A340 for sale.
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A340 for sale.
Does anyone fancy buying an ex VS A340, fully equipped still with all interior, 10 years old.
All for the bargain price of £19,000,000
What a shame that these aircraft are being sold or scrapped. Too many good days flying these.
All for the bargain price of £19,000,000
What a shame that these aircraft are being sold or scrapped. Too many good days flying these.
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-300 or -600?
I think the -500 model would make a fantastic VIP airliner, with its range capability. Also, you can park it at an airport for a few days without them getting very upset, whereas with the -600 parking is effectively impossible to find apart from places like Montreal Mirabel, Victorville, Manston before it closed, Dubai world central, or Airbus locations like Hamburg Finkenwerder or Toulouse
I think the -500 model would make a fantastic VIP airliner, with its range capability. Also, you can park it at an airport for a few days without them getting very upset, whereas with the -600 parking is effectively impossible to find apart from places like Montreal Mirabel, Victorville, Manston before it closed, Dubai world central, or Airbus locations like Hamburg Finkenwerder or Toulouse
I think the -500 model would make a fantastic VIP airliner, with its range capability
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It is no secret that Airbus are designed to be scrapped at a much younger age/hrs than their competitors airframes are. Also their are much more efficient aircraft out there that do the same job in the market.
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Or was it a -8000 ? Whatever, it ended up as exactly that, a VIP steed.
the -500 was purchased for the Saad Group (saudi arabia / bahrain) who decided not to convert the aircraft.
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towteambase and philbky, really? Cool if so.
The problem is with the VIP stomping ground i.e. Nice, Olbia, Paris, Moscow, etc.
Positioning an A340 hundreds of miles for parking gets expensive fast.
The problem is with the VIP stomping ground i.e. Nice, Olbia, Paris, Moscow, etc.
Positioning an A340 hundreds of miles for parking gets expensive fast.
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MAN has seen the VIR 600s on diversion many times, and they will operate on schedule from MAN this summer. Etihad 600s turn up from time to time on the scheduled services and VIR, LH and IB 600s pass through for repainting.
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MAN has seen the VIR 600s on diversion many times, and they will operate on schedule from MAN this summer. Etihad 600s turn up from time to time on the scheduled services and VIR, LH and IB 600s pass through for repainting.
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An 11 year old former BMI A332 was scrapped at Sanford a few years ago. Apparently the parts value was more attractive to the lessor than the lease rate that was achievable. See;
BMI A330 G-WWBD Being Scrapped - FlyerTalk Forums
BMI A330 G-WWBD Being Scrapped - FlyerTalk Forums
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A340 for sale.
VIRGIN have been to STN on div too, as well as a spanair that brought Real Madrid in for a champions league game. Probably has a few more stands capable now they have made the cargo apron longer for the -8s