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Not surprised ... they are a mental case of a airline anyway ... could see Tui uk picking some up to replace there 763's

Hanging on some engines and flying them out may not be straightforward. The problem with the RR engines has shortened their life on the wing so much that there is a shortage of serviceable engines. Also, the Prestwick 'fleet' is in the care of Chevron who have been whittling away at their manpower over the past year so there might also be a shortage of engineers to fit the engines.

Pioneer wrote: ↑Fri Jan 15, 2021 11:20 am Hanging on some engines and flying them out may not be straightforward. The problem with the RR engines has shortened their life on the wing so much that there is a shortage of serviceable engines. Also, the Prestwick 'fleet' is in the care of Chevron who have been whittling away at their manpower over the past year so there might also be a shortage of engineers to fit the engines.

I've no insider knowledge here but given the sheer amount of time those 787's have sat at PIK, I presumed the engines must be available by now, everyone else seems to have their replacements as well, and that the vagaries of 'power by the hour' contracts have kept them from being hung in order to save more money leaking from the precarious Norwegian balance sheet ? Maybe someone knows the situation for sure ?

The six B787s at Prestwick have all been stored for well over a year
LN-LNA since 27 May 19
LN-LNG since 02 Jul 19
SE-RXY since 31 Jul 19 (brand new, positioned straight from Boeing)
LN-LNH since 20 Aug 19
LN-LND since 10 Sep 19
LN-LNB since 17 Sep 19

Two of them are being scrapped for spare parts:-



https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland- ... s-64834924

Billyboeing wrote: ↑Fri Mar 03, 2023 4:55 pm Two of them are being scrapped for spare parts:-



https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland- ... s-64834924

VP-CVL (ex LN LNA) stored since 27 May 2019
VP CVM (ex LN-LNB) stored since 17 Sep 2019

leaving LN-LNH stored since 20 Aug 2019