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Starlux Chairman Flies Custom Metallic A350 on Inaugural Tokyo Route
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STARLUX Airlines Chairman Chang Kuo-wei personally flew the inaugural commercial flight of a highly customized Airbus A350-1000 to Tokyo this past weekend. The aircraft features a unique liquid-metal livery developed over three years with Airbus and Pantone, utilizing specialized mica pigments to achieve a reflective finish. Regular passenger service for the silver widebody begins in October. This complex coating process demonstrates how aerospace engineers successfully navigate rigid safety and lightning dissipation requirements to certify unconventional exterior materials for commercial airframes.