'Pterodactyls' DC8s , 722 , 732 , 742 etc
A friend of mine runs a fleet of B722 and 732 cargo aircraft in Asia and he never sleeps during the week , they're constantly going AoG from minor avionic / instrument and electrical snags .
Cheap to buy , parts not too badly priced now as the market is flooded with spares but trying to stick to a schedule , what a nightmare !
If you need 2 aircraft you buy 3 and have one as a back up and maintenance spare
Agree with the other posters , these older generation jets aren't economic for high utilisation scheduled cargo ops. For ad hoc charter or other ops where the utilisation is low and the aircraft is waiting on the ground a lot the lower capital costs make sense and they are still good in that role.
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Last edited by aseanaero; 30th April 2009 at 02:41.