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First test flight of largest all-electric aircraft used just $5 of electricity (arstechnica.com)
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[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 1 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Airlines almost never own an aircraft. They sell to banks and lease back, so they have smooth annual OPEX costs, not large CAPEX costs every few years.

[–] Mountainaire@lemmy.world 3 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

"Every few years?" You mean every 14 years, right? And this article was even nearly 2 years ago, so theyre probably even older now: https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/aircraft-age-iata-airbus-boeing-b2665192.html

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago

I mean from a fleet of 30 planes they could (in theory) buy/retire one or two a year without big spikes in cash needs.