{"id":32250611,"date":"2026-11-11T10:22:25","date_gmt":"2026-11-11T09:22:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/etihad-mclaren-livery-papaya-boeing-787-10-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-11-11T10:23:33","modified_gmt":"2026-11-11T09:23:33","slug":"etihad-mclaren-livery-papaya-boeing-787-10-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/etihad-mclaren-livery-papaya-boeing-787-10-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Etihad McLaren Livery: A Papaya Boeing 787-10 for Formula 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.et_pb_title_container h1.entry-title { padding-top: 40px !important; }<\/style>\n\n<!-- mfsh:top -->\n\n<style>\n.mfsh-trigger{display:inline-flex;align-items:center;gap:10px;height:44px;padding:0 18px;margin:0 0 26px;border:2px solid #0F1720;background:#fff;color:#0F1720;font-family:inherit;font-size:14px;font-weight:700;line-height:1;letter-spacing:0;text-transform:none;cursor:pointer;box-shadow:none;transition:background .15s,color 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On Monday, 9 November 2026, Etihad Airways did it differently. Inside the Etihad Engineering facility in Abu Dhabi, a single enormous curtain fell away to reveal a Boeing 787 painted the colour of a very ripe papaya, and Guinness World Records was on hand to certify the curtain.<\/p>\n\n<p>The jet is Etihad&rsquo;s tribute to its new partner McLaren Racing, and the airline bills it as the first time a Formula 1 team has been featured on a wide-body aircraft. McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown, Etihad CEO Antonoaldo Neves and two-time Formula 1 world champion Mika H&auml;kkinen were in the room. The following afternoon the orange Dreamliner left for Madrid on a scheduled service.<\/p>\n\n<p>Underneath the papaya is a 787-10 with an unusually interesting CV. Before it ever carried an Etihad passenger, this airframe spent its first weeks as a flying laboratory for Boeing and NASA.<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"background:#f8f9fa;border-left:4px solid #5C91FF;padding:18px 22px;margin:26px 0 30px;font-size:15px;line-height:1.7\"><p style=\"margin:0 0 10px;font-weight:600;color:#0d1117;font-size:17px\">Quick Facts<\/p><ul style=\"margin:0;padding-left:20px\"><li style=\"margin:4px 0\"><strong>Aircraft:<\/strong> Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner, registration A6-BMI (variant and registration per fleet registries and trade press; Etihad&rsquo;s release says &ldquo;Boeing 787 Dreamliner&rdquo;)<\/li><li style=\"margin:4px 0\"><strong>Unveiled:<\/strong> 9 November 2026 at Etihad Engineering, Abu Dhabi<\/li><li style=\"margin:4px 0\"><strong>Record:<\/strong> Guinness World Records title for the largest single-piece kabuki reveal, according to Etihad<\/li><li style=\"margin:4px 0\"><strong>The claim:<\/strong> Etihad says it is the first time a Formula 1 team has been featured on a wide-body aircraft<\/li><li style=\"margin:4px 0\"><strong>Debut:<\/strong> Flight EY103 to Madrid on 10 November 2026<\/li><li style=\"margin:4px 0\"><strong>Network:<\/strong> Destinations named by Etihad include Dublin, Milan, Vienna, Bali, Bangkok and Delhi<\/li><li style=\"margin:4px 0\"><strong>Earlier life:<\/strong> Flew as Boeing&rsquo;s 2020 ecoDemonstrator before delivery to Etihad<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">A Curtain, a Record and a Very Orange Dreamliner<\/h2>\n\n<p>The record Etihad claimed is not for the paint but for the reveal. According to the airline, the event set the record title for the &ldquo;largest single piece kabuki reveal&rdquo;, independently verified by Guinness World Records. A kabuki drop is the theatre trick in which a huge sheet of fabric is released all at once, so that the thing behind it appears in a single flourish rather than being slowly uncovered like a sofa in a dust sheet. Neither Etihad nor Guinness has published the curtain&rsquo;s dimensions.<\/p>\n\n<p>What appeared behind it was a fuselage in McLaren&rsquo;s signature papaya from the nose to well past the wing, giving way to a dark rear fuselage. Etihad kept its own geometric tailfin, and McLaren Racing titles sit just ahead of the wing. Etihad has not said how much of the design is paint and how much is applied film.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px;width:100%\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/11\/etihad-mclaren-787-kabuki-reveal-abu-dhabi.jpg\" alt=\"Etihad Boeing 787 in McLaren papaya livery revealed to an audience at Etihad Engineering in Abu Dhabi\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;max-width:100%;display:block\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">The moment after the curtain: the papaya 787 and a McLaren race car on display in front of guests at Etihad Engineering, Abu Dhabi. Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zawya.com\/en\/press-release\/etihad-airways-and-mclaren-racing-take-to-the-skies-with-first-racing-team-livery-on-a-boeing-787-dreamliner-2143742\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Etihad Airways<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>Trade outlets Aerospace Global News, Simple Flying and aeroTELEGRAPH all identify the aircraft as A6-BMI, and fleet registries list that registration as a Boeing 787-10, serial number 60768. The registration is also visible in Etihad&rsquo;s own photographs. Etihad&rsquo;s press release does not name the variant, calling it simply one of its flagship 787 Dreamliners, but the evidence points one way.<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"background:#f8f9fa;border-left:4px solid #5C91FF;padding:20px 22px;margin:18px 0 24px;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7;display:flex;gap:20px;align-items:flex-start\"><div><em>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s fantastic to see our partnership with Etihad Airways brought to life in such a unique way. The aircraft livery brings together two iconic global brands and will connect McLaren Racing and Etihad with fans and customers around the world. We look forward to seeing our trademark papaya up in the sky.&rdquo;<\/em><div style=\"margin-top:10px;font-size:14px;color:#555\"><strong>Zak Brown<\/strong> &mdash; CEO, McLaren Racing, in Etihad&rsquo;s release<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">First? Read the Small Print<\/h2>\n\n<p>Etihad&rsquo;s wording is careful, and worth reading closely: the first time a Formula 1 <em>team<\/em> has been featured on a wide-body aircraft. Afterburner found no earlier example of a Formula 1 team livery on a twin-aisle airliner, but the claim comes from Etihad and has not been independently audited. Formula 1 itself is not new to Etihad&rsquo;s fuselages. In November 2018 the airline unveiled a Formula 1-themed 787 for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, a race it has sponsored as title partner since 2009.<\/p>\n\n<p>Etihad filmed that earlier paint job, and the timelapse is the best answer to the question everyone asks about special liveries: how on earth do you get a picture onto something this big?<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;margin:24px 0\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zrCk1U8imLA\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">How Do You Paint a Dreamliner?<\/h2>\n\n<p>Slowly, and in layers. Etihad has not published how many hours, litres or kilograms went into A6-BMI. Flight-tracking data reported by Simple Flying shows the jet&rsquo;s last flight before the repaint was EY475 from Jakarta to Abu Dhabi on 11 October, followed by about a month on the ground before it reappeared in papaya.<\/p>\n\n<p>Etihad has not said where the paint went on, but its engineering arm runs two dedicated paint hangars and says it has painted Airbus A380s, A350s and Boeing 787s there, including special liveries, plus an in-house facility that makes large-format decals for fuselages. For a sense of scale, the best-documented widebody example comes from Airbus and British Airways in 2013. Twenty-four painters at Airbus&rsquo; Hamburg hangar spent two weeks on BA&rsquo;s first A380, using 2,300 litres of paint across 3,500 square metres in five coats that together weighed around 650 kg. A 787 is a smaller canvas, but that weight is carried on every flight, which is why airlines worry about it. Afterburner has looked at the arithmetic of <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/why-new-aircraft-fly-unpainted-green-primer-paint-weight\/\">paint weight and why new jets fly in primer<\/a> before.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px;width:100%\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/11\/etihad-mclaren-787-a6-bmi-unveiling-executives.jpg\" alt=\"Etihad and McLaren executives and Etihad cabin crew in front of Boeing 787-10 A6-BMI in McLaren livery\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;max-width:100%;display:block\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">Etihad and McLaren executives line up in front of A6-BMI at the unveiling. The registration is visible on the rear fuselage. Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zawya.com\/en\/press-release\/etihad-airways-and-mclaren-racing-take-to-the-skies-with-first-racing-team-livery-on-a-boeing-787-dreamliner-2143742\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Etihad Airways<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">A Former Flying Laboratory<\/h2>\n\n<p>A6-BMI has worn special colours before. In 2020 Boeing chose an Etihad 787-10 as its ecoDemonstrator, the first time the testbed programme used that variant. Boeing announced about four weeks of trials from August that year, with NASA and Safran Landing Systems measuring noise from sensors on the aircraft and the ground, including from modified landing gear, and with test flights on a blend of sustainable fuel. Registry photographs show A6-BMI wearing the ecoDemonstrator titles, and Etihad took delivery that autumn.<\/p>\n\n<p>It is a neat bit of continuity. The 787 programme has a long history of NASA noise work, from <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/chevron-nozzles-nasa-sawtooth-jet-engine-noise-787\/\">the sawtooth chevron nozzles on its engines<\/a> onwards, and this airframe helped write a later chapter of it before swapping microphones for papaya.<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"background:#f8f9fa;border-left:4px solid #5C91FF;padding:20px 22px;margin:18px 0 24px;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7;display:flex;gap:20px;align-items:flex-start\"><div><em>&ldquo;Etihad and McLaren Racing are two ambitious global brands with a shared focus on performance and a drive to keep moving forward. This aircraft will proudly carry that story from our home in Abu Dhabi to cities around the world.&rdquo;<\/em><div style=\"margin-top:10px;font-size:14px;color:#555\"><strong>Antonoaldo Neves<\/strong> &mdash; CEO, Etihad Airways, in Etihad&rsquo;s release<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Where to Spot the Papaya<\/h2>\n\n<p>The debut came on Tuesday, 10 November, as EY103 from Abu Dhabi to Madrid, scheduled for a 14:15 departure. Etihad says the aircraft will then fly across its normal network, naming Dublin, Milan and Vienna in Europe and Bali, Bangkok and Delhi in Asia, so it will not be confined to Formula 1 weekends.<\/p>\n\n<p>The livery caps a partnership announced on 26 February 2026, which made Etihad an Official Partner of the McLaren Mastercard Formula 1 Team and McLaren&rsquo;s Hypercar team in the World Endurance Championship. Etihad&rsquo;s name already sits on the MCL40&rsquo;s rear wing and halo and on the drivers&rsquo; helmets. The obvious next stop is home: Abu Dhabi hosts the Formula 1 season finale in December, and an orange Dreamliner on the Yas Island approach would be hard to miss.<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"max-width:550px;margin:0 auto 28px\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?id=2120039698420891920&theme=light\" style=\"width:100%;height:400px;border:none;overflow:hidden\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n<p><em>Sources: Etihad Airways press release (via Zawya), Etihad Airways on X, Aerospace Global News, The National, Gulf News, Simple Flying, aeroTELEGRAPH, Boeing (ecoDemonstrator release, July 2020), Etihad Engineering, Airbus and British Airways (A380 painting, 2013), AirHistory.net and Airport-Data fleet records.<\/em><\/p>\n\n<!-- mfsh:bottom -->\n\n<button type=\"button\" class=\"mfsh-trigger mfsh-bottom\" data-mfsh-placement=\"bottom\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><svg><use href=\"#mfsh-i-share\"\/><\/svg>Share this story<\/button>\n\n<!-- \/mfsh:bottom -->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mf-photo-credits\" data-no-translation style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;font-style:italic;margin:6px 0 18px\">Header photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/etihad\/status\/2120039698420891920\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Etihad Airways<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<style>.mfq{margin:34px 0 8px}.mfq h2{font:26px\/1.3 \"Gilroy semiBold\",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#0d1117;padding-top:22px;margin:0 0 6px}.mfq .qa details{border-top:1px solid #5C91FF;margin:0;padding:0}.mfq .qa details:last-of-type{border-bottom:1px solid #e2e7ee}.mfq .qa summary{cursor:pointer;list-style:none;display:flex;justify-content:space-between;align-items:center;gap:16px;padding:22px 26px;font:18px\/1.7 \"Gilroy semiBold\",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#0d1117}.mfq .qa summary::-webkit-details-marker{display:none}.mfq .qa summary::after{content:\"+\";font:24px Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#3568e0;flex:0 0 auto}.mfq .qa details[open] summary::after{content:\"\\2013\"}.mfq .qa details:hover summary{color:#3568e0}.mfq .qa .a{font:16px\/1.7 \"Gilroy regular\",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#454e5e;padding:0 26px 24px}.mfq .qa .a a{color:#3568e0}@media(max-width:680px){.mfq .qa summary{padding:18px 14px;font-size:17px}.mfq .qa .a{padding:0 14px 20px}}<\/style>\n\n\n<section class=\"mfq\"><h2>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2><div class=\"qa\"><details open><summary>Which aircraft carries the Etihad McLaren livery?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">The Etihad McLaren livery is on a Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner registered A6-BMI, according to fleet registries and trade outlets including Aerospace Global News and Simple Flying. Etihad's own press release describes it only as one of its flagship Boeing 787 Dreamliners. The registration is visible on the aircraft in Etihad's official photographs of the unveiling.<\/div><\/details><details><summary>What Guinness World Record did the Etihad McLaren 787 unveiling set?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">According to Etihad, the unveiling at Etihad Engineering in Abu Dhabi on 9 November 2026 set the Guinness World Records title for the largest single-piece kabuki reveal, independently verified by Guinness World Records. The record is for the curtain drop that revealed the aircraft, not for the paint job itself. The curtain's dimensions have not been published.<\/div><\/details><details><summary>Is the Etihad McLaren 787 the first Formula 1 livery on a widebody?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">Etihad says it is the first time a Formula 1 team has been featured on a wide-body aircraft. That wording matters: Etihad itself unveiled a Formula 1-themed Boeing 787 for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix in November 2018. The 2026 claim is about a team livery, and it comes from Etihad rather than an independent record.<\/div><\/details><details><summary>Where does the Etihad McLaren Dreamliner fly?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">The Etihad McLaren Dreamliner made its debut on 10 November 2026 as flight EY103 from Abu Dhabi to Madrid. Etihad says it will then operate across its regular network, naming Dublin, Milan and Vienna in Europe and Bali, Bangkok and Delhi in Asia, so it is not reserved for Formula 1 race weekends.<\/div><\/details><details><summary>How long does it take to paint a widebody airliner?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">Etihad has not published figures for the McLaren 787. Flight-tracking data reported by Simple Flying suggests A6-BMI was on the ground for about a month. A documented comparison: Airbus and British Airways said 24 painters spent two weeks on BA's first A380 in 2013, using 2,300 litres of paint in five coats weighing around 650 kg.<\/div><\/details><details><summary>What did Boeing 787-10 A6-BMI do before the McLaren livery?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">Boeing 787-10 A6-BMI flew as Boeing's 2020 ecoDemonstrator, the first time the programme used a 787-10. Boeing planned about four weeks of tests from August 2020, including noise measurements with NASA and Safran Landing Systems and flights on a sustainable fuel blend, before Etihad took delivery that autumn.<\/div><\/details><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"FAQPage\",\"mainEntity\":[{\"@type\":\"Question\",\"name\":\"Which aircraft carries the Etihad McLaren livery?\",\"acceptedAnswer\":{\"@type\":\"Answer\",\"text\":\"The Etihad McLaren livery is on a Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner registered A6-BMI, according to fleet registries and trade outlets including Aerospace Global News and Simple Flying. Etihad's own press release describes it only as one of its flagship Boeing 787 Dreamliners. 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