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Old 16th Sep 2010, 19:02
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PeteAndre
 
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Trislanders' life expectation and who owns what a/c

A recent BBC Guernsey news item stated that Aurigny's Trislanders 'will last until 2034' - this can be viewed at:

BBC News - Aurigny's Trislanders 'will last until 2034'

The ATDB.aero site suggests that each Tri has acheived between 23 and 26 thousand hours to date - but does not record number of landings unfortunately.

This suggests they have found a way round the legislation mentioned in the posts below. It is also backed by a GEP article today suggesting that an ex Aurigny pilot still wants to buy the Tris and start a new Alderney based company.

Also a short session at the CAA web-site "G-INFO UK Register Database" indicated that the only aircraft leased by Aurigny is the ATR GBWDB. Incidently the same database shows that BI leases GDRFC from a Jersey based company (so might be an offshoot of BI?) and GJIBO from a North of England company (I think this is common knowledge). FlyBE seems to lease quite a lot of its aircraft (too many to check all).

Hope this helps the discussion - does anyone have any further info as to how the Tris can keep flying or who owns the planes?
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