As an environmentally friendly and efficient new paint removal technology, laser paint removal is an important branch of laser cleaning technology. The aircraft needs to remove the original paint layer regularly. This paper reviews the industrial application progress of laser paint removal on the surface of aircraft metal skin and composite material components, and the mechanism of laser paint removal on the surface of aircraft metal skin and the surface of composite materials is analyzed in detail. Finally, the development direction of laser paint removal technology in domestic aviation industry is also prospected.