BoeingBus From United States of America, joined May 2004, 1588 posts, RR: 18 Reply 1, posted (7 years 6 months 2 weeks 6 days 18 hours ago) and read 3733 times:
too bad, this bird will be homeless when the big bad Boeing come into the picture. Airbus is bumming right now... 345 is a very beautiful plane... But looks don't always sell... Too bad...
Airbus340313x From Canada, joined Oct 2003, 61 posts, RR: 0 Reply 4, posted (7 years 6 months 2 weeks 6 days 16 hours ago) and read 3515 times:
The C01 check was done in HKG because there was no space in YUL to do the check. 951 will have the same treatment, plus an A340 will be done in SIN and a couple 767's in DUB, AC takes heavy maintenance contracts from DL, US and TS, and outsources its own aircrafts...
MarshalN From Hong Kong, joined Sep 2005, 1521 posts, RR: 0 Reply 6, posted (7 years 6 months 2 weeks 6 days 16 hours ago) and read 3417 times:
Quoting Cruiser (Reply 3): Why would AC get the tail painted in HKG? I would have thought that it would have been done on home soil and in a lot less than 5 days.
James
A lot of airlines get their maintenance done with HAECO. What's wrong with that?
N754PR From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 7, posted (7 years 6 months 1 week 3 days 16 hours ago) and read 2969 times:
For those interested C-GKOL just passed the office on the way from HAECO to the terminal. Now with the new tail scheme, I assume its going to operate AC016 to Toronto today.
Cruiser From Canada, joined Apr 2005, 998 posts, RR: 8 Reply 10, posted (7 years 6 months 1 week 3 days 9 hours ago) and read 2620 times:
Quoting MarshalN (Reply 6):
A lot of airlines get their maintenance done with HAECO. What's wrong with that?
I have since heard that these birds were going in for C-Checks over there. That makes sense. I thought it sounded odd that it would take 5 days to apply a sticker in HKG, when it could have been done overnight in Canada. It makes more sense if they had it in for a C-Check anyways.
Quoting Solnabo (Reply 8): Does that include ACs 32X family??
Something like 30 of the older A320's will disappear, however, this is not because of the widebody order. Some of the A320's are getting old (average age right now for the A320's is 12.5years), so AC will fly the A319 on some of the A320 routes, and the new E-190's on some of the A319 routes to better match demand.
James
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Perhaps it is cheaper to have their work done in Asia than in Canada. Besides, with all the work coming in from US and DL, it may be worth more to pay to have AC's fleet done somewhere else and take in new customers. One of the concerns with ACTS was its reliance on Air Canada. Now that they have new and large customers, it will benefit ACE thanks to ACTS's value, especially since they are going to spin it off next year.
Perhaps I am wrong here, but AC aircraft would have priority when in mx, and that could cause problems when customers don't get their aircrafts or engines back in time. This was a major problem back in the 1990s when AC did work for UPS. UPS was very angry that AC couldn't get their engines out in time, and AC eventually lost that contract.
Quoting Cruiser (Reply 10): Something like 30 of the older A320's will disappear
AC is only getting rid of a few A320s. AC has something like 48 A320s. They are not getting rid of the majority of the fleet!
They cancelled the last 2 or 3 A321s on order, and I don't think they are getting rid of more than 3 or 4 A319s in the coming years. Maybe someone has the exact numbers.
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MaverickM11 From United States of America, joined Apr 2000, 15722 posts, RR: 47 Reply 13, posted (7 years 6 months 1 week 3 days 2 hours ago) and read 2314 times:
How does AC fly YYZ/HKG when one of the 345s are in the shop? Do they swap a 343 onto the route?
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