COVID 19 - Airline Storage & Retirement

[monarch01]

I thought I would create this thread to try to keep track at what at times seems to be an avalanche of aviation related news & developments, i will try to keep abreast of retirements and storage Locations where possible

Cheers

Adrian

[monarch01]

07-04-2020

in a press statement the Executive board of Deutsche Lufthansa AG, has today announced the following permanent aircraft retirements :-


6 A380 (Accelerated from 2022 return)
7 A346
5 744
3 A343 (Operated by Cityline)
11 A320
+ 10 A320 operated by GermanWings

Additionally all Germanwings flight operations will be discontinued.

newsroom.lufthansagroup.com/english/newsroom/lufthansa-group-decides-on-first-restructuring-package/s/0695cc64-1a64-4939-b409-7da5d5b2c0d3

[monarch01]

08-04-2020

Airbus Industries SRL has announced the following changes to production rates for the Airbus family of Aircraft :-

A320: From 60 down to 40 (reduction of 33%)
A350: From 9.5 down to 6 (reduction of 37%)
A330: From 3.5 down to 2 (reduction of 43%)

Source :- Leehman News

[monarch01]

To give an indication of just how much global air travel has contracted, yesterday 09-04-2020, Hong Hong's Chep Lap Kok Airport handled 231 departing passengers and 456 arriving passengers, meanwhile Taipei (Taoyuan)  handled a combined total of 961 passengers on the 04-04-2020, a new low for this airport.

Yes, those figures were passengers not flights

twitter.com/JournoDannyAero/sta ... 99012?s=20

samchui.com/2020/04/07/taipei-a ... er-number/

Unbelievable.....

edited to correct new low figure for Taipei

[davebasing]

I didn't get a maths degree, but isn't Hong Kong's combined total of 687 actually lower than the 961 at Taipei?

[monarch01]

Sorry that should have said Taipei has recorded a new low of 961 passenger's on 04-04-2020, edited original post

[monarch01]

Released this morning by American Airlines :-

news.aa.com/news/news-details/2020/A-fond-farewell-to-five-fantastic-fleets-FLT-04/default.aspx?utm_campaign=Social_Channels&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_content=1588279214&fbclid=IwAR2A2JtwNlc2Ihvab0m_JhmFPllidkNqGzNZUQWrOoVEJDfHzWGTcfasHik

So essentially with immediate effect, all Embraer E190's, Boeing 767-300ER's, all the remaining 757's and the Airbus A330 are withdrawn from use and will not return to the fleet Post COVID-19.

Wow

Not so Cheers

Adrian

[graham]

99 frames in all according to your link Adrian, I can see there being a massive glut of used aircraft from many carriers with very few, if any takers

[lordevanelpuss]

May 1, 2020 15:03:30 GMT graham said:

I can see there being a massive glut of used aircraft from many carriers with very few, if any takers

Maybe conversion from pax to pure freighter for at least some of them.

[keefyboy]

Sam Chui has been at it again with another interesting YouTube video of stored airliners and ships in California - well worth the watch but some of the piloting might be a bit questionable!!

[Jeff]

American Airlines (AA) announced plans to retire 80 aircraft including the Embraer E190, Boeing 757 and 767, Airbus A330-300, and Bombardier CRJ200.

t.co/yMYmAeOQci t.co/obj5m2kzYf

[monarch01]

South African Airlines to Cease Operations on the 08/05/2020

www.thesouthafrican.com/news/saa-flights-repatriation-stop-on-8-may-pravin-gordhan/

[keefyboy]

Some pundit was saying on the news yesterday that as many as 400 -500 airlines could go bust by the end of June!

Anyhow, here's a very informative video off YouTube: