Originally Posted by
falcon12
10 years old, 40,000 odd hours so far. The consider these are the problems anyone faces:
Existing structural and mechanical damage, Interior refit, updating the IFE and Avionics plus many life'd items due before 12 years is up, e.g a ship set of landing gears.
Add that lot up and added to the cost of buying it in the first place, I doubt if you will have a viable aircraft going forward.
And that's all before factoring in the increasing price of oil !!
Even breaking it maybe not cost effective.
That doesn't say much for the overall design of the A380 when you look at all the other long range aircraft out there that are still going strong at 25 years/100,000 hours.
