Originally Posted by lukeylad
Ah cheers mate thank for the information a 5th 757 wow!! wonder how easyjet and ryan air will respond to that.
They probably won't lose too much sleep. It's swings and roundabouts: old airframe = cheap acquisition cost but higher operating and maintenance costs (including the hidden costs of a/c going tech). New airframe = stonkingly high acquisition cost but much better operating / maintenance costs. If you can fill 'em and keep 'em flying, newer fleets win hands down. However if you are still developing new routes, not maximising utilisation and have a/c on the ground for more than a few hours a day then cheap 737s and 757s make sense. Plus if you own the airframe you can always flog it to someone else when you don't need it any more. I flew in some of Jet2's a/c when they were new which is going back a bit
