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2. It's sad to see 380's being used for parts or scrapped so soon.

Mon Jul 6, 2020, 07:17 PM

Jul 2020

My airplane geek friends say it's not just excess pax capacity, it's the expense of maintaining 4 engines vs 2.

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Qantas Sends Airbus A380 Fleet to California Mojave Desert. Fleet mothballed until 2023. [View all] bronxiteforever Jul 2020 OP

It's sad to see 380's being used for parts or scrapped so soon. CaptainTruth Jul 2020 #2

Interesting but given the collapse of international air travel bronxiteforever Jul 2020 #3