First A320 Retired

They don’t build ’em to last these days, wouldn’t this be music to Sandy’s ears if he was still around

No it wouldn’t because I’ve had this discussion on another forum,where I disclosed that the A320 was sitting at Opa Locka,with at least three Boeing 735s,three years newer than the ‘bus,and they’re being scrapped too!

I make that Boeing -3 Airbus -1 😀

Well, it seems to me that a 17 year old A320 doesn’t seem to be as valuable as it should be. 17 is pretty young to be parted out, especially when you consider that 30 year old DC-9s and 737s are still used worldwide.

Is this the first of many? Who knows. But a relatively young aircraft was been scrapped and regardless what spin you want to put on it, it obviously was not worth keeping airworthy.

I swear you could not have typed that second paragraph 😮 😮

Anyway, im just biding my time until they scrap one ideally in UK but probably in Europe. Ill be over there with a flat bed trailer within 24hrs to cut meself a nice big old cockpit and few rows of Cabin!

757s have already been parted out I believe also… – neither for or against Airbus btw.

From my point of view the Embraer aircraft dont seem as sturdy as say the F100 or Boeing aircraft, wonder how long it is before the first E145 is parted out…

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/689369/M/ – a 1984 example scrapped in 2004 – 20 years old.

On high cycle airframes, or aircraft due a major check it may be more valuable to sell the parts, as appears to have happened in both these cases.

Well, it seems to me that a 17 year old A320 doesn’t seem to be as valuable as it should be. 17 is pretty young to be parted out, especially when you consider that 30 year old DC-9s and 737s are still used worldwide.

Is this the first of many? Who knows. But a relatively young aircraft was been scrapped and regardless what spin you want to put on it, it obviously was not worth keeping airworthy.

At 45000hrs it has had a good innings!

Only seventeen years old seems relatively young when you consider there is still quite a few early 737’s and DC9’s still in service

A large chunk of BA’s early A320’s date from 1988 and I don’t believe they plan to retire those just yet ?

I suspect this is more a chance to free up some spares than a case of an aircraft being too elderly to operate ? 🙂

That all? :p

It’s a plane, just like any other – has a useful life, then gets scraped.

I think we can safely say that the A320 is a mature design. 🙂

Only seventeen years old seems relatively young when you consider there is still quite a few early 737’s and DC9’s still in service

They don’t build ’em to last these days, wouldn’t this be music to Sandy’s ears if he was still around