While operators can get value from teardowns, Vallair cautions that risks include higher part failure rates and corrosion.
Credit: Vallair
When passenger demand collapsed at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the working assumption was that aviation would experience a huge wave of aircraft retirements. This appeared to be confirmed in the first quarter of 2020 when retirements spiked, but thereafter airlines tended to hang on to their...
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