SIA A380s to Alice Springs
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SIA A380s to Alice Springs
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?
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?
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.
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.
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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
2 Scooter A320s and 4 SQ A380s in this morning.
777 inbound now to ferry all the crews back home.
777 inbound now to ferry all the crews back home.
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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.
Many Scooter Boys and Girls are expat Aussies.
I don’t think there would be parking at Brisbane at moment anyway...
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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.