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  • #752
    Lurching
    Registered Users Posts: 1,239 ✭✭✭Lurching


    Inquitus wrote: »
    How are they making a profit out of this, with the number of A380's being grounded and indeed scrapped, the market for parts must be flooded?

    They may not make huge profit initially, but there isn't really much of an alternative. Harvesting the green-time out of the engines will be valuable in the long term.


  • #753
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users Posts: 33,866 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    The alloy content alone must be worth a fair bit.

    Also if AF (or the lessor) parked it up and left it to go derelict somewhere they'd still have to pay parking fees.

    The engines are usually leased from the engine manufacturer so the scrappers don't get anything out of that (except presumably a fee for removing them)

    Life ain't always empty.



  • #754
    scudzilla
    Registered Users Posts: 11,909 ✭✭✭✭scudzilla


    Inquitus wrote: »
    How are they making a profit out of this, with the number of A380's being grounded and indeed scrapped, the market for parts must be flooded?

    At 35euro a keyring, quite easily i'd say


  • #755
    mickdw
    Registered Users Posts: 23,260 ✭✭✭✭mickdw


    scudzilla wrote: »
    At 35euro a keyring, quite easily i'd say

    That racket wont last and likely the scrap company sold on the section of fuselage to keyring company for normal value, nothing close to the 35 per keyring price.


  • #756
    masit
    Registered Users Posts: 350 ✭✭masit


    Is the second A380 still coming tomorrow? Haven’t heard as much about it as the first 1.


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  • #757
    [Deleted User]
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    masit wrote: »
    Is the second A380 still coming tomorrow? Haven’t heard as much about it as the first 1.

    I’m sorry I don’t know. I haven’t heard anything since the last information. If the weather is ok then there is a good chance it will. But as always as this is merely a delivery flight with no passengers waiting the days and times can change radically.


  • #758
    Growler!!!
    Registered Users Posts: 1,980 ✭✭✭Growler!!!


    masit wrote: »
    Is the second A380 still coming tomorrow? Haven’t heard as much about it as the first 1.

    According to the Knock spotters Facebook group the flight has been cancelled until further notice.


  • #759
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Growler!!! wrote: »
    According to the Knock spotters Facebook group the flight has been cancelled until further notice.

    Could you PM me a link to the Facebook group, or put up the link here?


  • #760
    masit
    Registered Users Posts: 350 ✭✭masit


    Growler!!! wrote: »
    According to the Knock spotters Facebook group the flight has been cancelled until further notice.

    Thanks, anyone know the reg so I can put it into flightradar alerts


  • #761
    leex
    Registered Users Posts: 1,218 ✭✭✭leex


    masit wrote: »
    Thanks, anyone know the reg so I can put it into flightradar alerts

    Possibly F-HPJD

    https://westernpeople.ie/2020/07/14/knock-airport-expecting-another-big-visitor/#.XzKSHChKiUk


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  • #762
    hopeso
    Registered Users Posts: 1,400 ✭✭✭hopeso


    leex wrote: »
    Possibly F-HPJD

    https://westernpeople.ie/2020/07/14/knock-airport-expecting-another-big-visitor/#.XzKSHChKiUk

    Yes, it is F-HPJD that's due to arrive next. It's currently in Paris.


  • #763
    Joe390
    Registered Users Posts: 131 ✭✭Joe390


    Any word of the arrival today. I'm presuming it's canceled r thered be alot more hype I guess.


  • #764
    eastmayo
    Registered Users Posts: 669 ✭✭✭eastmayo


    Cancelled...if ya look at Google earth ya can see the A380 parked up in knock


  • #765
    Growler!!!
    Registered Users Posts: 1,980 ✭✭✭Growler!!!


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Could you PM me a link to the Facebook group, or put up the link here?

    Knock Airport - Runwayside!

    Im assuming its a spotters group


  • #766
    Joe390
    Registered Users Posts: 131 ✭✭Joe390


    Any new pictures of the a380 at knock or how are they getting on with it. Is the next one stopped altogether or where is it at the moment.


  • #767
    hopeso
    Registered Users Posts: 1,400 ✭✭✭hopeso


    Joe390 wrote: »
    Any new pictures of the a380 at knock or how are they getting on with it. Is the next one stopped altogether or where is it at the moment.

    Someone mentioned yesterday that they have a good start made on the right wing.
    The next one, F-HPJD, is still in Paris.


  • #768
    eastmayo
    Registered Users Posts: 669 ✭✭✭eastmayo


    Taken today


  • #769
    hopeso
    Registered Users Posts: 1,400 ✭✭✭hopeso


    eastmayo wrote: »
    Taken today

    Looks like both wings will soon be gone...... Do you know if they have her gutted internally? It probably won't take too long once they get to the chopping stage....


  • #770
    eastmayo
    Registered Users Posts: 669 ✭✭✭eastmayo


    hopeso wrote: »
    Looks like both wings will soon be gone...... Do you know if they have her gutted internally? It probably won't take too long once they get to the chopping stage....

    Its hard to no but they have been doing alot off work on the inside the last month or so.


  • #771
    g0g
    Registered Users Posts: 2,777 ✭✭✭g0g


    Watched the recent BBC documentary (on youtube) about the death of the 747. It would be great if someone was capturing vids/pics of the process at Knock!


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  • #772
    eastmayo
    Registered Users Posts: 669 ✭✭✭eastmayo


    Today's update on A380


  • #773
    [Deleted User]
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    Took another spin out here last weekend, sad and extraordinary sight for sure.


  • #774
    joujoujou
    Registered Users Posts: 13,499 ✭✭✭✭joujoujou
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    Heard something big on it's approach to landing (low clouds did not allow me to see what). Some search led me to conclusion that was probably the last flight of TS-INB. Will go there tomorrow or Sunday to look around.


  • #775
    leex
    Registered Users Posts: 1,218 ✭✭✭leex


    joujoujou wrote: »
    Heard something big on it's approach to landing (low clouds did not allow me to see what). Some search led me to conclusion that was probably the last flight of TS-INB. Will go there tomorrow or Sunday to look around.

    https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/ts-inb


  • #776
    joujoujou
    Registered Users Posts: 13,499 ✭✭✭✭joujoujou
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    They are busy, I'd say. ;)

    Last Friday:

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  • #777
    yew_tree
    Registered Users Posts: 530 ✭✭✭yew_tree


    https://westernpeople.ie/2020/12/16/good-news-for-knock-airport-as-new-project-will-create-100-jobs/

    Planning in for new hanger which will accommodate the A380


  • #778
    Masala
    Registered Users Posts: 3,462 ✭✭✭Masala


    yew_tree wrote: »
    https://westernpeople.ie/2020/12/16/good-news-for-knock-airport-as-new-project-will-create-100-jobs/

    Planning in for new hanger which will accommodate the A380

    As matter of interest... what kind of money is involved building same??

    Also - so who owns the Hangar??? Knock or Eirtrade??


  • #779
    mickdw
    Registered Users Posts: 23,260 ✭✭✭✭mickdw


    I said this before when we heard they were going to break an A380 but how is it allowable to do that work so close to live runway.
    Look at the amount of crap thrown around the place. They are on top of a hill in the west of Ireland. A gust of wind blowing something onto the runway could result in a major incident.
    The sooner this hanger is built, the better.


  • #780
    Noxegon
    Registered Users Posts: 1,502 ✭✭✭Noxegon


    mickdw wrote: »
    I said this before when we heard they were going to break an A380 but how is it allowable to do that work so close to live runway.
    Look at the amount of crap thrown around the place. They are on top of a hill in the west of Ireland. A gust of wind blowing something onto the runway could result in a major incident.
    The sooner this hanger is built, the better.

    Fortunately there are hardly any flights at Knock :)

    I develop Superior Solitaire when I'm not procrastinating on boards.ie.



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  • #781
    mickdw
    Registered Users Posts: 23,260 ✭✭✭✭mickdw


    There will be a few from now til january


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