Euro Ops - 1 of 230 Jun 2020 13:44
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It's a rush, not in airport terminals, since they are still almost deserted, travelers have been rare in these times of confinement, but on the tarmacs, on which the Airlines are trying to find place to temporarily park their planes. And wait for the day when they can finally get back in the air ...
Certain companies have already taken the decision to anticipate the definitive exit of the fleet of some of their planes. Since the beginning of this unprecedented crisis, we have witnessed a resurgence of anticipated restitutions to their owners. For some models, notably the legendary Boeing 747 or A340 quadreactors no longer responding to new market data "post-COVID-19", this is the end of the journey. For others, more recent, more efficient but temporarily withdrawn from service following a fall in historic traffic, it is a forced stay on the ground that awaits them. These will be subject to regular maintenance, essential so that when the time comes, they can be quickly put back into service, if necessary, and transferred as soon as possible to a new operator.
The puzzle begins for the owners of these planes that are taken out of service almost overnight. The parking spaces on the tarmacs of major airports are overpriced. The latter are not intended to become industrial sites where we stock and then dismantle unarmed equipment, for want of a taker. Hunting at secondary airports capable of harboring these bulky flying objects during a pandemic is in full swing. Some airports, like Tarbes-Lourdes, Châteauroux or Teruel, respectively located in France and Spain, already host companies that have made a name for themselves in the storage and dismantling market, well before the pandemic.
As parking spaces at existing industrial airports are becoming scarce, new compatible sites must be found quickly. They must not only offer attractive financial conditions, but also be located in the least humid environment possible. Airplanes and their components show a long-term preference for airports with hot, dry weather year-round.
The security of these new sites must also be ensured. Some planes, withdrawn prematurely from service and potentially sooner or later able to be replaced with a new operator, sometimes display balance sheet values ??of several tens of millions of dollars per unit.
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