I might hold off on taking delivery of my 747 for a while.

[markis10]

Seems the GFC of a few years ago has delayed the delivery of some brand new 747s, now sitting in the desert.

Nigel took these photos at Marana-Pinal, AZ on 6 April

. Three brand new Boeing 747-8s, delivered straight from Boeing to the Arizona desert. Two are freighters: one each for Cargolux (msn 38077) and Nippon Cargo (37393) whilst the all-white one is for a private Middle Eastern customer. All three were ordered way back in 2006/2007, just before the economic crisis, and now it would seem the eventual operators are not yet ready to take delivery.

http://t.co/nDcwUAlhC5

 

[Mr_Orange]

OMG, what a waste of time, energy, money and materials. I guess they will be still be serviceable in years to come, but that kind of wastage does not paint the airline industry in a fair light!

 

[marki]

OMG, what a waste of time, energy, money and materials. I guess they will be still be serviceable in years to come, but that kind of wastage does not paint the airline industry in a fair light!

Hard to believe they are just sitting there absolutely new. Very interesting why not use it as a hotel?


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[docjames]

Would Boeing have been paid in full for these (ie. stored at customer's expense?)

 

[harvyk]

I wonder why they don't bring the orders forwards, so if customer A is unable to proceed with the purchase, customer B who was next in line would get customer A's plane, provided they where close enough in configuration / easily enough changed to suit customer B's requirements. Just yesterday I was explaining that I was surprised that there aren't more green groups up in arms over wastage of perfectly good aircraft whilst continuing to build more... This is the perfect example of absolute wastage.

 

[markis10]

I wonder why they don't bring the orders forwards, so if customer A is unable to proceed with the purchase, customer B who was next in line would get customer A's plane.

Too much customization of the plane, they are very much an individual aircraft from the early stages of production.

 

[marki]

Too much customization of the plane, they are very much an individual aircraft from the early stages of production.

That all white one1 is a stretched upper deck version. Big $$$ to run those nowadays. Still a beautiful machine.


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[markis10]

That all white one1 is a stretched upper deck version. Big $$$ to run those nowadays. Still a beautiful machine.


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You might want to read the article, they are all 747-8s.

 

[marki]

They were thinking of building a desert aeroplane park near Alice Springs is this still on the agenda?


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[NM]

That all white one1 is a stretched upper deck version. Big $$$ to run those nowadays. Still a beautiful machine.

Its a pax version (windows all along main deck), while the others are cargo version (no windows on main deck).

 

[marki]

You might want to read the article, they are all 747-8s.

the picture is referenced and you can see it clearly it's a upper deck is long compared to the others


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[Mr_Orange]

the picture is referenced and you can see it clearly it's a upper deck is long compared to the others

Fair point. The 'bump' on the Cargolux bird is much shorter than the other two.

 

[markis10]

the picture is referenced and you can see it clearly it's a upper deck is long compared to the others


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They are all 747-8s, the bump does not feature on most cargo aircraft because there is no use for it, same for earlier models:

Where there is a EUD, its normally because a passenger aircraft has been converted or the space is to be used for extended crew rest.

Being 747-8s they are hardly expensive to run which was the point of the post.

 

[marki]

They are all 747-8s, the bump does not feature on most cargo aircraft because there is no use for it, same for earlier models:

Where there is a EUD, its normally because a passenger aircraft has been converted or the space is to be used for extended crew rest.

Being 747-8s they are hardly expensive to run which was the point of the post.

If they were cheap to run like a 787 they would not being sitting their ( this is just my best Guess at the moment). Markis10 u are a feisty one. Lol


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[markis10]

If they were cheap to run like a 787 they would not being sitting their ( this is just my best Guess at the moment). Markis10 u are a feisty one. Lol

Who is saying they are cheap to run like a 787???? They are sitting in the desert because their owners dont have use for them. Given one is likely the bird that Qantas were going to take, and one is from the Middle East, hardly surprising. They have 100 of their sisters in use and being delivered on a monthly basis. There is quite a few A320s at Toulouse for similar reasons, in familiar colours.

Picture Credit http://forum.scramble.nl/viewtopic.php?f=80&t=102070

I count 6 in this shot

 

[Flying Fox]

I wonder how much it would cost to get one of the storage bird ready to fly again (ie. cost of inspections, certifications & checking) ?

 

[markis10]

I wonder how much it would cost to get one of the storage bird ready to fly again (ie. cost of inspections, certifications & checking) ?

I would imagine a bit, there was a good article I read yesterday on what they do at Davis-Monthan

Code One Magazine: Live From The Boneyard

 

[marki]

Nice shots thanks for the link

 

[jlien]

I assume they're here for storage rather than being queued for dismantlement.

Their respective owners should eventually take them.

 

[whatmeworry]

I wonder if QF could get a discount if they took a couple?