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It’s the “cheapest” solution allegedly. This is a long haul carrier and the bulk of their aircraft is wide body jets. They continue to pay the lease on them whilst also having to pay for them to be wrapped up in a desert somewhere. Once the economy turns around they go in for maintenance (which is bloody expensive) and start flying again.
Apparently it’s worse for a plane to sit on the tarmac for months on the equator than sitting in the desert.
jaw
What does this mean? Sending wide bodies for storage or sending planes to the bone yard? Googling suggests both but given the age profile of fleet, the former seems most likely.