BooDog From United States of America, joined Nov 2007, 253 posts, RR: 0 Reply 1, posted (5 years 5 months 4 weeks 19 hours ago) and read 2931 times:
I'm confused....
according to what schedule? delivery schedule? flight schedule? What second-hand 747's? CX has between 22-25 747's. (cathaypacific.com says 23, Wikipedia says 24, etc.)
ElmoTheHobo From United States of America, joined Aug 2006, 1515 posts, RR: 1 Reply 2, posted (5 years 5 months 4 weeks 15 hours ago) and read 2687 times:
Cathay has 19 RR powered birds that were delivered to them new from Boeing. They bought 6 P&W powered birds from Singapore, 2 of which were delivered to the passenger side, the remaining aircraft were delivered to Cathay Pacific Cargo.
At the same time, Cathay Pacific removed one of its original RR powered birds for conversion to a freighter. I'm not sure what the details are, but CX needed to have a bird available for conversion, so they offered one of their aircraft.
Therefore, CX has 20 747-400s (18x RR, 2x PW, ex SQ) and should have 5 747-400BCFs (1x RR, 4x PW, ex SQ), assuming all aircraft have been delivered.
ElmoTheHobo From United States of America, joined Aug 2006, 1515 posts, RR: 1 Reply 6, posted (5 years 5 months 4 weeks 11 hours ago) and read 2196 times:
Quoting Cloudyapple (Reply 3): All this information is widely available on the net. A simple search for the info will not take more than a minute to yield all that and the rego's.
Eghansen From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 8, posted (5 years 5 months 4 weeks 2 hours ago) and read 1849 times:
If you go to this website http://www.airfleets.net you can type in the airline name and see their current fleet including tail numbers, delivery date, and history of the aircraft. Includes aircraft that the airline no longer owns but has sold or disposed of.
Jfk777 From United States of America, joined Aug 2006, 7348 posts, RR: 7 Reply 10, posted (5 years 5 months 3 weeks 6 days 14 hours ago) and read 1375 times:
ITS amusing how Cathay Pacific has bulked up its 744 fleet with ex-SIA planes with Pratt engines.
FlyDreamliner From United States of America, joined Jan 2006, 2759 posts, RR: 15 Reply 11, posted (5 years 5 months 3 weeks 6 days 14 hours ago) and read 1362 times:
Quoting Jfk777 (Reply 10): ITS amusing how Cathay Pacific has bulked up its 744 fleet with ex-SIA planes with Pratt engines.
If by amusing, you mean smart, then I would agree. SQ takes first rate care of their aircraft and tosses them aside awfully young. I wish UA would buy some old SQ birds too, to bulk up its fleet.
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Zeke From Hong Kong, joined Dec 2006, 7725 posts, RR: 73 Reply 12, posted (5 years 5 months 3 weeks 6 days 14 hours ago) and read 1354 times:
Quoting FlyDreamliner (Reply 11): SQ takes first rate care of their aircraft and tosses them aside awfully young.
Funniest thing I have heard for ages...normally SQ aircraft take longer to get online as they have not been looked after. They flip the aircraft so they can avoid doing any real work on them.
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United Airline From Hong Kong, joined Jan 2001, 8792 posts, RR: 17 Reply 14, posted (5 years 5 months 3 weeks 6 days 13 hours ago) and read 1267 times:
FlyDreamliner From United States of America, joined Jan 2006, 2759 posts, RR: 15 Reply 15, posted (5 years 5 months 3 weeks 6 days 11 hours ago) and read 1189 times:
Quoting Zeke (Reply 12):
Quoting FlyDreamliner (Reply 11):
SQ takes first rate care of their aircraft and tosses them aside awfully young.
Funniest thing I have heard for ages...normally SQ aircraft take longer to get online as they have not been looked after. They flip the aircraft so they can avoid doing any real work on them.
I guess I had read some stuff claiming that the 747s at SQ had been fairly well maintained, but I will defer to your superior knowledge.
If SQ is in the business of flipping their aircraft to avoid mx, how have the A380 delays and the 747-400s staying in service with SQ longer than anticipated (some of the 744s are what, 15 years old now when usually they don't keep aircraft too far past 10-12) effected them?
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Jfk777 From United States of America, joined Aug 2006, 7348 posts, RR: 7 Reply 16, posted (5 years 5 months 3 weeks 6 days 10 hours ago) and read 1138 times:
Quoting Airbus_A340 (Reply 13): When I spot and see CX's ex-SQ aircraft take off, they look like a 707 taking off with the amount of smoke coming from the engines.
ElmoTheHobo From United States of America, joined Aug 2006, 1515 posts, RR: 1 Reply 17, posted (5 years 5 months 3 weeks 6 days 10 hours ago) and read 1099 times:
Quoting Zeke (Reply 12): They flip the aircraft so they can avoid doing any real work on them.
Singapore also has very favorable accounting laws/practicies that allow for more favorable depreciation, which lets them flip their aircraft faster.
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