 Budget Airlines - Average Fleet Age
In message <e6-dnQeg7qskv3_anZ2dnUVZ8u-dnZ2d@giganews.com>, at 08:39:29
on Thu, 20 Mar 2008, nightjar <cpb@?.me.uk.invalid> remarked:
>It says something about which airlines are making lots of profit,
I'm not quite sure which way round you mean that:
Are airlines using newer planes making more profit because they are
cheaper to run (less fuel and maintenance)?
Are airlines scrimping away with older planes making more profit because
the planes are cheaper to buy?
Are airlines that are making less profit unable to afford better planes,
and those making lots of profit squandering it on new planes?
Or something else...
>but otherwise the standards of maintenance required by European
>aviation authorities makes the age of most of those aircraft fairly
>irrelevant.
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Roland Perry
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