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harrogate
25th Apr 2020, 23:59
4 x Singapore A380s currently ferrying to Alice Springs for storage.
All 4 are from their latest deliveries, interestingly. Only a couple of years old.
Why would they plan to park the newer ones for longer, assuming these aircraft at Alice will be laid up longest?
Beer Baron
26th Apr 2020, 01:52
Hmmm... good question. I don’t know the answer but I’ll put two guesses out there.
1) The older aircraft may well be heading back to the lease company so not SIA’s problem
2) When you put the aircraft in deep storage the maintenance clock stops. So if you are going to be flying and maintaining the aircraft for another 10 years it makes sense to delay those maintenance charges. For an aircraft you will be disposing of before its next major check then stopping the clock is irrelevant.
wheels_down
26th Apr 2020, 01:58
Reactivating an old Airbus is usually a engineering nightmare.
Blueskymine
26th Apr 2020, 02:07
Reactivating an old Airbus is usually a engineering nightmare.
It’s like that when you turn it on after an overnight :)
ozziekiwi
26th Apr 2020, 02:08
4 x Singapore A380s currently ferrying to Alice Springs for storage.
All 4 are from their latest deliveries, interestingly. Only a couple of years old.
Why would they plan to park the newer ones for longer, assuming these aircraft at Alice will be laid up longest?
I hope they get looked after better than what the old CX B747's did when they were parked up in Brisbane Airport in the early 2000's. Lowlifes used to get over the fence and deface them with graffiti. So bad that CX took them back to HKG
PoppaJo
26th Apr 2020, 02:12
2 Scooter A320s and 4 SQ A380s in this morning.
777 inbound now to ferry all the crews back home.
harrogate
26th Apr 2020, 02:48
2 Scooter A320s and 4 SQ A380s in this morning.
777 inbound now to ferry all the crews back home.
Yeah, looks like a quick detour for SQ212 SYD - SIN, right?
VH DSJ
26th Apr 2020, 03:00
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Noticed they arrived before the tower is open, but then again they should be familiar with our CTAF procedures considering many Singapore pilots did their ab-initio training out of Jandakot, in WA.
PoppaJo
26th Apr 2020, 03:05
Many Scooter Boys and Girls are expat Aussies.
ozziekiwi
26th Apr 2020, 04:09
Yeah, looks like a quick detour for SQ212 SYD - SIN, right?
Theyr'e just on the climb out of The Alice now
hotnhigh
26th Apr 2020, 04:24
I hope they get looked after better than what the old CX B747's did when they were parked up in Brisbane Airport in the early 2000's. Lowlifes used to get over the fence and deface them with graffiti. So bad that CX took them back to HKG
that was their 330s when there was issues with the rollers from memory.
I don’t think there would be parking at Brisbane at moment anyway...
Capn Bloggs
26th Apr 2020, 05:23
They'll have to raise the circling MDA with those 380 tails on the airport surely! :}
Half Baked
26th Apr 2020, 05:32
They'll have to raise the circling MDA with those 380 tails on the airport surely! :}
Circling MDA...........what's that
I thought the CX B747's went to Avalon in the early 2000's.
Kenny Chesney
26th Apr 2020, 14:45
The new A380's being stored would be at a greater rate of depreciation than the older ones. Recall United Airlines doing a similar thing years ago on newly ordered aircraft.
Fareastdriver
26th Apr 2020, 20:01
It must be cheaper than the Arizona desert.
Roj approved
26th Apr 2020, 23:49
It must be cheaper than the Arizona desert.
And a lot closer😂
oldm8ey
26th Apr 2020, 23:57
Circling MDA...........what's that
What's an MDA?
What's an MDA?
The height that give you clearance above the NDB aerials
Stationair8
27th Apr 2020, 01:07
What is an NDB aerial?
Park the A380’s the right way, then get Matt Hall up to Alice Springs and we could have a Red Bull event( green can event).
ozziekiwi
27th Apr 2020, 03:27
I thought the CX B747's went to Avalon in the early 2000's.
They were at BNE Airport near the hard standing by where the old terminal used to be. I was based out of BNE at the time and remember seeing them regularly
Fris B. Fairing
27th Apr 2020, 06:52
They were at BNE Airport near the hard standing by where the old terminal used to be. I was based out of BNE at the time and remember seeing them regularly
I remember only one CX B747 being stored in BNE. I think it was parked on part of the old RWY 04/22.
21JUL98 Cathay Pacific Boeing 747 B-HIE, which arrived in BNE for storage on 23MAY98, was sprayed with graffiti. Several days later, police arrested a man and a youth. The aircraft departed for HAECO's China base on 03AUG98, the graffiti having been successfully removed.
Rgds
Turnleft080
27th Apr 2020, 08:52
I hope they get looked after better than what the old CX B747's did when they were parked up in Brisbane Airport in the early 2000's,
Lowlifes used to get over the fence and deface them with graffiti. So bad that CX took them back to HKG.
Gutsy move SIA. Some very good artists in Alice. Wunala, Nalanji, Yananyi, dreaming were coming back.