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Old 15th Feb 2014, 03:19
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an-124 - I doubt whether any large, fully-stripped hulls would be available in Australia, because we don't have a dedicated boneyard locally.

Nearly all redundant large aircraft are flown to the U.S. to be sold off, as that's where the market is. Even scrap metal brings higher values in the U.S.
QF have 2 redundant 767-336ER's that are open to offer, but they are still regarded as useable aircraft. They were the last two RB-211-powered 767's utilised by QF.
Redundant QF aircraft are usually offered for sale around 6 mths before actual redundancy date.

For anyone to acquire a big aircraft hull in Australia, that would probably entail purchasing an airworthy aircraft from a boneyard in the U.S., flying it to Oz and then stripping it here.
You would probably end up with a cheap hull once you sold off all the useable components, but that would take a while, too.

VH-ZXC and VH-ZXE have been declared redundant and are open to offers. They are listed as "being in Australia", but they have been flown to VCV and MCI and parked up in the boneyards there - obviously until an offer that meets QF requirements is put on the table.
Both these aircraft are 55-60,000+ hrs TT, and I can't see where a buyer is going to appear for them, that is going to keep them in service.

https://www.globalplanesearch.com/oc...liners/boeing/

File:2009-0727-CA-VictorvilleBoneyard.jpg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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