overlapping aircraft painting capabilities across wide-body fleets.
• HAECO Group: Hong Kong-headquartered global MRO group offering airframe services, line maintenance, and aircraft refinishing/painting across multiple facilities in Asia and the Americas. Larger incumbent providing comparable painting services globally, though with less European presence than Air Livery.

Direct peers

• Jet Aviation: Swiss-based business aviation services company offering VIP aircraft completions, refinishing, and MRO across multiple global sites. Directly comparable to Air Livery's Executive Aircraft Refinishing service line serving private, corporate and VIP aircraft owners.
• Comlux Aviation Services: Switzerland-based VIP aircraft completions and refinishing specialist serving business aviation, head-of-state, and VVIP customers. Directly comparable to Air Livery's executive aircraft painting service and competes for the same high-end corporate jet owners.
• Sabena Technics: French-headquartered independent MRO provider with significant aircraft painting and refinishing capabilities across narrow- and wide-body fleets. Direct competitor to Air Livery's European MRO customers and named as one of Air Livery's MRO partners, making it the closest direct peer.
• Magnetic MRO: Estonia-based independent MRO offering aircraft painting, line maintenance, and base maintenance services across European and CIS markets. Competes with Air Livery for European airline painting contracts and serves similar narrow-/wide-body customer base.
• Marshall Aerospace: UK-based MRO provider that operates the Cambridge wide-body facility in partnership with Air Livery. While Marshall handles engineering and MRO while Air Livery handles painting, both compete and partner across military (C130, KDC10) and commercial aircraft refinishing.
• FL Technics: Lithuania-headquartered independent MRO with aircraft painting services across narrow-body, wide-body, and regional jet platforms. Competes with Air Livery for European airline fleet painting programs and lease return work.
• RUAG MRO International: Swiss-headquartered MRO with aircraft painting and surface treatment capabilities serving commercial, military, and government customers across Europe. Comparable in scale and product offering to Air Livery's combined commercial + military painting portfolio.

Market position

Strengths2 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance10 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A1 record

Investments

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