Switzerland invades Jordan

[atakacs]

Here goes the Swiss fleet


Airbridge to Amman

Interesting they choose Jordan to store their aircrafts. I guess they don't see any geopolitical risk there in the short term...

[Gulf4uk]

Might be less prone to weather Related issues in the Desert

[atakacs]

Very likely, yes. Seems a reasonable choice all things considered.

[G-ARZG]

And LX is a customer of an AMM MRO...

[atakacs]

Originally Posted by G-ARZG

And LX is a customer of an AMM MRO...

hmm interesting - didn't realise.

Now after having received a 1+bn CHF bailout, I wonder if they shouldn't try to spend that money in country (I don't speak parking - Jordan seems to present a good mix between climate, distance, price and security, but actual qualified maintenance work)...

[G-ARZG]

You mean the 'local' MRO jointly owned by Chinese (HNA) and UAE (Mubadala)?

[atakacs]

Originally Posted by G-ARZG

You mean the 'local' MRO jointly owned by Chinese (HNA) and UAE (Mubadala)?

Interesting world we live in... fair point. Still paying local wages, rents an taxes (hopefully)

[crewmeal]

There were plenty of Iraqi Airways 707's/727's stored there at one time, all in perfect condition. Not sure if they're still there now. So it makes sense to store aircraft in the dry heat.

https://www.iraq-businessnews.com/20...lls-old-fleet/

[DaveReidUK]

Originally Posted by crewmeal

There were plenty of Iraqi Airways 707's/727's stored there at one time, all in perfect condition. Not sure if they're still there now.

All scrapped in situ about 10 years ago.

[atakacs]

Originally Posted by DaveReidUK

All scrapped in situ about 10 years ago.

Let's hope a different fate for the LX fleet...

[Peter47]

Looking at FR24 quite a lot of widebodies position to Amman. I don't know if Swiss have a maintenance contract there.