Average Age of Your Fleet

Aerobat · **on:** July 16, 2008, 04:03:25 am

What are the ages of your planes and when is it time to sell off or scrap a plane :?: :?: :?: :?:
We've all been complaining about MX fee's but when does buying a new plane really pay off.

AeroBat

Jps · **Reply #1 on:** July 16, 2008, 04:59:27 am

Mines about 8 yrs..

The Time To Sell Off: 3 Days Before Round Ends

dskluz · **Reply #2 on:** July 16, 2008, 05:16:44 am

You're not going to find many buyers then; only a small handful of players could be so foolish. Also, scrapping them last-minute would reduce your company value. The worst thing you can do is let a bunch of aircraft sit idle, because you still pay maintenance for them.

Singapore Airlines (SQ380) · **Reply #3 on:** July 16, 2008, 06:14:50 am

The maximum age that I have for my aircrafts are three years, after this i sell them and replace them with new aircrafts that have been released. This way i can keep a modern fleet and keep up with the competition.

pck · **Reply #4 on:** July 16, 2008, 12:49:55 pm

mines about 0.75 yrs old (W9). Scrap em if you get better aircrafts

EDIT: Scrap only if noone wants it

Lord Voldemort · **Reply #5 on:** July 16, 2008, 01:52:43 pm

Don't scrap, just sell at 75-80% value if no one wants them...
My fleet's age is like 0.1 years...

Cheung Airlines · **Reply #6 on:** July 16, 2008, 02:06:41 pm

Nitin, Scrap if over 3 yo

Lord Voldemort · **Reply #7 on:** July 16, 2008, 04:04:43 pm

I was under the opinion that most people would already have replaced the a/c in 3 years...

Cheung Airlines · **Reply #8 on:** July 16, 2008, 04:11:18 pm

Quote from: "Lord Voldemort"

Don't scrap, just sell at 75-80% value if no one wants them...

I would say that depends. If you try to sell a Breguet or Pilatus out, its hard as hell. Its easy as a piece of cake when youre selling a SE 10B or 732 Adv.

Jps · **Reply #9 on:** July 17, 2008, 04:22:40 am

Quote from: "dskluz"

You're not going to find many buyers then; only a small handful of players could be so foolish. Also, scrapping them last-minute would reduce your company value. The worst thing you can do is let a bunch of aircraft sit idle, because you still pay maintenance for them.

You'll be surprised how many people buy them

Cheung Airlines · **Reply #10 on:** July 17, 2008, 01:06:02 pm

The word them is only goin to be referred to SE 10B and 732 / SE 12

Aerobat · **Reply #11 on:** July 17, 2008, 04:27:08 pm

Mine is mostly not even 1 year old and buy the time they get to around 2 years old i sell them off to be replaced because what else am i ment to do lol

i expand of a rate of around 15 routes a day... 5 from each hub

Jacko-Smitha · **Reply #12 on:** July 18, 2008, 12:27:43 pm

Well mine in world 3 is about 6 or 7 years between i think 8 aircraft all of which are older then 5 and my maitnence is 15 million a month between 7 aircraft

NorfolkInternational · **Reply #13 on:** July 18, 2008, 02:20:37 pm

Quote from: "dskluz"

You're not going to find many buyers then; only a small handful of players could be so foolish. Also, scrapping them last-minute would reduce your company value. The worst thing you can do is let a bunch of aircraft sit idle, because you still pay maintenance for them.

Im paying 34 million a month on 85 planes all for sale

Somebody buy them!!!!!