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10% is close to the point where airlines would retire their planes earlier in order to reduce their fuel cost, as planes spend their value on fuel every 5 odd y
by CHY872 3y ago
10% is close to the point where airlines would retire their planes earlier in order to reduce their fuel cost, as planes spend their value on fuel every 5 odd years.
- dmurray 3y agoDon't they replace engines independently of planes, anyway? There's no suggestion they need to retire airframes to retrofit the new engines. Edit: this is answered down thread, seems it's more complicated than that.