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...andJune 5, 2018 / 9:34 AM / Updated 4 hours ago
A decade after debut, first A380 jumbos to be broken up
A German investment company said on Tuesday
it would strip two unwanted Airbus A380 superjumbo passenger jets for parts
after failing to find an airline willing to keep them flying
following a decision by Singapore Airlines not to keep them in service.
Singapore Airlines launched A380 services amid fanfare in December 2007,
but returned the first two aircraft to their German financiers
when leases expired some 10 years later.
The two discarded aircraft were repainted and flown to Tarbes in the French Pyrenees to be stored,
and since then their fate has been uncertain as their owner looked for other takers.
“After extensive as well as intensive negotiations with various airlines
such as British Airways, HiFly and IranAir,
Dr Peters Group has decided to sell the aircraft components
and will recommend this approach to its investors,”
the company said in a statement emailed to Reuters.
The planes will not be scrapped entirely,
but their huge frames will be combed for valuable components
such as landing gears and electronics,
a Dr Peters official told Reuters.
Their engines have already been removed and
leased back to manufacturer Rolls-Royce (RR.L) for use as spares.
U.S.-based VAS Aero Services will be responsible for extracting and selling parts.
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