Qantas A380 VH-OQF/VH-OQE to be scrapped
According to a source VH-OQF commenced parting out at Victorville today with VH-OQE planned for next month.
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Nice source of parts for the remaining fleet. However Qantas will no doubt sell the parts and managers will get a bonus.
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So Lawrence Hargrave and Smithy draw the short straw.
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I would have thought OQA would have been scrapped, or did that year long repair save the hours and cycles so much that it’s actually “younger” than the others?
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Originally Posted by morno
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I would have thought OQA would have been scrapped, or did that year long repair save the hours and cycles so much that it’s actually “younger” than the others?
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Wasn't OQA one of the heavy airframes that Airbus built? If so a good candidate for scrapping coz of the lower payload and higher specific fuel consumption.
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Originally Posted by mustafagander
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Wasn't OQA one of the heavy airframes that Airbus built? If so a good candidate for scrapping coz of the lower payload and higher specific fuel consumption.
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How many flight hours and cycles do they have accumulated? These must still be pretty young aircraft? So they break up early unmodified ones and keep the later builds flying?
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Originally Posted by Less Hair
(Post 11232136)
How many flight hours and cycles do they have accumulated? These must still be pretty young aircraft? So they break up early unmodified ones and keep the later builds flying?
Heard that one of the reasons behind the downfall of the 380 ( I know there are a few) is that Boeing lobbied American airports to not upgrade to accept it. However Google says that there are 16 USA airports that can handle the A380 so not sure of that. Def best aircraft for pax in my opinion. |
Yes it is the best from a pax point of view, by far. The opposite is true from an operator’s perspective however. That aircraft with less than half life used are being scrapped should tell you just how popular it is with operators.
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Surely OQA will suffer a similar early retirement like OJH did after its accident?
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Originally Posted by Mach1Muppet
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Surely OQA will suffer a similar early retirement like OJH did after its accident?
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Originally Posted by Mach1Muppet
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Surely OQA will suffer a similar early retirement like OJH did after its accident?
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Originally Posted by HK144
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Why? Lets not forget the historical significance of OQA, when retirement finally comes, it would be a worthy aircraft for long-term display. Additionally, evidence presented on other sites would suggest that the cost of operating a heavy OQA outways the cost of upgrading OQF and OQE.
>Its a first wave aircraft and weighs 1000kg more >The first few aircraft to be released after the modifications weighed 3 ton more than those who haven't (more bums in seats) I guess you're right in OQA's significance, the big question now, where would it be displayed! Edit: Yeah forgot about OQF had a jacking incident and now carries a penalty, didn't think of that! |
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