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Old 17th Nov 2006, 10:39
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WHBM
 
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This 777 aircraft has been with Varig for the last few years.

A couple of years ago Finnair bought an MD-11 from Varig to supplement their fleet, now that the type is out of production. That was about the same age as this 777 in question. The maintenance work that Finnair had to put into it to bring it back up to spec cost them an absolute fortune, by the time they were finished the opinion was universal that they should never have purchased it. Do I hear it is still the "lemon" of the Finnair fleet ?

It didn't really do much for secondhand values of airframes that are ex-Varig.
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