Budget Airlines - Average Fleet Age

In message <64c0l8F2a2jurU1@mid.>, at 08:19:48 on Wed, 19
Mar 2008, Gerald Oliver Swift <goswift@m> remarked:
> SkyEurope (Slovakia) 1.1 years
> Easyjet (UK) 2.7 years
> Ryanair (Ireland) 2.8 years
> Wizz Air (Hungary) 3.4 years
> Flybe (UK) 5.6 years
> Transavia (Holland) 6.1 years
> Germanwings 6.2 years
> TUIfly (Germany) 7.1 years
> Air Berlin (Germany) 7.6 years
> Sterling (Denmark) 8.7 years
> Thomsonfly (UK) 10.7 years
> BMI baby (UK) 13.1 years
> Norwegian 14.0 years
> AirBaltic (Latvia) 15.8 years
> Jet2 (UK) 20.5 years

Of course, one's individual mileage may vary. For example, when I last
flew Sky Europe about two years ago their planes were very old (and
grubby). And last year I flew on a BMI Baby that less than a week old!
--
Roland Perry

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.

--
Roland Perry

"Roland Perry" <roland@perry.co.uk> wrote in message
news:L5zDpgwWVj4HFAFr@perry.co.uk...
> 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:

Have you tried to buy a fleet of aircraft recently? Some of those airlines
obviously have and they wouldn't be able to if they were not making enough
profit to at least cover the loans.

Colin Bignell

In message <asmdnQw-D6-nNX_anZ2dnUVZ8sijnZ2d@giganews.com>, at 18:09:08
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:
>
>Have you tried to buy a fleet of aircraft recently? Some of those airlines
>obviously have and they wouldn't be able to if they were not making enough
>profit to at least cover the loans.

I have no idea what your point is. Ryanair at one end seems to have
easily bought a fleet of new aircraft, and BMI Baby easily bought a
fleet of "surplus" aircraft. Which is making the most profit - how can
we tell?
--
Roland Perry