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Airline Mogul => General Chat => Topic started by: trimotor43 on February 27, 2009, 05:22:28 pm

Title: Question about parked aircraft
Post by: trimotor43 on February 27, 2009, 05:22:28 pm

I'm in W350 and am finally digging myself out of the initial start up debt. Once I am able to lease or buy a plane that better suits my needs, I was thinking of parking the Potez 841 since it gets terrible fuel mileage, has high maintenance costs and doesn't carry that many people. My question is: If I do park this plane, are my maintenance costs on it going to go down to almost nothing? I'm thinking it would actually be more cost effective to simply not have this plane in the air until I can sell it. The problem is that currently there are to many of these on the used market. So I'd like to wait for a better time to try and sell it.

Title: Re: Question about parked aircraft
Post by: dktc on February 27, 2009, 06:02:01 pm

You still need to pay the maint, as long as you are the owner. Not flying it does not change that fact.

Title: Re: Question about parked aircraft
Post by: trimotor43 on February 27, 2009, 06:21:06 pm

So the maint costs don't vary depending on how much the plane is used?

Title: Re: Question about parked aircraft
Post by: pseudoswede on February 27, 2009, 06:26:41 pm

Quote from: trimotor43 on February 27, 2009, 06:21:06 pm

So the maint costs don't vary depending on how much the plane is used?

Not yet, but it will.

Title: Re: Question about parked aircraft
Post by: trimotor43 on February 27, 2009, 06:37:25 pm

Okay, thanks. I'll just keep "The beast" in the air as much as possible until then.

Title: Re: Question about parked aircraft
Post by: skywaker9 on February 27, 2009, 07:10:17 pm

Put it on the market for 60% or so of value and you'll get some cash out of it.  Its kind of amazing how people will buy old/crappy planes like that so easily....