I wish UKIA change the a/c as well now they have the time to do so!
The problem is, what else can they get at relatively short notice to replace the B762's with?
A lot of the A300/A310's are being bought for conversion to freighters so probably few decent (pax) airframes on the market for sale/lease
There aren't too many used A330's on the market & the cost of buying new is probably out of the question.
As for Boeing 757's, there are a few in store around the world although I don't think many of these are ER variants & again, one of the large US freight movers are trying to get their hands on as many 752's as they can for conversion to freighters to replace the older 727's.
As for B763 & B772, probably the same issues as with the A330.
Dc10 - too old & unreliable whilst the MD11 is another aircraft being sourced for conversion to freighers.
I'm sure Ilyushin will do them a nice deal on a couple of IL96's with western engines & avionics
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