Plane Bone Yards to grow significantly

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March 14 2020

Air Transat confirmed to Business Insider that the Airbus A310 was retired earlier than planned in March

Source: Business Insider

 

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May 12 2020

Qatar airlines announce they will ground (semi) permanently 25% of their fleet. Several planes will be returned to the lessors and others will be mothballed . They do not expect demand to return to pre-pandemic levels before 2023-24

Source: Airline Geeks

 

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Brussels airlines to ditch 16 aircraft (54 -> 38)

Brussels Airlines Restructuring Begins: Staff Cut By 25% & Aircraft 30%

Brussels Airlines has begun its restructuring by reducing employees by 25% and number of aircraft by 30%.

loyaltylobby.com

 

[jb747]

March 14 2020

Air Transat confirmed to Business Insider that the Airbus A310 was retired earlier than planned in March

Can’t be all that many of them left in service anyway. Very old aircraft now.

 

[stickshaker]

Hi All,
I currently live in ASP and the planes are increasing all the time.
It was a sight seeing the A380 flying low over town.

 

[EestiTiger]

May 2020

Lufthansa CEO expects the Lufthansa Group fleet to be smaller by 100 aircraft and to have 10,000 fewer staff after crisis.

Source: Airline Geeks

I just hope they survive... There was a bit of media a couple of weeks ago that they were in allsorts.

 

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Qatar brings back four more A380s for Europe, Asia, Australia

Once earmarked for retirement, the well-appointed superjumbos are soaring again.

www.executivetraveller.com

 

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May 17 2020

SingaporeAir to retire all 777-200 fleet by the end of 2020. In addition they intend to return a number (hm??) A330s to lessors within 24 months.

Source: AviationGeeks

 

[docjames]

A wiki at the start of this thread would be useful as a summary.

Huge numbers of aircraft parked both temporary and permanently.

 

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Bye bye to EK showers, free WiFi and more

Big Shuffle At Emirates: Covid Testing Stopped, A380s Retired, Free Wifi Cut, 30% Staff To Be Laid Off

Emirates prepares to make deep cuts in company overhaul.

loyaltylobby.com

 

[serfty]

Bye bye to EK showers, free WiFi and more

Big Shuffle At Emirates: Covid Testing Stopped, A380s Retired, Free Wifi Cut, 30% Staff To Be Laid Off

Emirates prepares to make deep cuts in company overhaul.

loyaltylobby.com

They are retiring 40 odd A380's but still plan to operate the remaining 100+

 

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They are retiring 40 odd A380's but still plan to operate the remaining 100+

They (in the first cull) are retiring 40 out of existing 115, which will leave 75. (Reference Wikipedia) There are 6x A380 orders additional in question, which will probably never be delivered.

They have very large outstanding orders for B777X, originally scheduled to be delivered 2021 onwards which may be delayed. And also orders for A350-900.

Edit: In an updated report here it is forecast they will initially dispose of 46 (out of 115) and may actually ditch half the fleet.

 

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Etihad to ditch all its A380s (they own 10) and cancel its order for 50xA350's

Lots of souveneir luggage tags or spare parts for A380 on the market in the next 6 months. Sad

Here

 

[p--and--t]

A segue but somewhat relevant

 

[support]

A wiki at the start of this thread would be useful as a summary.

Huge numbers of aircraft parked both temporary and permanently.

The wiki was retired as a feature a while ago as it was under utilised and ultimately not compatible with the current version of Xenforo we run.

Instead, the first post could be edited to link to an Excel document, or similar.

 

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More on Etihard's severe diet coming up.

Etihad may axe Airbus A380s, cancel A350 order

The trend towards downsizing continues, with Etihad embarking on a fleet review that could see the superjumbo gone for good.

www.executivetraveller.com

 

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Seems showers in the air are gone for the foreseeable future and F/J service not quite what DYKWIA are used to.

Here's how the coronavirus will change Emirates first, business class

Covid-19 takes a little lustre off flying in Emirates' first class and business class.

www.executivetraveller.com