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Old 14th Jul 2006, 13:07
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CargoOne
 
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I've seen somewhere that this airframe is at 10000 something cycles which gives an average of ~5:1 hrs/cyc ratio. Not bad at all for A310, which is not really a longhaul aircraft by today measurement.

Also some Russian operators are quite efficient in high utilization. Transaero used to hold a Boeing-recognized record for annual utilization of 737-700 (16 or 17+ hours a day average if memory serves me right), and many operators are on 3000 to 4000 hrs annually on a western aircraft.
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