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[dieseltu]

Hi. I have my first aircraft coming up on ten years. A Airbus 319 long range . That its lease is expiring in a month and its almost 10 years old. i have a new one just delivered. More coming. Should I change them out . Or just keep using the new ones to add flights. All my flights are mostly filled. The Aircraft are profitable. I can see theres a difference in maintenance cost. And you pay a premium to the factory to get the range. But its reasonable to me.

My game rating is going up . I'm doing fine.


Thanks

[Will101]

keep using them as well as the new ones for a number of years longer i'd say until about 20 years old 10 is young in reality

[Nexus8]

NW DC-9s last 30 40 years

[conmanflyer]

In game the maintenance goes up drastically after 20 years

[52N13E]

With the amount of money earned in AE, you could theoretically swap out your whole fleet after a year or after the first scratch sustained by a careless passenger...

Heck, I can even afford to send ten year old airframes to the scrap yard when they get exchanged for brand new ones

IRL, this is only done if there's absolutely no second hand demand for them, i.e. a good part of the small CRJs now being phsed out or the A318 or most, if not all of the A340s.

[Kirkland]

keep your planes until 20 yrs old