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Old 5th August 2006 | 11:49
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Flightrider
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Lease out A330s = big profit on rentals given how tight the market is

Get rid of the A300s = saving on maintenance costs, replace with an aircraft which can do both shorthaul + pukka longhaul to cover summer + winter markets

Replace both (and possibly the 767?) with MD11s
= fleet simplification
= more flexible fleet of aircraft
= much lower capital costs than A330
= probably could up + downsize the fleet through flexible deals with lessors

OK, the -11 has higher maintenance costs and there is the one-off transition cost for crew training, aircraft introduction and engineering, but this is not an entirely barking mad proposition if that's what is under consideration.
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