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Post by walter on Aug 20, 2014 17:17:31 GMT 1
When I look at Skyliner there seems to be different ways to retire aircrafts.
It seems most 747s go into part-out & scrap while 757s or MD83s go into storage.
Is the reason behind that it that it is cheaper to put smaller old panes into the desert?
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Post by s543 on Aug 20, 2014 18:07:28 GMT 1
IT is much more complicated. It depends on the state of the frame - hours - cycles..... Some of the 757 might be sold to convert to freighters - in reality quite a lot of those - so they go to storage since the capacity of converting firms is limited. What is the case with the MD83 I have no idea since those are gas hungry - and old so ? No conversion to freighters.  |
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Post by peter on Aug 20, 2014 21:17:32 GMT 1
What is the case with the MD83 I have no idea since those are gas hungry - and old so ? No conversion to freighters. Actually one MD-83 (N9307R) and three MD-82's (N430AA, N73444, N982FA) have already been converted to freighters. Here is an example |
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Post by s543 on Aug 20, 2014 22:27:49 GMT 1
Right - but that is a few - I did not knew about - thanks.
There are hundreds of B757, A300 and hundreds of 737-300, dozens of 737-400 and A310 - few of those MD8x. You believe there will be more of those if 737-300,400,500 are many and cheap on the market being able to carry more and operate cheaper ?
I am sort of surprised that there is no conversion of the old A320. Those low SNs seems to be always scraped. I have not seen any A320F - are there some ?
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Post by peter on Aug 20, 2014 22:37:30 GMT 1
I have not seen any A320F - are there some ? Nope  |
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Post by s543 on Aug 20, 2014 22:44:42 GMT 1
And Peter do you know why ?
OK I understand it is a small market and is probably not worthwhile to certify the transition....
Does such a certification for A32x exists ?
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Post by Jkkw on Aug 20, 2014 22:49:57 GMT 1
And Peter do you know why ? OK I understand it is a small market and is probably not worthwhile to certify the transition.... Does such a certification for A32x exists ? There was a plan to convert the A320 series into freighters however that project was cancelled I believe due to either a lack of demand for the cargo version or higher demand for the pax version. |
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Post by peter on Aug 20, 2014 22:51:07 GMT 1
And Peter do you know why ? OK I understand it is a small market and is probably not worthwhile to certify the transition.... Does such a certification for A32x exists ? No, I don't. But I understand from an article (some time ago) the A32x frame proved to be not suitable (as in too expensive) for cargo-conversion ... |
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Post by peter on Aug 20, 2014 22:57:51 GMT 1
And Peter do you know why ? OK I understand it is a small market and is probably not worthwhile to certify the transition.... Does such a certification for A32x exists ? No, I don't. But I understand from an article (some time ago) the A32x frame proved to be not suitable (as in too expensive) for cargo-conversion ... And Jkkw is right also: link |
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Post by someone on Aug 21, 2014 7:05:50 GMT 1
I am sort of surprised that there is no conversion of the old A320. Those low SNs seems to be always scraped. I have not seen any A320F - are there some ? The early built A320 has a rather low cycle limit, meaning be the time they are parked they are nearing the end of their certified life |
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