Hehehehehe....ouch :ouch:

What engines does it have?

Jet engines I believe...

According to the Singapore Airlines website they have Trent powered A380's.

Yeap they have Trent's
Also the first off the production line were a fair. It heavier than the latest - the newer ones EK have at 575t burn a bit less according to a friend there.

Thanks. Could not locate this info. So not an option to ship one to Goose Bay...

Yet ?
Be lucky
David

well there isnt any great market for new 380's either :E

Wasn't it Willy Walsh who was commenting that he would be interested in used A380s as new ones were too expensive? Apparently they do work really well on slot restricted airports.

Yep, it'll be there this afternoon already.

10 years old, 40,000 odd hours so far. The consider these are the problems anyone faces:
Existing structural and mechanical damage, Interior refit, updating the IFE and Avionics plus many life'd items due before 12 years is up, e.g a ship set of landing gears.
Add that lot up and added to the cost of buying it in the first place, I doubt if you will have a viable aircraft going forward.

And that's all before factoring in the increasing price of oil !!

Even breaking it maybe not cost effective.

That doesn't say much for the overall design of the A380 when you look at all the other long range aircraft out there that are still going strong at 25 years/100,000 hours. :rolleyes:

falcon12

Just to be clear are you talking about problems relevant to this specific airframe or making a general point?

I'd second tdracer's comment about long haul airframe longevity.

Seems the first 2 have found new homes with Fly Hi

Or Hi Fly, even.

One is due to enter service next month (which remains to be seen) and the other in February.

It seems a shame to see such an amazing aircraft retire. Surely it could be converted into a freighter? Just think how much more cargo she could take compared to a MD11 / 747. Perhaps even a military version? How many more troops she could accomodate compared to an A330 or 767.

Thanks for the correction

From what I understand its isnt any use as a freighter either as the upper deck isn't strong enough for freight. I seem to remember that some parcel carrier looked at it (FedEx or UPS) and it would be OK for the light but high-volume loads they carry but even they decided it was uneconomical in the end.

Truly a white elephant..

It simply does not pencil out well as a purely cargo aircraft, plus getting cargo on/off the upper deck would be a problem without a huge investment in GSE.
The one way it might work would be as a combi style aircraft - cargo on the main deck and SLF up stairs. Problem is, after a few cargo-fire related crashes the regulations for a combi have become so restrictive I doubt we'll ever see a new combi-style aircraft certified.

Seems BA may be looking at the Singapore 380s as well