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Air Serbia has retired its second of ten Airbus A319 aircraft. The jet, registered YU-APD, departed Belgrade last week for Teesside where it will be stripped for parts and scrapped. The aircraft is 21 years old. Air Serbia initiated a gradual, phased retirement of its A319 fleet last year with the withdrawal of its first aircraft of the type. The flag carrier plans to completely phase out the A319s over a three to five-year period, replacing them with larger A320s and more Embraer E195 jets. The airline is due to take delivery of two A320s shortly.
Air Serbia has retired its second of ten Airbus A319 aircraft. The jet, registered YU-APD, departed Belgrade last week for Teesside where it will be stripped for parts and scrapped. The aircraft is 21 years old. Air Serbia initiated a gradual, phased retirement of its A319 fleet last year with the withdrawal of its first aircraft of the type. The flag carrier plans to completely phase out the A319s over a three to five-year period, replacing them with larger A320s and more Embraer E195 jets. The airline is due to take delivery of two A320s shortly.
21 years old seems young to retire an aircraft. What's going on here?
ReplyDeleteOwner can get more money from spare parts which are scarce.
DeleteAt that age, depending on number of cycles, aircraft has to go to D-check which costs couple million euros. Airlines often return aircraft at that point since it makes no sense for them to pay such price.
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