Air France grounds A380
This was to be expected.
as from April....4 aircrafts....out of the remaining 8....will be grounded. An additional 2 will join them between June and September ....making a total of 6. i would be very surprised to see this bird flying again after this, knowing it was on its way out within 2 years anyway. |
Lufthansa has also grounded its 10 A380s...All depends how the aviation/ airline world will look like in 6 months .
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Prepare for runways being used as parking lots.
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Originally Posted by procede
(Post 10712243)
Prepare for runways being used as parking lots.
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Originally Posted by Lord Farringdon
(Post 10712309)
Greta gets her wish !
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Schiphol airport just opened a new parking apron two weeks ago. Perhaps that will serve as a storage area for unused widebodies soon.
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Good times ahead for the scrap and spares businesses...
How much of the 380 parts and components can be effectively used on other types without significant modification? Must be plenty, no? |
Originally Posted by JRK
(Post 10712421)
Good times ahead for the scrap and spares businesses...
How much of the 380 parts and components can be effectively used on other types without significant modification? Must be plenty, no? As regards "Good Times" for the spares business, speaking as someone that works in this area, it's not necessarily so. More aircraft parked equals more aircraft for teardown, which means lower Buy price for aircraft. Countering that overall demand for spares reduction equals reduction in Inventory realisable value. It can be a vicious circle. Main losers will be the OEM Component manufacturers, More spares and surplus availability means less "New Sales", Less flying equals less component repairs revenue. |
Klm grounds all 747’s permanently end of march.
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Air France grounds A380 Lufthansa has also grounded its 10 A380s Klm grounds all 747’s permanently end of march |
Originally Posted by Fortissimo
(Post 10712726)
whereas these aircraft are simply being temporarily withdrawn from service by the operator for business reasons
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Originally Posted by Fortissimo
(Post 10712726)
Please can we get the terminology right? The B737 MAX is grounded (ie declared non-airworthy) by a regulator whereas these aircraft are simply being temporarily withdrawn from service by the operator for business reasons - if Lufthansa wanted to operate one of its A380s tomorrow, there is no technical reason to prevent it.
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Yes, temporarily withdrawn from service, but how many of them will ever be restored to service ? Not many - if any - I suspect.
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Originally Posted by Fortissimo
(Post 10712726)
Please can we get the terminology right? The B737 MAX is grounded (ie declared non-airworthy) by a regulator whereas these aircraft are simply being temporarily withdrawn from service by the operator for business reasons - if Lufthansa wanted to operate one of its A380s tomorrow, there is no technical reason to prevent it.
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Sad really, getting rid of all 4 holers or relegating them to freight only, despite having a surplus of new jets. I do however believe Boeing can make the 747-8 profitable due to an easy conversion to all cargo Ops. In that respect Airbus has little hope.
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KLM has just announced they are reducing flights by 30-40%, firing 1500-2000 staff and reducing working hours for the rest of the ~35000 employees.
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Originally Posted by procede
(Post 10713034)
KLM has just announced they are reducing flights by 30-40%, firing 1500-2000 staff and reducing working hours for the rest of the ~35000 employees.
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