Leelaw From , joined today!, posts, RR: Posted (1 year 10 months 3 weeks 4 days 21 hours ago) and read 31881 times:
A Boeing 777 is heading for the breaker’s yard for the first time, just 11 years after the twinjet first entered service.
Memphis-based Universal Asset Management says it has acquired a General Electric GE90-90B-powered 777-200 (MSN 27109) - the nineteenth aircraft off the line - for disassembly...
BuyantUkhaa From Mongolia, joined May 2004, 2172 posts, RR: 1 Reply 1, posted (1 year 10 months 3 weeks 4 days 20 hours ago) and read 31705 times:
I think it was this one on which I flew LIS-GRU last year. Strange idea.... Especially since the aircraft wasn't old at all, and there are much older aircraft still flying happily! But somebody must have added things up and come to this conclusion, no doubt.
ArniePie From Belgium, joined Aug 2005, 885 posts, RR: 1 Reply 2, posted (1 year 10 months 3 weeks 4 days 20 hours ago) and read 31622 times:
Quoting BuyantUkhaa (Reply 2): Especially since the aircraft wasn't old at all, and there are much older aircraft still flying happily
Maybe it's most valuable parts have still enough time on them to have a big enough value for the second hand market.
They'll probably make some good money taking it apart and sell everything separately.
In the end it all comes down to money, still sad to see such a beautifull and still usefull plane go.
Geo772 From United Kingdom, joined Jul 2004, 440 posts, RR: 0 Reply 3, posted (1 year 10 months 3 weeks 4 days 20 hours ago) and read 31610 times:
Quoting Leelaw (Thread starter): Memphis-based Universal Asset Management says it has acquired a General Electric GE90-90B-powered 777-200 (MSN 27109) - the nineteenth aircraft off the line - for disassembly...
They must be wrong about the engines, this aircraft is an A market aircraft and would have been powered by GE90-76B engines. I suspect that these early A-market aircraft are difficult to resell as they would be difficult for most airlines to easily integrate into an existing 777 fleet.
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VivaGunners From Italy, joined Oct 2000, 344 posts, RR: 0 Reply 5, posted (1 year 10 months 3 weeks 4 days 19 hours ago) and read 31424 times:
That's hard to take, but on the other hand it is a reasonable choice.
This 772 has been sitting in a bad condition since it was WFU by Varig some months ago, I think some Brazilian members could confirm this. Some parts were already taken out of it and probably it would be more expensive to put it back in service than the value of its components on the second hand market. Also, it is a 11-year-old non-ER model, who could possibly buy it and fix it? Given all that it must not be a very attractive plane as of now, which is sad to say about a 777 anyway.
RJ111 From United Kingdom (England), joined Sep 2004, 2704 posts, RR: 4 Reply 8, posted (1 year 10 months 3 weeks 4 days 19 hours ago) and read 31189 times:
This is an ex-BA bird. One of only three GE 77As ever produced. Undoubtably the least desirable of all the 777/engine combinations. AFAIK It has GE90-76Bs too, not -90Bs.
Geo772 From United Kingdom, joined Jul 2004, 440 posts, RR: 0 Reply 10, posted (1 year 10 months 3 weeks 4 days 19 hours ago) and read 31161 times:
Quoting Candid76 (Reply 8): Surely these A-market aircraft are prime candidates for freighter conversion should somebody launch a programme?
Actually the A markets are the least likely candidates for frieghter conversion due to their very low payload capabilities. This particular aircraft has a MTOW of 247 tonnes, the actual frieghters offered by Boeing can lift nearly 100 tonnes more!
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Manny From United States, joined Sep 2006, 303 posts, RR: 0 Reply 12, posted (1 year 10 months 3 weeks 4 days 18 hours ago) and read 31097 times:
Quoting Geo772 (Reply 11): Actually the A markets are the least likely candidates for frieghter conversion due to their very low payload capabilities. This particular aircraft has a MTOW of 247 tonnes, the actual frieghters offered by Boeing can lift nearly 100 tonnes more!
Yeah, but a package carrier could still use it.
The main reason why this A/C is being stripped down is the bad condition it is in. The ecomomics of putting it back in service must have been high to a point, where it was just more beneficial to strip it down. Its the same reason why after an accident cars get totaled, even when they can be repaired and put back into service.
RJ111 From United Kingdom (England), joined Sep 2004, 2704 posts, RR: 4 Reply 13, posted (1 year 10 months 3 weeks 4 days 18 hours ago) and read 31017 times:
Quoting Manny (Reply 13): The main reason why this A/C is being stripped down is the bad condition it is in.
It's not quite a write off like you imply. It's probably due a D-check - which is expensive no matter what the conditions are in. There's a lot of money in spare parts, so they've probably concluded that the money which could be made from scrapping it, is worth more than its value as an airliner minus the cost of a D-check.
NA From Germany, joined Dec 1999, 5404 posts, RR: 6 Reply 17, posted (1 year 10 months 3 weeks 4 days 18 hours ago) and read 30810 times:
I was thinking actually when the two ex-Varig 777-236 were ferried to the desert a few weeks ago wether Boeing might snap one to break it up to check fatigue as they did in the late 80s with the first 747 broken up (an high-cycle ex-JAL 747-SR).
But this is really a surprise. 11 years is nothing, especially if taken into account that this aircraft has spend more than 1 1/2 years in storage inbetween already, so actually flying for just about 9 (!) years. Thats a massive depreciation the owner suffered on this bird.
Psimpson From United Kingdom, joined May 2006, 132 posts, RR: 0 Reply 18, posted (1 year 10 months 3 weeks 4 days 18 hours ago) and read 30798 times:
Quoting Leelaw (Thread starter): Early 777-200 To Be Broken-Up For The First Time
Very sad to learn this,
the outside of this B777 aircraft looks in good shape, so it does seem odd that it is being broken up, especially after less than 11 years in active airline service.
However i would think that it being a non ER model, the used market is not so strong hence it is more economical to strip the frame of useful parts.
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