World’s First: Two Boeing 787 Dreamliners to be scrapped for spare parts
An Irish company is looking to scrap its two Boeing 787 Dreamliners for
spare parts.
These planes have served their operators
for just ten years and are now getting scrapped.
This is the first time that Boeing 787 Dreamliners are getting dismantled in the
world. Earlier one Boeing 787 that had registration N787FT was disassembled in
2018 at PAE, Everett, but not for spare parts.
Scrapping Boeing 787
The Irish aviation asset management and
trading company EirTrade will be handling the dismantling of such young jets.
They will scrap the Dreamliners at Prestwick Airport (PIK), Scotland.
The dismantling of these two Boeing 787
will serve the Operators and Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO) Market.
Moreover, this will certainly bring down the cost of spare parts as Boeing 787s
are approaching 12-year checks.
These planes have once flown with
Norwegian Air Shuttle (DY) and are having registration VP-CVL and VP-CVM.
Currently, they are resting at the bay in Glasgow Prestwick Airport (PIK),
Scotland.
As reported by Paddleyourownkanoo.com, Norse Atlantic (N0), which uses an
identical business model to DY, acquiesced to lease DY’s fleet of 787-9
aircraft, but the 787-8 variant was left to depreciate at PIK.
Steven Trowell, the Hangar Manager for
EirTrade Aviation company stated, “Understandably, there has been huge interest
in these aircraft.” According to him, it will take roughly three months to
finish the dismantling work at PIK.
EirTrade Aviation’s CEO Ken Fitzgibbon
while commenting on the development said, “With the first Boeing 787s
approaching the 12-year inspection, the dismantling of these two Boeing 787
aircraft could not come at a better time for operators & maintenance
facilities.”
“As no Boeing 787s have been dismissed
from commercial service to date, there is nearly no USM market for this
platform at the point,” Fitzgibbon further added.
The Scottish company instead of moving
these jets to more suitable facilities in Knock decided to scrap them at PIX,
Scotland.
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